Morton H. Orr

1889 - 1971  (82 years)

• Name	Morton H. Orr  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Mar 1889	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1971	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Notes	In "The Way It Was", the publication of the Cass City Area Historical & Genealogy Society, Volume 24, Number 5, Sept/Oct 2018, the article "A Tale of Two Irishmen" noted that were two "very important Irish citizens in Cass City's history, Morton "Mort" Orr and Glen "Scotty" McCullough....Mort was the son of Robert Orr who was one of Cass City's first pioneers. Born in 1844, he came here direct from Ireland, and was probably the first person to purchase the property to be considered since Governor Lewis Cass negotiated the treaty of 1819 with the Indians. Mort owned his father's farm which bordered the parkt to the east and totaled 23 acres including 12 acres of woodland on the north end. Mort was a well known citizen farmer, bee keeper, maple sugar maker, and volunteer fireman.
  Person ID	I47301	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert George Orr,   b. 12 Sep 1844, County Down, Northern Ireland d. 10 Dec 1900, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Emily Pettit,   b. 22 Mar 1845, Canada d. 14 Feb 1921, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1871
  Family ID	F14135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Mar 1889 - Tuscola County, Michigan Death - Aug 1971 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Year: 1900; Census Place: Cass, Tuscola, Michigan; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0111; FHL microfilm: 1240744 (Reliability: 3).