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Robert Hugh Orr

Male 1892 - 1967  (74 years)


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  • Name Robert Hugh Orr  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 10 May 1892  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Mar 1967  Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial 28 Mar 1967  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29643  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2018 

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

    Family Mary Ethel Striffler,   b. 28 Mar 1894, Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1967, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1916  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 7
    • Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Record 152
      Robert H. Orr Male White Age 24 born ca 1892 Cass City, Michigan
      Father Robert G. Orr Mother Emily Pettil
      Marriage Date 15 Aug 1916 Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan
      Residence Cass City
      Spouse M Ethel Striffler
      Female White Age 22 born ca 1894 Argyle, Michigan
      Father W D Striffler Mother Elizabeth Zimmecker (sic)



      The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 5, September 1, 1941, reported that "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr of Pigeon observed their 25th anniversary Aug. 15, 1941.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, August 25, 1966
      Volum 60, Number 19

      Robert Orrs Mark 50-year Anniversary Aug. 15

      Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Orr of Port Austin observed their Fiftieth wedding anniversary Aug. 15.

      Their children hosted a dinner for them at the Hotel Vollmer Aug. 14.

      Members of the family attending were Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Fetting (Ethel Orr) and daughter Constance of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Orr, son Michael and daughter Shelley of Livonia; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Orr, sons, Fred and Bob, and daughter Susan of Pigeon, and Miss Marjorie Orr of Saginaw.

      Unable to attend were Mr. and Mrs. James Fetting, who are at Fort Sill, Okla., who are at Fort Sill, Okla., where he is in military training, and Miss Frances Orr of Pigeon, who is a Grand Valley State College, Grand Rapids, for a summer course.

      Ethel Striffler and Robert H. Orr were married Aug. 15, 1916, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Striffler, near Cass City. Mr. Orr was employed at Wood's Drug Store.

      They went to Pigeon in November of 1917 and Mr. Orr managed Sutton's Drug Store and later bought the store. He retired in 1957, selling the store to his son John.

      They moved to their present home on M-25, Port Austin, in 1949.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)

      The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 26, September 5, 1966, reported that they were honored on the occasion of their wedding anniversary in their home at Port Austin, with most of their family present.
    Children 
     1. Ethel Mary Orr,   b. 15 May 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 2015, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     2. Robert Striffler Orr,   b. 3 Jun 1921, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 2001, Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. John Frederick Orr,   b. 22 Dec 1925, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2004, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     4. Marjorie Ann Orr,   b. 3 Feb 1932, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 2021, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F9552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 May 1892 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Aug 1916 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 1967 - Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Mar 1967 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, December 4, 1942 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, March 30, 1967 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1914] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database online].

    4. [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).

    5. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 27, September 4, 1967 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, August 25, 1966 (Reliability: 3).