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Armagh / Re: Orr family from Lurgan
« on: Friday 22 June 18 10:17 BST (UK)  »
James and Elizabeth Orr, dau Mary Jane went to South Australia in 1855.
The letter that was written by her parents mentions that she travelled with William Sheals and his wife Rose and sister in law Mary Blaney,from Lurgan, who I can find no trace of in South Australia, so no leads there. Do these names mean anything to those chasing ancestors from Lurgan

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Armagh / Re: Orr family from Lurgan
« on: Tuesday 01 May 18 14:13 BST (UK)  »
That was a quick reply! But it is the James and Elizabeth Orr from Lurgan that I think are Mary Jane's parents. The letter was written in 1859 when Mary Jane Orr would have been about 23/24. There was reference that maybe James snr married twice.....but which James was this.?  I have the census for 1911 when there is a James Orr (Shoemaker) married to a Lizzie, and they have a son James age 27 and a dau Lizzie age 29. James is age 71 therefore born about 1840....if i have the correct family he would be a brother to Mary Jane...and the Elizabeth and James would be their parents. So two generations of james married to an Elizabeth...they dont make this Familytree researching easy for us do they.!
So is your Robert Orr, that you have the marriage lines for, a descendant from this family ???
Maybe we will have to do a DNA to find if we have a match ...lol.I think the younger generation would say.
Karen

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Armagh / Re: Orr family from Lurgan
« on: Tuesday 01 May 18 11:03 BST (UK)  »
Typo...James was a Shoemaker not shemaker !

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Armagh / Re: Orr family from Lurgan
« on: Tuesday 01 May 18 11:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I am interested in Orr Family from Lurgan Armagh, my husband's ggrandmother was Mary Jane Orr born in Lurgan c 1837 to james and Elizabeth Orr. She came out to South Australia in 1855 and married here. There is a letter in the S Aus archives form her mother Elizabeth written in 1859 asking for her to write home. I am just waiting on a copy of this letter being digitized and sent to me. It confirms her shipping arrival and that her Father's name is James Orr and he was a shemaker in Lurgan . Looks like the same family you are talking about. Hope you find this,
Karen

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