Hi again,
I'm presuming you havent been on for awhile Anne-Marie??
So after a bit more research I have been able to obtain a transcript for John Campbell Orr born 1905 and died in Burwood in 1966 on the 31st July from myocardial infarction. He was 61 years old.
They immigrated to Australia in 1920 after his mum died on the 19th July 1916. His dad was Samuel James Orr and his mother Mary Elizabeth Gough Orr nee Campbell. His dad, Sam, was a fitter and turner and worked on the propellers for the Titanic. It was due to Marys death/sickness that he missed the maiden voyage and was spared his life.
They lived in Sydney for a bit with Sams mum Amelia who they apparently didn't get on with very well before Sam and Nanny(Isabel - Johns sister) moved to Goondah NSW, so Sam could work on the trains that took men to the Burrinjuck Dam while it was being built in the 1920s. I dont think John went with them though as their is no record of him living with them there.
He then married Nancy Eames Weller in 1937 in Rockdale. They had 3 children...Caroline who died from a stroke, Robert and Bruce. The boys would be in their late 60s/early 70's now if still alive??
John moved in with a lady called Irene Pauline Cranney after he divorced and was there until his death in 1966.
I would love to know how you are related to him or why you are in search of him so I hope you check this soon!!!
I also have quite a few pics of him and the family so would love to share with you if you are interested. Just send me your email and I can send them through.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Michelle
Hi Michelle
I am researching John Campbell Orr who was living with his father Samuel Orr and (I presume) his sister Isabel Wilson Campbell Orr in Burwood NSW Australia in 1933. Have you come across John in your research and is he the one listed in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 on Family Search as being born in the June qtr of 1905 in Antrim Ireland? John married Nancy Eames Weller in 1937 and later died in 1966.
Anne-Marie