A few more Jill - BAILLIERE"S Victorian Directory 1869 Orr J. MLA Chiltern Orr James G. clerk Beechworth no William mentioned in n/east 1870 Orr James G. Clerk Beechworth Orr J MLA Chiltern again no Wm 1871-72 J Orr MLA Chiltern 1875 Orr Jackson farmer Wangaratta Orr John general agent Echuca again no Wm 1880-81 Orr Jackson farmer Toongabbie Orr Jas G. auctioneer (looks like he has gone into business) Orr John, agent, Everton Station Orr John Ovens & Murray, Forwarding Co. carriers Melbourne Orr John, commission agent office, Railway station Wahgunyah - (maybe the same guy as Everton Station - spreading out) Orr William auctioneer & commission agent Wangaratta. In the Victorian Electoral Roll for Federal Referendum 1899 there are a couple of pages of Orrs - so from the northeast - Orr Andrew Groom, Wangaratta Orr Thomas H, Wangaratta Orchardist Orr Wm Shepparton Carpenter (? children of John or Wm?) Denise Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Glover" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [AVNE] william ORR > Hi Denise, > That's wonderful, Kaye has sent me some more details, and this > certainly is my William, he had a brother James Galt ORR. > If you come across the name ORR in your records anywhere, I'd > be > appreciative of any news you can give me please. > I'd say the Mrs. W. ORR snr, who gave the carved oak pulpit > might have been Wm's mother, ( the MLA) she left Qld to live in Vic after > 1881, and died in Wangaratta in 1908. > J. ORR, MP could have been James Galt ORR. > > Thanks for your great help with this family, I's so happy to be this far > with them, and they are g/grand uncles/aunts, direct lines too, not some > twig. > Best wishes, > Jill > >

Hi Denise, Thanks once again, just quickly, it seems we've found another one, Thomas H ORR,orchardist, could be Thomas Hunter ORR, probably. b.1843, d. 1907, Malvern, Vic. Thanks very much for giving so much of your time to me and others on the list. Best wishes, Jill.