Janet Orr

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• Name: Janet
• Name: Janet Amos
• Name: Jennet Orr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94937
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Janet married John Amos 16 Feb 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Robert V. Amos and Margaret Turnbull) was born 16 Feb 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Margaret Amos was born 22 Nov 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1976; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Annie Roberta Amos was born 28 Aug 1889, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Sep 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92157
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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The Late Robert Orr

Mr. Robert Orr died in Waterloo Township, on Thursday last, at the age of 68 years. He was born at Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland, in the year 1825. He came to Canada, in 1850. He married in Scotland two years before he came. When he arrived he took up his temporary abode with his brother Andrew, near Galt, staying with him two weeks. Then he went to Doon and engaged himself to Mr. Robert Ferrie as foreman. Mr. Ferrie at the time had a large establishment consisting of a large farm, a flour mill, a distillery, a store and a post office and was twenty years in his employ. There-after he rented Mr. Ferrie's farm till he got Mr. Bowman's and twelve years ago last March, came up to his own farm on the Huron Road, a farm originally owned by the Ferguson estate. He was a member of the Doon Presbyterian church, from its organization forty years ago and all through its history took a deep and living interest in its affairs; contributing liberally to its funds, attending regularly on its services and in every way seek its prosperity. Within a year, the congregation being desirous of adding to the eldership, chose him to act in this capacity. He was through life a staunch Reformer, never casting a vote save for that side in politics. He was a useful man in his community and highly respected by all who knew him. Be was ill but two short days, when he was called away on Thursday, the 16th dying in the faith in which he had lived, trusting in Jesus Christ as his atoning sacrifice. He leaves behind him to mourn his loss a wife, the partner of over forty years and eight children. George and Robert in California, Mary and John in Iowa, William and Lydia at home and Janet and Andrew married near home respectively to John Amos and Miss B. Lockie These have the sympathy of the entire community. The Doon congregation will miss him much and his loss will be deeply felt in the neighborhood with which he has been so long identified. A large body of his old friends and acquaintances followed his remains to their last resting place at Doon. Services were held at the house and the grave by the Revs. T. H. Thomas, B.A., and Dr. Dickson of Galt.

The Weekly Reformer 24 Nov 1893 pg 1

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Died. In Waterloo Township, on Thursday, Nov. 16th, 1893, at 4 o'clock p.m., Robert Orr, Aged 68 years and 2 months. The Funeral Will take place on Saturday, the 18th inst., at 1 o'clock p.m., from his late residence, Huron Road, to the Doon cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Waterloo Township, Nov. 17th, 1893.

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Strasburg.

DEATH OF MR. ORR. Steadily, one by one, the grim reaper, Death, is gathering in the old pioneers of this section by whose industry and perseverance amidst untold difficulties and privations old Waterloo was transformed from a desolate wilderness into the banner county of Ontario. This week it is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Mr. Robert Orr, who through a brief but painful illness of inflammation of the bowels quietly breathed his last on Thursday 16th inst. The deceased was a man of sound integrity and being possessed of more than or dinary intelligence he will be sadly! missed by a large circle of friends. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 23 Nov 1893, p. 1

Robert — Margaret Brown. Margaret was born 7 Apr 1827, , Scotland; died 8 Jan 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Orr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92145
• Immigration: 1850, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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In Loving Memory Died Near Strasburg on Sunday, Jan. 8th, 1911, at 9.45 o'clock p.m. Margaret Brown, Relict of the late Robert Orr, In her 84th year. The Funeral Will take place on Tuesday, January 10th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m., from her late residence near Strasburg, to Doon Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Kindly omit flowers.

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