When Catherine Margaret Orr was born on 6 July 1802, in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland, her father, John Orr, was 40 and her mother, Agnes Lamont Dixon, was 28. She married Robert Ballentine in 1824, in County Londonderry, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1876, in her hometown, at the age of 74.
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English: from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Orre (Old Norse Orri, originally a byname meaning ‘black grouse’).
Scottish (southwestern): nickname from Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun, of sallow complexion’. This surname is also common in Ireland. It was brought to Ulster from Scotland in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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