Brief Life History of Thomas Duer
When Thomas Duer Orr was born on 12 July 1833, in Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Orr, was 28 and his mother, Anna Duer, was 29. He married Katharine Wilson on 11 December 1869, in Hill Grove, Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Monona, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Lincoln Township, Monona, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 23 November 1919, in Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Onawa Cemetery, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States.
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- Thomas Orr, "United States Census, 1910"
- Thomas D. Orr, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Thomas Orr, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
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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