Anna Worley

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Worley was born in 1801, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, her father, Nathan Allen Worley, was 28 and her mother, Rachael Greer, was 29. She married Joshua Orr on 28 November 1822, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Newberry MM, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died in 1875, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Orr
1801–1871
Anna Worley
1801–1875
Marriage: 28 November 1822
John M. Orr
1829–1865
Thomas Orr
1837–
William Purviance Orr
1834–1912
Margaret Elizabeth Orr
1840–1925
Joshua Williamson Orr Jr.
1845–1913
Caleb Worley Orr
1845–1935

Sources (8)

  • Anna Orr in household of Joshua Orr, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Anna Worley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Hanna Worley Orr, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name with different origins. In the West Midlands this surname is most probably derived from Great or Little Wyrley in Norton Canes (Staffordshire). The placenames derive from Old English wīr ‘bog myrtle’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. In the East Midlands, the name is possibly from Worlick in Ramsey (Huntingdonshire), the etymology of the which is uncertain. In northern England, possibly from Whirley in Over Alderley (Cheshire), which has the same etymology as the Staffordshire names. There may also be a further unlocated source of this habitational name in southern England.

possibly an irregular variant of Wortley or Warley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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