Brief Life History of Arthur
When Arthur Orr III was born on 4 October 1884, in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Arthur Orr, was 37 and his mother, Eliza "Eleanor" Noyes, was 25. He married Alice McKinstry Meigs on 9 July 1908, in Keokuk Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Saint Charles, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 5 June 1955, at the age of 70, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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- Arthur Orr, "United States Census, 1930"
- Arthur Orr, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- Arthur Orr, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
1903
The Public Service Corporation (PSC) was formed on May 6, 1903. The company began as a merger of a power company with four different trolley companies. PSC would ultimately combine with over 400 other companies.
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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