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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Orr, E. S. (Elias Samuel), 1829-1899
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Description area
Dates of existence
1829-1899
History
Elias Samuel Orr was born on July 11, 1829, in Lachute, Argenteuil, Quebec.
In 1847, he began to work as a clerk in Charles Wales' store in St. Andrews and became a junior member of Charles Wales & Co. in 1854. In 1860, he left St. Andrews for Sawyerville, Quebec, where he carried on a country trade till 1868. In 1869, Orr became a Registrar of Compton County, Cookshire, Quebec.
In 1856, he married Jane Colclough White (1830-1907). He died on March 6, 1899, in Montreal, Quebec.