Orr Name Study

Origins of the Orrs
	Name
	Clan Campbell connection
	Origin of the Campell name
	Inveraray
	Campbeltown and Kintyre
	Campbell of Glen Orchy.
	Places
	The Land of Urr in Kirkcudbrightshire
	Urr in the twelfth century
	The ancient Motte of Urr
	Galloway in the 17C.
	Orrs of Lochwinnoch
	A local residents view
	Some statistics about Lochwinnoch
	Orr farmers in Lochwinnoch
	Orr tenants 1818
	Property holders 1818
	Population of Renfrew 1818
	The 1881 Census
	Where the Orrs were in the 1881 Census.
	Orrs resident in Lochwinnoch Parish 1881
	Orrs resident in Kilbarchan Parish 1881
	Orrs resident in Kilbirnie Parish 1881
	Orrs resident in Beith Parish (Ayr) 1881
	Orrs resident in Dumfries and Kirkcudbright 1881
	Orrs resident in Wigtownshire 1881 Census
	17century internments of Orrs Greyfriars Kirk Yard, Edinburgh
	Orr in Ireland
	Griffiths Valuation
	Orr in Comber Parish
	Irish wills index.
	Flax growers Index 1796
	Crests and arms
DNA Testing
	D.N.A.
	Orr DNA - Possible common ancestors
	Early Orr marriages and the Ulster Pedigree.
	Orr of Castleaverry.
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	Specific DNA comparisons.
	Haplogroups
	Orr DNA Profile
	The Viking connection.
Orr articles
	A One Name Study
	From Irish martyr to founder of a US town
	The Orrs at War
	Inventors
Orr family files
	Claims to Fame
	William Orr of Farranshane, Co. Antrim
	Mary McCracken`s letter 27 Sep 1797
	The Wake of William Orr - Drennan
	Mary Allan`s letter about Samuel Redmond Orr
	The Ulster Pedigrees (Orr) James Orr & Janet McClement.
	Smith Orr of Orrville, Ohio
	Hugh Orr of Lochwinnoch and Massachusetts.
	William Orr of Lochwinnoch - 10 Bonnet Lairds.
Distribution of the Orr name
	World
	United Kingdom
	Canada
	USA
	Australia and New Zealand
Migration and emigration
	Timeline
	A historical snapshot
	Economic and social migration
	Orr "Famine" emigrants.
	Scotland to Ireland
	From Ulster
	From Scotland
	Migration to America (USA)
	Canada
	West Indies
Glossaries
	Some terms used in Ulster
	Scottish words and terms
	Last update: 15/09/2011