Roland Guerney Orr

1888 - 1937  (49 years)

• Name	Roland Guerney Orr
  Born	23 Apr 1888	Nepean, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 1937	Burgess Township, Lanark, Ontario   [2]
  Buried	12 Jul 1937	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Notes	At the time of his death in 1937, Guerney and Kit were living at 192 Powell Avenue in Ottawa where he was employed as an architect in the Civil Service. Ottawa Citizen - July 10, 1937 - Roland G. Orr Dies At Otty Lake Camp Roland Guerney Orr, aged 49 years, architect in the survey and engineering branch of the Department of Mines and Resources, who built many of the Indian school houses throughout Canada, and other buildings in connection with Indian Affairs in the Dominion, died suddenly today at Otty Lake, five miles south of Perth. Mr. Orr, who has been on leave of absence due to ill health, had been spending the summer at Otty Lake. Dr. J. McCaughey, who was attending him, was called to Otty Lake, when Mr. Orr's condition became critical. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Prior to the establishment of the Department of Mines and Resources, Mr. Orr had been with the Department of Indian Affairs as architect, and it was in this capacity that he had become well known. He joined the department as a draughtsman on May 18, 1907. Born in Ottawa, he was a son of the late William A. Orr, who had been in charge of lands in the Department of Indian Affairs, and Mrs. Orr, who survives. His father died in 1913. Mr. Orr was educated in the Capital, and it was after he had graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute that he had entered the department. He had attended St. Matthew's Anglican church, and was a member of the Doric Lodge, AF and AM and also the Architects' Association. His wife, formerly Catherine Turner, and his mother survive. Source: Carss Family Tree
  Person ID	I5712	Cullen family tree
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	William Andrew Orr
  Mother	Elizabeth Lonsdale Pelton
  Family ID	F1820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Loretta Turner,   b. 05 Mar 1890, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. Abt 12 Apr 1968, Vero Beach, Florida  (Age 78 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1914	Ottawa, Ontario   [3]
  Family ID	F1056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Guerney Orr c1935
  		Guerney Orr
  		Guerney Orr at Aylen Lake

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Ancestry.ca, Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990 1921 - 1954,311. [S41] Ancestry.ca, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947Lanark, 1937, 237. [S41] Ancestry.ca, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928, Carleton, 1914, 2291.