Businessman, municipal official.
Born at Hastings, Ontario on 6 September 1870, he spent several years at Kenora (Ontario) before moving to Grandview in 1901 where he operated a real estate business, theatre, and garage. From 1911 to his death, he was a local dealer for the Ford Motor Company, holding a record in North America for the most number of years as a dealer. He married Annie Hoban (1870-1942) at Kenora and they had three children: Viola Ann Orr (1894-?, wife of Roy Fisher Steele), Margaret Ellen Orr (1898-?, wife of George Edmund Buchanan), and Franklin Hoban Orr (1901-1964). He was the first Mayor of Grandview, serving from 1906 to 1913, and again from 1914 to 1915. He was also Chair of the Grandview School Board and was a Police Magistrate at Grandview (1915-?). He died at Dauphin on 21 October 1942, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was buried with his wife in the Beausejour Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Obituary [Mrs. John F. Orr], Winnipeg Tribune, 30 March 1942, page 5.
Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“John Franklin Orr, 72, succumbs to injuries,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 October 1942, page 10.
Obituary, Grandview Exponent, 29 October 1942, page 2.
Obituary [Franklin Orr], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 June 1964, page 27.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 March 2020
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