william orr

william orr was grampas' dad. he served with a north irish regiment in the boer war of south africa; he was an engineer, to my knowlege. he worked overseas much of the time on big construction prodjects. he was a hard drinker. grampa did not know his dad that well because of his overseas work. william orr was killed (along with a few others) by a drunk driver; he was in buffalo new york, working on the erie canal, and was waiting for a tram with others when they were all struck by a car....early 30s i think....grampa was on the homestead and didn't hear about it till months later.