• Born: 27 October 1886, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{2 3 4}
• Marriage (1): James ORR on 30 September 1904 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Died: 9 January 1959, Hazel Crest, Cook County, Illinois, USA at age 72
• Buried: 12 January 1959, Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA

   Other names for Mary were Mary COCHRANE,² Mary J. COCHRANE ³ and Mary Jeffrey ORR.⁴

  General Notes

MARY JEFFREY COCHRANE was born 27 October 1886 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, the daughter of stone mason Joseph Alexander Wright Cochrane and his wife, Ann Simpson. Second-born Mary was the eldest surviving child in a large family with more than 10 siblings. Most of her siblings survived to adulthood, although her elder brother had died in infancy only a few months before she was born.

A month before her 18th birthday, Mary married her husband, coal miner James Orr, on 30 September 1904 in Irvine.

After a couple of years in Irvine, the family settled in nearby Dreghorn parish, and it was there that most of their children were born. First-born daughter Ann Simpson Orr died in infancy in 1905, but 3 daughters and 3 sons survived to adulthood.

In 1927, her husband James and their eldest son, James, travelled to the United States to join James' brother, Robert. A year later Mary followed with several of the younger children. The family settled in Harvey, Illinois.

James worked as a gardener, and then as a laborer for the Whiting manufacturing company, and finally as an employee of the local newspaper. James died on 10 July 1952, and was buried in Cedar Park Cemetery.

Mary survived as a widow for an additional 6 and a half years, and then she also died on 9 January 1959 at the Hazel Crest General Hospital after a month-long illness. Services were held 12 January 1959 at the W. E. Kerr Chapel, with Rev. John Rossel officiating; burial was in Cedar Park Cemetery.

Surviving Mary are three daughters, Mrs. Robin Carlin, Mrs. Nida McCrindle and Mrs. Mary Ackerman of Harvey; three sons, James Jr. of Harvey, Joseph and Hugh of Milwaukee; 19 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; six brothers, John, Andrew, Samuel, David, and Joseph Cochrane, all of Scotland, and Alexander Cochrane of Milwaukee; and two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Petty of Australia and Mrs. Ann Begley of Scotland.

—  bio written for FindAGrave, 17 Feb 2015, kmh.

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  Death Notes

Hazel Crest General Hospital

  Burial Notes

Cedar Park Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ²
  
  Joseph Cochrane       26
  Ann Cochrane       24
  Mary Cochrane       5
  John R Cochrane       3
  James S Cochrane       8 Mo

• She appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ³
  
  Joseph Cochrane       57  [37]
  Ann S Cochrane       34
  Mary J Cochrane       14
  John R Cochrane       12
  James S Cochrane       11
  Agnes Cochrane       6 [8]
  Andrew Cochrane       6
  Joseph Cochrane       4
  Samuel G Cochrane       2
  David McKinlay       37

• She resided at Townfoot in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland on 18 December 1925.

• She resided at Kenneths Building in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1927. ⁵

• She had a residence before 21 February 1928 in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. ⁴

• Departure: on 21 February 1928, Mary departed from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on the S.S. Cameronia, travelling with her children and her brother Alexander . ⁴

• Arrival: on 2 March 1928 Mary arrived in New York, New York County, New York, USA on the S.S. Cameronia, en route to Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, USA . ⁴

• She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 1 April 1930 in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  James Orr       46
  Mary Orr       43
  James Orr       19
  Joseph Orr       17
  Hugh Orr       12
  Mary Orr       10
  Robert Orr       48
  Robert Orr       14
  Andrew Cochrane       36

• She had a residence in 1935 in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

• She appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Harvey, Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  
  James Orr        53
  Mary Orr        53
  Mary Orr        20

• She was buried at the Cedar Park Cemetery in Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA in 1959.

Mary married James ORR, son of James Clark ORR and Robina McGREGOR, on 30 September 1904 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. (James ORR was born on 25 October 1883 in Craigmark, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland,^{5 6} died on 10 July 1952 in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, USA and was buried on 11 July 1952 in Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA.)