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Male Orson Colby Click to view Orson Colby in the family tree

Orson was born in 1841 in Quebec, Canada.  Orson's father was Abner Colby and his mother was Mary Louisa Lindsay.  His paternal grandparents are Abner Colby and Elizabeth Ford. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Charles Grandison, Milo J., Judson, Edward James, George, William Oscar, Herbert, Orissa Elsameda, Althera M., Susan Climera and Amaretta P..  He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children.  He died at the age of 59 in 1900 in Fairbault, Minnesota.


Orson's family with Mary Ann Alvey

‌Orson and Mary Ann were married in a religious ceremony about 1870 in Minnesota.  They had six sons and six daughters, named Charles C., William, Burdette Louis, George Edward, Harry, Roy, Harriet, Mary L., Caroline, Bessie A., Sarah and Lillian I..

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