McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Abraham, John, 1813-1881
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Description area
Dates of existence
1813-1881
History
John Abraham was the second child named John of Thomas and Orpah Abraham, the first having died in infancy the year preceding John A.’s birth in Carlisle, Cumberland. He married Maria Hayes Tyerman. He was the younger brother of one-time Montreal Gazette newspaper owner and editor, Robert Abraham. John died in Grassendale, Lancashire, at the age of 66.