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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Abraham, Mary, 1808-1859
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Description area
Dates of existence
1808-1859
History
Mary Abraham was born to Orpha Clarke and Thomas Abraham in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. In 1840 she married Henry Murray and they had three children. Her older brother Robert Abraham was the first editor of the Montreal Transcript in 1834 and briefly the owner and editor of the Montreal Gazette in the mid-19th century. She died in San Francisco, California, USA.