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Abraham Dawson

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Abraham Dawson was an Irish-Canadian Anglican cleric. He was also a very prominent member of the Orange Order in Canada and member of a Canadian political family.

He was born in Killyman, Co. Tyrone, on 29 July 1816. As a Christian preacher, he was based in a variety of locations throughout Ireland, including Knockmanaul, Turin, Athlone, Manorhamilton, Sligo, Strabane and Newtownstewart, before emigrating to Canada West in 1864. He had about twelve children, including George Walker Wesley Dawson, who became an MP.[1] He was the Grand Chaplain of the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada in 1874.[2] He died on 12 May 1884 in Plevna, Ontario.

Notes

  1. ^ "Away Back in Clarendon and Miller" (1976) Armstrong, CA
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)