Abram Robertson Byram
Abram Byram | |
|---|---|
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| 17th Mayor of Brisbane | |
| In office 1883–1883 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Porter |
| Succeeded by | John McMaster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abram Robertson Byram 1825 |
| Died | 20 February 1893 (aged 67) Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Freeman Elliot (m.1848 d.1898) |
| Occupation | Cabinetmaker |
Abram Robertson Byram (died 1893) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, Queensland, Australia.
Personal life
Abram Robertson Byram was born about 1825, the son of James Cooper Byram and Mary Robertson.[1][2][3]
Abram Robertson Byram married Elizabeth Freeman Elliot in Tynemouth, England in 1848. They had the following children in England:[2][4]
- Maria Freeman Byram, born about 1850 Tynemouth, England, married 1872 in Rockhampton, Queensland to Willam James
- William Elliot Byram, born 1851 Tynemouth, England
Abram and his family immigrated to Sydney, New South Wales on the Parsee arriving on 17 Jan 1853; their son William died on the voyage.[6]
A daughter Elizabeth Byram was born in 1854 in New South Wales, was married to Norman Meredith Davis in Brisbane in 1882 and died in Brisbane in 1920.[2][7]
They had more children in Brisbane:[2]
- William James Byram, born 1861, died 1922 in Queensland
- George Elliot Byram, born 1865, died 1875 in Queensland.
Abram Robertson Byram died at his home in Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane on 20 February 1893 aged 67 years. He is buried in Toowong Cemetery with his wife Elizabeth Freeman Byram and his sons George Elliot Byram and William James Byram.,[1][8][9]
Business life
Abram Robertson Byram was a cabinetmaker.[5]
Public life
Abram Robertson Byram was an alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council from 1877 to 1888 and was mayor in 1883. He served on the following committees:[10]
- Improvement Committee 1879, 1881
- Legislative Committee 1879 - 1881, 1883
- Finance Committee 1878, 1880, 1882, 1887
- Works Committee 1883, 1888
- Health Committee 1888
- Town Hall Committee 1885, 1886.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Death notice for Abram Robertson Byram, The Brisbane Courier, Thursday 23 February 1893, page 4
- ^ a b c d e Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- ^ Ancestry
- ^ FreeBMD
- ^ a b 1851 Census for Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
- ^ Ancestry
- ^ New South Wales Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- ^ Toowong Cemetery (Brisbane General Cemetery) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on Interment.net
- ^ Byram, Abram Robertson Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
- ^ Brisbane City Council Archives
External links
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