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Abram Robertson Byram (died 1893) was an Australian
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and politician. He served as
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and
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of
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,
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, Australia.


Personal life

Abram Robertson Byram was born about 1825, the son of James Cooper Byram and Mary Robertson.Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages He married Elizabeth Freeman Elliot in
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, England in 1848. They had the following children in England: * Maria Freeman Byram, born about 1850
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, England, married 1872 in
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to Willam James Hartley1851 Census for Tynemouth, Northumberland, England * William Elliot Byram, born 1851 in
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, England Abram and his family immigrated to
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on the ''Parsee,'' arriving on 17 Jan 1853; William died on the voyage.Ancestry
/ref> Daughter Elizabeth Byram was born in 1854 in New South Wales. She married Norman Meredith Davis in
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in 1882 and died in Brisbane in 1920. They had more children in Brisbane: * William James Byram, born 1861. He died in 1922 in Queensland * George Elliot Byram, born 1865. He died in 1875 in Queensland. Abram Robertson Byram died at his home in Boundary Street, Spring Hill,
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on 20 February 1893 aged 67. He is buried in
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with his wife Elizabeth Freeman Byram and his sons George and William.Death notice for Abram Robertson Byram
The Brisbane Courier, Thursday 23 February 1893, page 4


Public life

Abram Robertson Byram served as alderman of the
Brisbane Municipal Council The Town of Brisbane was a Local government in Australia, local government area of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia from 1859 to 1903. It was later elevated to city status and was the City of Brisbane from 1903 until it was amalagamated into ...
from 1877 to 1888 and as
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in 1883. He served on various committees:Brisbane City Council Archives * 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

*
List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the City of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and the head of the Brisbane City Council. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, Lib ...

Photo of Abram Robertson Byram, 1883


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Byram, Abram Robertson Mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane 1820s births 1893 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery Australian cabinetmakers 19th-century Australian politicians