MR. L. A. ABRAHAM

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 15

MR. L. A. ABRAHAM

The death of Mr. Lionel A. Abraham! occurred last night at Palmerston j North, at the age of 77 years. Mr. Abraham was in business in. Palmers-, ton North for. many years, being a partner in the firm of Messrs. Barraud andi Abraham, general merchants, and was one of the city's best-known residents. His;'brother, Mr. R. S!;: Abraham, is chairman of directors of Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., of Palmerston North and Wellington. ■

Mr. Lionel Abraham, was a son of Canon Abraham, Suffolk, where he was born. His uncle was Bishop Abraham, first Anglican" Bishop of the Wellington Diocese. . After spending some years at Charterhouse School, Surrey, Mr. Abraham went to Germany to take a course of tuition with a view to joining the army. . Changing his plans, however, he returned to England, and; having determined to adopt farming pursuits, studied for some time at the Royal College of Agriculture, Cirencester. In the eighties. Mr., Abraham left England in the steamer lonic for New Zealand, arriving in this country as a youth. ; ,-'...

After spending some time on the estate of Mr. John Rolleston, in the Rangitikei.'he joined his brother, Mr. R. S, Abraham, in the firm of Stevens and Gorton, Palmerston North. When this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Abraham, in .company with Mr. Edward N. Barraud, took over the general. merchandise portion of the business, his brother retaining the remainder under the style of Abraham and Williams.

Apart from his- business activities; Mr. Abraham took a keen interest in

sport. He was instrumental in starting the Manawatu Golf Club, and for 30 years he was the club's secretary. In his younger years he was also a member of the polo club and several other clubs. He retired from business about two years ago, but his firm is still being carried on.

Mr. Abraham married Miss Constance Martyn, whose father was* Dean Martyh, of Long Melford, Suffolk. Mrs. Abraham survives her husband, and there is also a family of three sons and four daughters—Mr. Martyn Abraham, a partner in the firm of Fitzherbert and Abraham, solicitors, Palmerston North, Mr. Ronald Abraham, Palmerston North, and Mr. Thomas Abraham, Taumarunui, Mrs. David Collins, Featherston, Mrs. Rupert Ashworth, Hawke's Bay, Mrs. Ferdinand Ashworth, Castlepoint, and Mrs. Balfbur, Stratford.