Tracing Patrick back to his father (John Abrams/Abraham):
John Abraham(1809-1891)
3rd great-grandfather - Patrick Abram (1840-1888) son of John Abraham
Bridget Agnes Abram (1865-1932) - daughter of Patrick Abram
Agnes Bridget Batterby (1902-1985) - daughter of Bridget Agnes Abram
Claude A Abrams (1927-2011)
Joe Abrams (1973 - )
We can see they lived in a relatively small part of Galway. He was born in Dunmore, and his father John is registered there in the Griffiths valuation (1847). Carried out in the middle ofthe Famine, this land valuation survey makes for amazing social history. It records the tenants and their landlords and then, by comparing this to later surveys you can see which tenants have left and which landlords sold up–many estates were sold due to being un-profitable or because they became ‘encumbered’ partly meaning they could not support thetenants living on them (financially).There are other members of this Abraham/Abram family in Garrafrauns and Quinaltagh. Thearea is bordered by County Mayo and County Roscommon. John Abraham is shown in the Griffiths valuation as a tenant of Dominick Tully and Thomas Abraham a tenant of Richard Kirwan. The latter was an ‘encumbered estate’ of thousands of acres. This meant it was, by act of parliament decided that such estates should be sold as the Landlords were unable to meet their obligations. Once sold, tenants on such estates were (often) evicted as part of the new regime, designed to make the land productive. The main change was from small scalearable (subsistence) farming to ‘pasture’ used to raise beef for export.
Emigration Patrick Abram, was married to Bridget (Clarke) in 1863, in Manchester, when he was 23 years old. They had 4 children Bridget Agnes, James, Patrick and John. The first child was born in 1865 (Agnes) in Hyde, Cheshire. Two brothers James and Thomas were born in Galway and the last (John) was born in Manchester. This shows a movement to and from Ireland which was not unusual. The Roman Catholic Irish population was reluctant to emigrate, the society was based on extended family/community ties and moving away was alast resort. The permanent move seems to have happened by 1871 (census), when Patrick was alodger (living alone) in Manchester, working as a tailor. One of many sending money ‘home’. By 1873, his family were also living in Manchester and on the 1881 census are all recorded in the same household.
Crime in 1871, Patrick was acquitted on a charge of larceny (theft), while his brother James was given 1 year for the same crime. Patrick was recorded as a tailor on the 1871 census while James was recorded as a shoe salesman. Larceny is a specific form of theft (from an employer) and often involved materials such as cloth or boots (portable and could be sold for cash). In this instance, James had stolen (28 pairs of boots) from Richard Stonier. Patrick had been charged and acquitted and Mary Marshall had been charged with receiving the boots, knowing them to be stolen. James received a sentence of 1 years hard labour and Mary 6 months.There is a reference to James Abram serving a second sentence, this time for assault, he spent time in Liverpool and then Manchester.
Patrick died aged 48, in Salford, he died of hemiplegia. He was a Journeyman Tailor at that time. Bridget, his wife, is shown on the 1911 census living in the same house in Salford asmy/our grandmother Agnes, then aged 8 years.
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| Date of Birth | 12th Feb 1840 | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1911 | |
| Occupation | Tailor | |
