James Atkinson Abrams, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian business owner and political figure
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About James Atkinson Abrams
- James Atkinson Abrams (November 11, 1844 – April 24, 1914) was a business owner and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1878 to 1882. He was born in Napanee, Ontario, apprenticed there as a tanner and came to Victoria in 1867.
- He worked as a foreman in two tanneries before moving to Nanaimo, where he established the Nanaimo Tanning Company in 1878, with himself as president.
- In the same year, he married Georgina Wenborn.
- In 1886, he became a partner in a business in Vancouver.
- Later that year, his business in Nanaimo was destroyed in a fire.
- Abrams served on Nanaimo City Council in 1889 and also served as a justice of the peace.
- He died in Cumberland at the age of 69.Abrams Island, located west of Swindle Island, was named after him.
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