Mayors of Lincolnshire in 1902

Transcribed by Ann McClean from:
  "The Mayors of England & Wales 1902"
  Coronation Year, King Edward VII
  (Compiled and Edited by F.A. Barnes)
  Published by W.T. Price & Co, 19, Grand Parade, Brighton, England.


GRIMSBY:

Mr Moses Abrahams, J.P. & Mrs Moses Abrahams.</P>

Mr Moses Abrahams, 86, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby, son of Victor Abrahams, 
Goldsmith, was born at Hull in March, 1853, and educated at Edwin Swaby's 
School, Grimsby. He is in business in Grimsby as a jeweller, clothier, 
and general furnishing warehouseman, and is a director of the Steam 
Fishing Company, and Steam Laundry Company; entered the Town Council in 
1894 for the North-East Ward, and was appointed Chairman of the Fever 
Hospital Committee, 1895, and Vice-Chairman of the Sanitary in 1896, 
which positions he has held ever since; a Freemason of the borough since 
1880; elected Mayor for the Coronation year, Novemebr 9th, 1901. 
Mr Abrahams married in 1875, Rosea, daughter of Mr M. Wise, of Hull.

Though the Grimsby of today is practically a town of modern growth, it 
is a very ancient borough, having received its first Charter from King 
John, subsequent Charters being granted by other monarchs. It received 
a Court of Quarter Sessions in 1891, when the borough boundaries were 
extended. The Council consists of twelve Aldermen and thirty-five 
Councillors.  
Area of the borough, 3120 acres; population, 60,000; 
rateable value, 209,000.