Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Abram Combe

From Graces Guide

Abram Combe (1852-1917) of Combe, Barbour and Combe

1852 Born in Belfast, son of James Combe (of Belfast)

1869-75 Apprentice in works of Combe and Barbour, engineers and machine makers

1873 Supervised the erection of large machines at exhibition in Vienna

1876 Became a managing partner of the firm Combe, Barbour and Combe

1888 Proposed to join I Mech E as member[1]

1896 of Combe, Barbour and Combe

1901 Abram Combe 48, lived in Ballyfinaghy, Malone with Emilie Caroline Combe 44, Robert George Nicholson Combe 22, James Combe 23, Samuel Barbour Combe 21[2]

1917 Died in Lurgan[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. Mechanical Engineer Records
  2. 1901 census
  3. BMD
  • Mechanical Engineer Records