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  Born in Vilnius, Lithuania (at times, part of Russia), descended from a long line of distinguished Rabbis.  He emigrated, with his brother Joesph, to Mexico about 1895-1898, either to seek his fortune or avoid the draft or pogroms.  Established Tampico News, an import/export company in Tampico with several partners, including his brother Josef.  He married Florence Woollett in 1901, had 1 son and 5 daughters.    In 1910, he moved the family to Mexico City and established the business there. He bought a home at the corner of Londres y Napolis, across the street from the Presidential Palace of Porfirio Diaz.   He was a friend and financial supporter of several Presidents during the Revolution, including Diaz, Carrera, Madera, and Huerta.  He was also friend/supporter of Pancho Villa for a time (photo existed of Villa, Abraham and his son Robert, but was burned by Robert's widow.), though he turned against him later. Abraham left Mexico City about 1913 or 1914 with Huerta (to avoid assassination) and fled to Spain.  He was badly injured in an automobile accident (in Monte Carlo) after which he became addicted pain killers, including morphine.  He and Huerta returned to NYC about 1915.  See article in NYTimes.  He is quoted to be Huerta's friend and financial advisor.  He was spokesman for Huerta during his time in New York. Abraham set up an import/export business in NYC.  He was separated from his wife Florence who moved to NYC from Mexico with their daughters, about 1917 -  son Robert preceded them about 1916 to live with his father.  Abraham died in 1919 at a convalescent hospital in New Hope, NY, possibly from an alcohol/drug overdose (purported to be arranged by his brother, per family members).  His will was disputed between his widow and his brother (see New York Times).
  
  Abraham had several illegitimate children in Mexico.  He had at least one daughter by a Mexican woman in the early 1900's in Tampico, and two sons about 1912 and 1912, in Mexico City, by Concepcion Carrillo.  This branch of the family is covered in Unbroken Chain, below.
  
  He is buried in Temple Israel Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
  
  Sources:
  
  Marriage Registration in Tampico, Mexico, 1901, Tampico Civil Records
  Death Certificate
  
  Tombstone & Burial Records @ Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1919
  
  New York Times articles, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1920
  
  Unbroken Chain, Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th Century, Revised edition, 1990, by Neil Rosenstein. Published by the Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy.LOC # 90-80924, ISBN 0-9610578-4-X.

Sources

• 1. Unbroken Chain
  • Revised edition, 1990, the Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy