A.J. Dundas

Merchant
1900-1943

Front Street
Georgetown, SC 29440

FAMILIES: Dundas

Abraham James “A.J.” Dundas (1873-1943), a native of Russia, immigrated to the United States in 1892. By 1900, he had settled in Georgetown, South Carolina, where he was the proprietor of a jewelry and watchmaking store on Front Street. He operated the business until his passing in 1943.

Main Image: Obituary for Abraham James Dundas, 1943. Reprinted from The State, October 15, 1943.

The Jewish Merchant Project is supported by the generosity of the Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation and the Stanley B. Farbstein Endowment at the Coastal Community Foundation.

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