Tracey Brothers of Waterford,
Stretford Lancashire
and Columbia
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1923 Medellín, República
de Colombia
1929 Trilladora Central Tracey Brothers token
Medellín en 1932 |
The firm of Tracey Brothers was founded in Medeilin in the year of 1903 by Mr. Arthur, Frank and Sidney Tracey. It had offices in Manchester (Casa Matriz) and London (Londres), in England and Barranquilla, Bogota and Medellin in Columbia. In 1907 and 1910, the company was re-launched as Tracey Brothers Limited. The new company also absorbed the business of the third brother, Sydney Tracey, in Manchester. Frank Tracey was to stay on in Colombia for three years as manager. Arthur Tracey was to remain available for one year. Later, in 1916, the Traceys associated with the powerful house Balfour, Williamson & co. of London. The company had extensive business interests and was involved with imports of English and American merchandise, exports of Columbian products and distribution of national products such as salt, fabrics from the country's factories. They were agents of Lloyds, Board of Underwriters of New York, Imperial Chemical Industries Lid, Fire Insurances and several other important companies. In development of its activities, Tracey Brothers Ltd are the largest importer of cotton fabrics in the country, and it is one of the most important coffee exporter companies in the United States and Europe. In 1929, Tracey
Brothers Ltd. bought Trilladora Central, a Medellín coffee bean thresher
facility. The labor control tokens were struck by the Medellín Mint in copper
and in brass, both with reeded edge. In 1940 the name
of the company was changed from Tracey Brother Limited to Tracey & Co
S.A. Early in 1943, J. C. Blagden closed his wartime quarters at Spratton, near Northampton, and
moved to 7 Gracechurch Street London, the location of Tracey Brothers
Limited. In September 1945 Blagdens took the first step towards capital
association with Balfour, Williamson by purchasing Tracey Brothers Ltd., who
now operated as merchant converters, buying loom state cloth from the mills
and bleaching, dyeing or printing and processing it to their own or
customers' requirements — or buying products outside their own range in the
finished state from other houses. The new combination became Tracey, Blagden Ltd
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Medellín en 1932 Tracey Brothers
Ltd Esta firma es una sociedad
anónima domiciliada en Londres, con sucurales en Manchester, Medellín,
Barranguilla, Bogotá y Call, y agendas en otras ciudades y poblaciones
importantes de la Repiblica. La casa antecesora de Thacey Brothers fue
fundada en Medeilin en el ato de 1903 par los señores Arthur, Frank y Sidney
Tracey, quienes iniciaron y desarrollaran sus negocios con mucho éxito y
corrección absoluta, que acredité su firma haciéndoia merecedora de Ia
confianza y la estiniaclén del comercio y de los panicuiares de esta ciudad.
Más tarde, en el aio de 1916, los señores Tracey se asociaron con la poderosa
casa Balfour, Williamson & co. de Londres para formar la actual Sociedad
anónirna, figurando cairo afiliada de la citada casa que tiene
ramificaciones, sucursales y agencias en toda América y otras partes del
mundo. Los negocios de
esta Compañia se extienden en gran escala a la exportaciôn de frutos del pals
y a la importación de mercancias ingiesas y norteamericanas. Son también
distribuidores de productos nacionales como sal, telas de las fábricas del
pals, etc; y son agentes de Lloyds, Board of Underwriters of New York,
Imperial Chemical Industries Lid, Aseguros contra Incendio y varias otras
companias importantes. En desarroilo de
sus actividades la casa Tracey Brothers Ltd aparece coma la más grande
importadora de telas de algodón en el pals, y coma una de las más importantes
compañias exportadoras de café a Estados Unidos y Europa. Esta casa se ha
distinguido siempre pot la corrección y cumplimiento absoluto de todos sus
compromios, y hoy con motivo de la Feria Exposiciôn la regstramos compiacidos
coma una de las principales casas que funcionan en la ciudad. Actualmente es
gerente principal de la compañia el señor Edgar J. Sharman, a quien
agradecemos los datos que nos ha suministrado para esta reseña, |
Tracey Brothers
Ltd This limited
liability company located in London, with offices in Manchester, Medellín,
Barranguilla, Bogotá and Call, with agencies in other cities and important
towns of the Republic. The
predecessor firm of Tracey Brothers was founded in Medeilin in the year of
1903 by Mr. Arthur, Frank and Sidney Tracey, who started and developed their
business with great success and absolute correctness, which accredited their
signature making it worthy of trust and trust of commerce and the
panicuiar of this city. Later,
in 1916, the Traceys associated with the powerful house Balfour, Williamson
& co. of
London to form the current anonymous company, with an affiliated cairo of the
aforementioned house that has ramifications, branches and agencies throughout
the Americas and other parts of the world. |
Ref:
Wallis Hunt (1960)
Heirs of Great Adventure: 1901-1951. Balfour, Williamson.
Pérez, Luis F.
(2004) Medellín en 1932 - Page 317
TRACEY BROS. LTD.—
Shippers. Bridgewater House. Whiteworth Street, Manchester 1 and 7 Gracechurch
street London
April 15, 1910 The
London Gazette
NOTICE is hereby
given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting: between us the undersigned,
Sidney Tracey, Arthur Tracey, and Frank Tracey, carrying on business as Merchants,
at 2, Booth-street, in the city of Manchester (but formerly at 89,
Mosley-street, in the city of Manchester), and at Medellin, in the Republic of
Colombia, South America, under the style or firm of TRACEY BROTHERS, has been
dissolved by mutual consent as and from the 30th day of September, 1907, so far
as regards the said Sidney Tracey. All debts due to and owing by the said late
firm will be received and paid by the said Arthur Tracey and Frank Tracey, who
will continue to carry on the said business under the same style or firm at 2,
Booth-street, in the city of Manchester, and at Medellin, in the Republic of
Colombia, South America.—Dated the eleventh day of April, 1910.
Sidney Tracey.
Arthur Tracey.
Frank Tracey
(By Sidney Tracey
his Attorney).
FAMILY HISTORY
1851 Census - George Street, Hulme, Chorlton,
Lancashire
George Tracy, 43 or 45 1806/1808 …, Ireland Broker
Margaret Tracy, 46 or 40 1811 …, Ireland
Michael Tracy, 15 1836 …, Ireland
Mary Ann Tracy, 11 1840 …, Ireland
Catherine Tracy Daughter Female 7 Manchester,
Lancashire
George W Tracy Son Male 4 Manchester, Lancashire
Margaret Tracy Daughter Female 2 Manchester,
Lancashire
George William Tracey of Hulme, buried April
13th 1851, 4 years 3 months, All Saints Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire
Margaret Tracey of Hulme, buried 16 April
1851, 2 years 6 Months, All Saints Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire
Catherine Caroline Tracey of Hulme, buried 22
Jun 1851, 6 years 8 Months, All Saints Chorlton upon Medlock Lancashire
1861 - 59 Booth St, Hulme St John Manchester
Lancashire
Geo Tracey, Head, 50, b. 1811 Waterford
Ireland, collector of debts
Mary Tracey, Wife, 51, b. 1810 Coonagh
[Limerick?] Ireland,
Mary Hills, Servant, Female, 11, Manchester
Michael Tracey married Emma Brougham 8 Nov 1865
Cathedral, Manchester, England
Michael Tracy/Tracey, clerk/warehouseman,
& Emma
Frederick Tracey b. 25 Nov 1866 of 25
Casnlerooh Street. Event Place: Holy
Trinity, Hulme, Lancashire, England
Arthur Tracey b. 13 Jun 1868 St Matthew,
Stretford, Lancashire, England
Sidney Tracy b. 3 Apr 1870 St Matthew,
Stretford, Lancashire, England
Frank Tracey b. 26 Nov 1871 St Matthew,
Stretford, Lancashire, England
Emma
Brougham (1833-1879)
1871 Census - Stretford, Lancashire, England
Michael Tracey Head Male 35 Manchester, Lancashire, Spanish
Corresponent
Emma Tracey Wife Female 37 Manchester, Lancashire
Frederick Tracey Son Male 4 Fretynd,
Lancashire
Arthur Tracey Son Male 2 Fretynd, Lancashire
Sidney Tracey Son Male 1 Fretynd, Lancashire
Margaret Jones Servant Female 23 Llangothlan, Denbighshire
Amelia J Rogers Servant Female 12 Davyhulme,
Lancashire
Mary Ann Tracey married John Thornton 22 Sep
1860 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire
1881 Census - Stockport, Cheadle, Cheshire,
England
Arthur Tracey, boarder, scholar, 13, b.
Stretford, Lancashire
1881 Census - Sibson Road, Sale, Cheshire,
England
John Thornton Head Male 48 Manchester, Lancashire, England,
Cotton Salesman (Dealer)
Mary Ann Thornton Wife Female 41 Ireland
Mary E Thornton Daughter Female 19 Manchester,
Lancashire, England
George W Thornton Son Male 18 Manchester,
Lancashire, England, clerk
Alfred Thornton Son Male 13 Sale,
Cheshire, England
John Thornton Son Male 11 Sale, Cheshire, England
Mable Thornton Daughter Female 6 Sale,
Cheshire, England
Ethel Thornton Daughter Female 5 Sale,
Cheshire, England
Herbert Thornton Son Male 3 Sale,
Cheshire, England
Amy Thornton Daughter Female 2 Sale,
Cheshire, England
Sidney Tracey Nep
[nephew?] Male 11 Stretford,
Lancashire, England
Frank Tracey Nep Male 9 Stretford, Lancashire, England
Margaret Baker Servant Female 19 Wales
John Thornton, 49, b. 1870 England (s. of John
& Mary Tracy) married Amanda A. Stevens Bury, 41, b. 1878 Canada (d. of
Ambrose Steve... & Harriet Hendricks) 30 Dec 1919 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
1891 Census - Hyde Grove, St Stephens,
Chorlton Upon Medlock, Lancashire
William Wood Head Male 39 Lancashire, England, Clerk In
Shipping Warehouse
Elizabeth Wood Sister Female 41 Lancashire, England
Mary Procter Sister Female 57 Lancashire, England
Mary Procter Niece Female 15 Lancashire, England
Sidney Tracey Lodger Male 21 Lancashire, England, Cashier In
Cotton Manufacturing Mill
Frank Tracey Lodger Male 19 Lancashire, England, Clerk In
Warehouse
Sidney Tracey, 32, Traveller, Bachelor, of 241
Upper Brook Str. C on M (s. Michael Tracey, deceased, Traveller) married Mary
Annie Smith, 23, Spinster, of 161 Plymouth Grove C on M (d. of John Smith,
Estate Agent) Wit: John W. Hargreaves, Edith M. Smith & Ann Smith on the 6
Nov 1901 St Chrysostom, Rusholme, Lancashire, England
1911 Census - Ashton Upon Mersey, Ashton-
Upon- Mersey, Cheshire
Sidney Tracey Head Male 41 Stretford, Lancashire, SHIPPER'S
MANAGER
May Annie Tracey Wife Female 33 Eccles,
Lancashire
Norah Tracey Daughter Female 8 Republic Of Colombia
Molly Tracey Daughter Female 5 Southport,
Lancashire
Denis Broughman Tracey Son Male 3 Ashton
On Mersey, Cheshire
May Annie Smith Visitor Female 53 Manchester,
Lancashire
Edith Constance Sayeant Servant Female 23 Bridgenorth,
Shropshire
Mary Farmer Servant Female 21 Crewe, Cheshire
Martha Nellie Millington Servant Female 23 Market
Drayton, Shropshire
Ellis Island
Arthur Tracey,
Manchester England, 1904, 35 years
Arthur Tracey,
Medellin Colombia, 1909, 41 years (Ecuador Grayaquil)
Arthur Tracey,
Bristol England, 1915, 47 years (b. Stratford Lonas?, going to Own residence
Baranquilla Columba)
Arthur Tracey,
Barranquilla Colombia, 1916, 48 years (b. Stratford England, in transit to
London)
Arthur Tracey,
London England, 1918, 50 years (b. Stretford England, Trouy Bros Ltd.,
Barranquilla, Rep of Colombia, in transit)
Frank Tracey,
Bogota Columbia, 1913, 47 [42] years, b. Strattford England, 1903 New York, to
friend Meisn? Balfour, Williams and Co. New York,
Francis Tracey,
Barranquilla Colombia, 1916, 45 years, b. London England, 1913 NY, Brother: Mr.
A Tracey, Barranquilla Columbia.
Isabella Tracey, Bogota Colombia, 1916, 34 years, ,
husband Mr Frank Tracey, Bogota Colombia, b. Wimborne England
Frank Tracey,
Bogota Colombia, 1916, 45 years, b. Stortford? England, Home: Villa Blanco,
Columbia St, Chapinero, Bogota, New York 1916, Friend: The Rev Chancellor
Isabel Audrey Tracey, Bogota Colombia, 1916, 34 years,
b. Privett England
George Tracey, Mejillones Chile, 1919, 36 years
Isabel Audrey Tracey buried 24 May 1967
Hinton-Parva, Dorset, age 86, b. 1881
Sidney Tracey, 1896, 26 years, traveller, England,
Sidney Tracey, Medellin Colombia?, 1904, 35 years,
married, merchant, English, lived New York 1902, to West Minster Hotel? New
York, to Manchester
May Annie
Tracey, Medellin Colombia?, 1904, 26 years, married, lady, English, lived New
York 1902, to West Minster Hotel? New York, to Manchester
Norah
Tracey, Medellin Colombia?, 1904, 1 years
Sidney Tracey, Sale England, 1906, 36 years, Commercial traveller, New York 1904, in transit to Medellin Columbia c/o Tracey Bros
Sidney Tracey, Sale England, 1917, 47 years, merchant, 5’10”, fresh complexion, brn hair, grey eyes, tattoo on left hand, wife: May Tracey, Brookfield, Harboro Rd, Sale. New York 1907, in transit to Barranquilla Columbia, b. Stretford Lancs England
Sidney Tracey, Barranquilla Colombia, 1918, 48 years, married, merchant, 5’9.5”, dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes, English, Tracy Bros Ltd Barranquilla Columbia, to Manchester England. 1917 NY. Friend Balfour Williams, Exchange Place NYC. b. Stratford Lancashire England.
Sidney Tracey, Barranquilla Colombia, 1919, 49 years, married, merchant, English, 5’10”, fair complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, tattoo on left hand. b. Stretford England. Wife May Tracey, Harboro Rd Sale Chesire. To Republic of Colombia.
National
Archives
Tracey Bros., Manchester, 1909,
Cadbury/180/927
Cadbury/180/1-962 General correspondence,
mainly relating to Portuguese West Africa and the Trial. Many, but not all,
these letters, are to be found in the bound volumes, Cadbury 4-7. Mostly by or
to W.A. Cadbury.
BT 365/12 - First World War claim settlements
Steamer: Orubian. Nature of goods: Manchester
Goods. Value: £425. Payment to: Tracey Bros Limited. Assured: Tracey Bros
Limited. Date of Settlement: 01/10/1917
Records of Balfour Williamson & Company
Ltd
...Tracey Bros. Ltd...
Date: 1902-1925
RM 21/7
Pita: This volume is divided in sections either by correspondent name or subject matter.
Folios 42 and 49 consist of letters from Isabel Tracey from Bogota where she mentions bringing specimen of the plant to England; folio 84 is a letter from A Tracey enquiring about the germination of the Pita seeds he sent from Colombia; mention is also made of Isabel Tracey sending a Pita flower.
Held by: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
Former reference in its original department: Former reference (Department): ECB/7/1
Letter from Ms Isabel
A. Tracey to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; from Villa Blanca, Chapinero,
Bogotá; 27 Feb 1921; two page letter comprising two images; folio 274
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.visual.kldc12358#
1863 Slater's Directory of Manchester and
Salford
James Tracey, cooper, Stockport road
James Tracy, joiner, 21 Walker st. Lloyd st
John Tracy, labourer, 88 Loom st. Poland St
Martin Tracy, tailor, 25 Mason St. Swan st
Mary Tracy, seamstress, 4 Pump st. Oldham road
Patrick Tracy, shopkeeper, 56 Mason st. Swan
st
Patrick Tracy, tailor, 50 Fernie st. Red bank
Rev. John Tracy, 38 Granby row
Thomas Tracey, carder, 20 Spencer st. Beswick
st
Thomas Tracy, fowl dealer, 44 Carter St
Strangeways
Thomas Tracy, packer, 7 South Pump st Salford
Tracy & Co. printers, engravers &
manufacturers of the translucent show cards, 55 to 63 Temple st. Chorlton on
Medlock-See advertisement
Wm. Saml Tracy, printer (Tracy & Co.), 27
Dover St. Oxford rd
1879 Slater's Directory of Manchester &
Salford
Elizabeth Tracy, dressmaker, 9 Molynenx st.
Stockport rd
James Tracey, boot and shoemaker, 15 Jones st.
Bloom st. Salford
Margaret Tracey, dressmaker, ll6 Higher
Chatham st. C on M
Mary Tracey, dressmaker, 159 Church st. Ellor
st. Pendleton
Michael Tracey, clerk, 10 Wynford st. Thurlow
st. Salford
Thomas Tracey, tailor, 9 Carter st. Corporation
st
Thomas Tracy, packer, 22 Brownbill st. Salford
Thomas Tracy, poulterer, &c. 200 to 204
Bury New rd. H B
Tracy & Co. manufacturers, North st.
Thomas st. Ardwick
W. Burnett Tracey, secretary, Mechanics
Institution, 103 Princess St
1883 Slater's Directory of Manchester &
Salford
Edward Tracey, fishmonger. 202 Bury New rd.
Higher Bronghton
Elizabeth Tracy, dressmaker, 9 Molyneux st. C
on M
Lord James Tracy, engineer, Grass Field, Yew
st. Lr. Bronghton rd
Margaret Tracey, dressmaker, 116? Higher Chatham
st. C on M
Mary Tracey, dressmaker, 159 Church st. Ellor
st, Pendleton
Thomas Tracey, greengrocer, 204 Bury New rd
Tracy & Co, lace & fancy box
manufacturers, North st. Thomas at. Ardwick-Pay day, 10th of each month
Tracy & Norbury, mauufucturers in ivory,
&c. 26 Fountain st; works, 9 Russell st. C on M
William B Tracy, lace manufacturer (Tracy
& Co.), 23 Longford road, Victoria park
William S.Tracy, lace manufacturer (Tracy
& Co.), 47 Ardwick green north
1895 Slater's Manchester & Salford
Directory
Ann Tracy, Mrs., householder, 14 Maskell st. C
on M
Catherine Tracey, Mrs., dining rooms, 10 Brown
St res. 32 Devonshire st. H B
Dennis Tracey, salesman, 86 Sudell st.
Rochdale rd
Edward Tracey, fishmonger, 175 Bury New rd - T
N S 127 Nat
John Tracey, shopkeeper, 1 Percy st. Ruth st.
S
Lord James Tracy, draughtsman, 17 Grecian st.
L B
Michael Lawrence Tracy, relieving officer, 22
Edmnnd St Seedley
Miss Tracey, householder, SI Weymouth st. C on
M
Richard Tracey, baker, so Manchester st. S
Thomas Tracey, baker, 15 Tudor st. Rochdale rd
Thomas Treacy, watchman, 14 Providence st.
Livesey st
William S. Tracy, householder, 78 Rusholme
grove, R
William Tracey, leather bag maker, 17 West
George st, Windsor 8
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update: 16 May 2024