Name:Friedrich Jacob Servaes
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Birthplace:DUESSELDORF STADT,RHEINLAND,PRUSSIA
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Father's Name:Franz Joseph Servaes
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Mother's Name:Johanne Gertrud Von Franz
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System Origin:Germany-ODM
GS Film Number:939313
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C98700-6
Citing this Record:
"Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFTC-NBG : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Franz Joseph Servaes in entry for Friedrich Jacob Servaes, ; citing DUESSELDORF STADT,RHEINLAND,PRUSSIA; FHL microfilm 939313.
There appears to be a family connection to the Schröder family. Helene's mother was born Kunradt and one of her brothers was married in the Schröder family. That brother, Martin Wilhelm (William) Kunhardt was living in the Liverpool area as well. So it seems to be no coincidece that Julius got involved in Schröders Bank.
Merchant Banker, Liverpool
Christian Matthias Schroder & Co. was the leading Schroder firm in Hamburg from the 1760s to the 1850s. During the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s Schroder ships, named after female members of the family, plied their way to South America and to the Baltic, and the firm conducted a large business as an importer of coffee, spices, grain, wine and textiles. In the United States, a younger son of Christian Mattias II and a second cousin formed Schroder, Mummy & Co. in New Orleans in 1848, with an eye to participating in the cotton trade, and in 1856 a a mercantile house which conducted a general commission business was formed. This gave rise to the specialist activity which in time came to be called 'merchant banking'.
J. Henry Schroder & Co., was an active participant in the development of the sterling bill of exchange as the foremost instrument for the finance of international trade. 'Merchants & Bankers' was the term by which J. Henry Schroder & Co., styled itself until well into the twentieth century.
By mid-century, Hamburg was the largest port not only of Germany but also of continental Europe, and the fourth largest port in the world after London, Liverpool and New York.
In July 1839, Johann Heinrich established a third firm, J. H. Schroder & Co., in Liverpool. To manage the firm he engaged Nikolaus Mahs, and Charles Pickering, a local man from the family of Pickering Brothers, Liverpool corn merchants. Pickering and Mahs were taken into partnership in October 1842, apparently to satisfy the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England, which was unwilling to allow the firm to open a drawing account in the absence of a resident partner.
The 1850s were highly successful years for Johann Heinrich's Liverpool house. By the end of the decade it was the fourth largest recipient of consignments of cotton in Liverpool. In these years the firm was run by Charles Pickering and the chief clerk, Julius Servaes, who was made an associate partner in 1856. Nikolas Mahs, who had been taken into partnership along with Pickering in 1842, resigned to form his own firm.
Schroder's consignment business stagnated in the early 1870s and went into long-term decline from 1876. The contraction of the firm's activity was accelerated by changes particular to the tallow, grain and sugar trades - the most important goods it received on consignment. The tallow trade waned in the 1860s with the advent of kerosene oil lamps, which also meant a shift in the pattern of trade away from Russia, since it was the Pennsylvania oil field that supplied the world's petroleum requirements in the early days of the industry. Likewise, the grain trade was shifting from the Baltic and the Black Sea to the Atlantic, because American grain was superior in quality and cheaper. Lastly, developments in the Cuban sugar industry [dried up] that source of consignments.
While the business of the Produce Deparment declined, that of J. H. Schroder & Co.. of Liverpool and the other cotton consignement merchants virtually disappeared following the opening of the Atlantic Telegraph in 1866, which permitted direct contact between buyers and sellers, thus eliminating their role. Charles Pickering, who had been there from the outset, was a spent force and retired in 1881 [ed. He also died in 1881].
From 1869 onwards the accounts of J. Henry Schroder & Co., show large balances on account of the Liverpool house, suggesting that its capital was not being actively employed in business, and in 1883, upon the death of Johann Heinrich, the firm was wound up.
[ed. The Schroder business and banking dynasty continued through both World Wars and through many mergers, and generations of Schroders, still exists today . . . ]
Many [banks] were acquired by British or overseas banks, but most of the highly regarded firms remained independent. Schroders, which enjoyed a head start on account of its US interests, pushed the internationalisation of its business further than most of the other London merchant banks. The establishment of the international Schroder group of companies in the 1960s, 1970 and early 1980s was the first stage in this process. The second stage, which was achieved in the latter half of the 1980s, was the integration of the conduct of operations on a worldwide basis. In these years, the international Schroder group of companies became a single entity - Schroders.
Julius Servaes, who joined J.H. Schröder & Co. in 1845 and had been a partner since 1856, and his son, Julius Max Servaes, set up their own firm conducting a general agency and commission business, which acted as the London firm Liverpool's agent from 1883 until the Second World War.
Name:Julius Servaes
Age (Original):49
Gender:Male
Birth Year:1832
Birthplace:Germany
Relationship to Head of Household:Head
Marital Status:Married
Occupation:Merchant
Address:Holly Lea Aigburth Dr
Event Place:Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England
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Record Type:Household
GS Film number:1341875
Affiliate Publication Number:RG11
Piece/Folio:3651 / 89
Page Number:14
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Julius ServaesHeadM49Germany
Helen J ServaesWifeF42Germany
Francis C ServaesSonM20Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Susan F ServaesDaughterF15Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Helen J ServaesDaughterF8West Derby, Lancashire, England
Tony C ServaesDaughterF5West Derby, Lancashire, England
Julius R F ServaesSonM3West Derby, Lancashire, England
Alice M ClutterbuckServantF28London, London, Middlesex, England
Caroline WilliamsServantF34Fordyn ? One
Mary WhiteServantF27Dunkerin Kings Co
Lucy AkersServantF21Bledington, Oxfordshire, England
Pauline MoglerServantF36Germany
Citing this Record:
"England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQDG-TP5 : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Julius Servaes, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk : DC Thomson, n.d.); PRO RG 11/, p. , The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .
Frederick Julius Jacob Hubert Servaes
Toxteth Park Burials
Search Results for grave Q/297
SurnameForenameAgeRankAddressBuriedFolioEntryC/NSectionGraveClass
SERVAESGerald Henry1 monthInfant3 Parkfield Road23 August 1902450589801CQ297352 CEM 9/1/18
SERVAESJulius Frederick Jacob Hubert70 yearsGeneral MerchantHolly Lee Livingstone Drive18 January 1902445088706CQ297352 CEM 9/1/18
SERVAISHelene Johanne65 years-8 Southwood Road14 December 1903461792042CQ297352 CEM 9/1/19
Toxteth Park Cementery Inscriptions;
I5SERVAES. (C.Q.297)
Three white stone tiers, missing cross. In / loving memory of / Julius SERVAES, / born 14th January 1831, / died 14th January 1902, / Also of / Helene, his wife, died 10th December 1903. // Gerald Henry, / infant son of / J. M & C. V. SERVAES, / born 19th July died 22nd August 1902.
Name:Julius Frederick J H Servaes
Event Type:Death
Registration Quarter:Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year:1902
Registration District:Toxteth Park
County:Lancashire
Event Place:Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England
Age (available after 1866):70
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Birth Year (Estimated):1832
Volume:8B
Page:132
Line Number:3
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Name:Julius Frederick J H Servaes
Event Type:Death
Registration Quarter:Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year:1902
Registration District:Toxteth Park
County:Lancashire
Event Place:Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England
Age (available after 1866):70
Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969):
Birth Year (Estimated):1832
Volume:8B
Page:132
Line Number:3
Citing this Record:
"England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2NPP-72Y : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Julius Frederick J H Servaes, 1902; from Death, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," findmypast.
Er ist verheiratet mit Johanne Helene Wilckens.
Sie haben geheiratet am 7. April 1859 in Hamburg, Deutschland, er war 27 Jahre alt.Quelle 5
The Daily Post
Marriages April 1859
7th St. Peters Hamburg J.Servaes of Liverpool to Helene eldest dau.of C. Wickens of Hamburg
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Also known as Frederick Julius Jacob Hubert Servaes
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"Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFTC-NBG : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Franz Joseph Servaes in entry for Friedrich Jacob Servaes, ; citing DUESSELDORF STADT,RHEINLAND,PRUSSIA; FHL microfilm 939313.
Schroders: Merchants & Bankers by Richard Roberts
"England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQDG-TP5 : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Julius Servaes, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," index and images, findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk : DC Thomson, n.d.); PRO RG 11/, p. , The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm .
England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2NPP-72Y : accessed 16 Nov 2014), Julius Frederick J H Servaes, 1902; from Death, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," findmypast.
Merseyside Marriages; The Daily Post; Marriages April 1859