Researching Gerard Tracey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1898 people with the Tracey surname? In that year Tracey was ranked number 1894 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerard means "spear-brave" and is of German origin.
Records of Gerard Tracey on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gerard Tracey and the Tracey Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 4087 people with the Tracey surname in the UK? Tracey is now ranked number 1420 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Tracey surname in the USA? Tracey is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Gerard Tracey
Gerard David Tracey (9 March 1954 – 20 January 2003) was archivist at the Birmingham Oratory, and writer, editor and Newman scholar.
An adopted child, he was educated at Handsworth (by the Sisters of Mercy) and later attended St Philip's Grammar School, followed by University College, Oxford, where he studied history. In 1976, Newman's Oratorian editor Fr Stephen Dessain died and Tracey eventually took over the task of compiling information for the ultimately successful cause of Newman's canonisation.
Tracey died, aged 48, from undisclosed causes, on 20 January 2003. He was interred in the graveyard at the Oratory House, Rednal, outside Birmingham. He was survived by his mother.
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