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Birth:          24 Dec 1892 New Haven, Conn.
Death:          1 Jul 1987 Bridgton, Maine

Notes
1981 book (see for details)
1987 note from Patricia Warren
1920 in New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Conn. magazine publisher 1 servant
per "Phillips Academy, Andover, in the Great War" he enl Oct 4 1917 as priv, 
attended 3d O.T.C., Camp Devens, com. June 1, 1918, as 2d Lt., Inf., pro. Sept. 1 to 
be 1st Lt., Pioneer Inf. (negroes), as. Co. M, 804th Pioneer Inf., A.E.F.
http://www.thewarrengroup.com/portal/AboutUs/History/tabid/226/Default.aspx
Our History
The Warren Group is a fourth-generation, family-owned business. Its earliest roots 
date back to 1872 with the founding of Massachusetts newspaper, Banker & 
Tradesman by George T. Lincoln. The Warren family's involvement began in 1882 with 
Willard C. Warren’s publication The Commercial Record in New Haven, Connecticut. 

For nearly 20 years, the two newspapers operated independently with remarkably 
similar missions of providing news and public record data in their respective markets. 
In the late nineties, however, a rivalry developed.  This led to Warren establishing 
The Banker in Massachusetts just after the turn of the century.


Interestingly, their contention led to a partnership and the two enterprises 
consolidated.  In 1902, Warren bought out his former rival and became the sole owner 
of both papers.  Banker & Tradesman, as we know it today, was born.  

Keith F. Warren followed his father into the family publishing business in 1918 after 
graduation from Yale University and service in the US armed forces during World War 
I. The entrepreneurial instincts of Willard Warren were complimented by Keith 
Warren’s steady management skills and led to the rapid expansion of the business into 
book and trade magazine publishing during the 1920s. 

Willard Warren’s fatal heart attack in 1928 and the hardships of the Great Depression 
throughout the 1930s were formidable challenges for Keith Warren. Sinking trade 
publications were jettisoned, offices were closed, and operations were streamlined. 
Every payroll became a struggle.  Some were met with the issuance of company scrip. 
In those difficult years, mere survival for the two flagship newspapers became the 
chief business objective. 

In 1946, Timothy M. Warren joined his father, Keith Warren, in the family business, 
following his graduation from Bowdoin College and service in the US armed forces 
during World War II. Over the next 10 years, the publishing business regained some of 
its strength, but suffered from the high costs of maintaining its own printing plant. 

Reorganization came in 1956, with assets dividing between Keith Warren and his 
sister, Margaret Cross. The Warren family retained Banker & Tradesman newspaper 
and a book publishing business, while the Cross family acquired The Commercial 
Record newspaper and a trade journal publishing business. The printing operation was 
acquired by Gorham Cross, Jr. and became The Nimrod Press.

Both newspapers grew modestly under separate ownership in the 1960s and then 
prospered in the 1970s. In 1973, Timothy M. Warren, Jr. came aboard, becoming the 
fourth generation of the Warren family to be actively involved in management.

The 1980s brought record growth to the Warren publishing enterprise through a series 
of business deals that shaped the organization’s future. Most notably, in 1984, 
Timothy M.Warren, Jr. engineered the repurchase of The Commercial Record from the 
International Thomson Organization to whom the Cross family had sold their publishing 
operations in 1980.  

With both newspapers back in Warren-family control, it became time to modernize. 
The company gained a base of computer operations with the acquisition of the 
Transfer Directory in 1986. When, in 1987, the Warrens sold their book publishing 
business to the Bank Administration Institute, the stage was set for establishing the 
full line of real estate information services for which the company is known today. 

With the implementation of a computerized database, new services such as mortgage 
marketshare reports, mailing lists and electronic products then became possible. The 
addition of property ownership records in 1989 launched the COMPreports product 
line. Then, in 1993, a highly successful online service followed.

The year 1995 ushered in custom publishing for industry associations with the 
launching of Connecticut Banking sponsored by the Connecticut Bankers Association. 
The following year, BankWorld, a New England-wide conference and trade show was 
established in conjunction with the Connecticut Bankers Association. In the years 
since 1996, a wide assortment of publications and events has followed. 

The introduction of new information services like Real Estate Records Search and 
new lines of business like Data Licensing has led to a new corporate identity: The 
Warren Group

genealogybank:
Boston Globe, The (MA) - July 4, 1987
Deceased Name: KEITH FAULKNER WARREN, 94; BANKER & TRADESMAN 
PUBLISHER
BRIDGTON, Maine -- Keith Faulkner Warren, of Lovell, Maine, chairman of the board 
of Warren Publishing Corp. of Boston and publisher of Banker & Tradesman, died here 
Wednesday. He was 94. 

Mr. Warren was also president of Bankers Publishing Co., a national professional book 
publishing firm. Banker & Tradesman is a weekly banking and real estate magazine. 

Born in New Haven, Mr. Warren lived his early life in Newton and New Canaan, Conn., 
before establishing his permanent home in Lovell, Maine. He graduated from Phillips 
Academy in Andover in 1910 and from Yale University in 1914. 

After Mr. Warren served as a lieutenant with the US Army in France during World War 
I, he joined the family business, Warren Publishing, which was established by his 
father, the late Willard Clinton Warren. 

In Boston, Mr. Warren was active in the Arlington Street Church, where he served as 
chairman, clerk and moderator. He also was active for many years as vice president of 
the Dickens Fellowship of Boston. 

He was one of the oldest alumni of Phillips Academy and for many years was secretary 
of his class. 

He founded the Stilton Club in New Canaan and the Kendall Square Boys Club in 
Cambridge. He was a member of the Yale Club of Boston and a proprietor of the 
Boston Athenaeum. 

He leaves two sons, Willard 2d of Fryeburg, Maine, and Timothy Warren of Concord; a 
daughter, Patricia Warren of Alexandria, Va.; five grandchildren, and four great-
grandchildren. 

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 6, in the First Parish Church 
(Unitarian), Concord. A private burial will be later in the week. Edition: THIRD
Page: 13



Parents
WARREN Willard Clinton ()
FAULKNER Lillie Keith ()

Siblings
WARREN Keith Faulkner (24 Dec 1892 - 1 Jul 1987)

Marriage To MATLACK Barbara (5 Oct 1896 - 1 Nov 1978)
    m. 5 Oct 1916 Matunuck, R.I.

Notes

Parents
MATLACK Charles (7 Apr 1849 - 30 Oct 1933)
STEVENS Mary Fletcher (28 Jan 1861 - 1932)

Children by MATLACK Barbara 5 Oct 1896 - 1 Nov 1978
WARREN Patricia (2 Jul 1920 - 3 Aug 1999)
WARREN Willard Clinton ("Brub") (24 Jul 1922 - 13 Apr 2009)
WARREN Timothy Matlack (9 Dec 1923 - 21 Dec 2012)

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