The group account traces its origins to the Booker brothers’ first ship in 1835 and the export of Demerara sugar to Britain. George, Richard and Josias are identified as the brothers. John McConnell joined as a clerk in 1846 and formed his own company in 1874; the accounts place their merger as Booker Brothers, McConnell & Co. in 1900. Shipping later gave way to distribution and food wholesaling.
Keep the explicit scope label independent; no alias or company identity is inferred.