[NI0334] Maria and Jack Beasely were married in 1912. Their early years of marriage were spent around Warrnambool, where the fir st five of their eleven children were born. About 1920, they moved to Mel bourne, firstly to Richmond, and then to Abbotsford. Jack had a bike sh op in Victoria Street, Richmond, In 1930 they moved to Footscray, and wi th his sons established a cycle and repair business at 123 Buckley St., kn own as "Clinker Cycles", later known as "Beasley Cycles", which is now r un by the next generation of Beasleys. From 123 Buckley St., the busine ss moved to 1023 Buckley St, and operated successfully for many years. F rom here the business moved to 121 Buckley St., which was a lock up sho p. The family lived at 15 Hocking St., behind the Footscray Football Grou nd, until the death of Jack and Maria Beasley. The business now continu es at 121-123-125-127 Buckley St. Jack Beasley and son Vinn, were the oldest and youngest to comlete in t he Warrnambool Road Race. Vinn was only 16 years old at the time, yet fin ished fourth. Vinn, in later years went on to win th Warrnambool in 1952. Maria had her hands full, bearing and raising such a large family, especia lly during the depression years. The family occupied a small dwelling beh ind the cycle shop at 102 Buckley St., consisting of 3 bedrooms, with a bu ngalow in the back yard, a stable, and a story high Grain Loft, accessib le by a wooden ladder. The girls slept inside the house. Jack and Mar ia slept in the Bungalow, and the boys slept in the Grain Loft, which he ld 3 beds. Underneath this Loft was Jack's work shop. The younger girls and John went to St. Monica's School in Footscray. Clin ker and Vinn went to St. Joseph's Boys College in Abbotsford. The older g irls went to school in Collingwood & Richmond. Jack and Maria built a hoilday place at St. Leonards, which was built by t he family during many weekend working bees. John jnr. and Marie sent a l ot of Christmas and school holidays on the family farm at Nirranda South. Jack was a dedicated bike rider and competed professionally for more th an 30 years. His sons, Vinn, Clinton and John, and young Vinn and Clint on jnr. followed suit. Jack rode in most ot the major road and track rac es in Victoria, including the 1,000 mile Centenary Race in 1934. Jack a nd his compatriot, the late J.J. Baker, whne heading into Shepparton, h ad to light a match at the sign post, to see which way to go, as it was ve ry late in the evening. Jack competed in 230 "Warrnambools", many of th em from scratch make, and won 2nd fastest on 5 occassions, and 4th plac e, the closest finish. Jack also won the Australian 100 mile Championshi p, and held the world competition record for the distance. Jack also w on the Bendigo to Melbourne from scrath, sprinting with only half a handel bar! After winning many handicap and scratch races around country carnivals a ll over Victoria, Jack decided to retire and concentrate on the family bus iness. One story he told very often, ws how he casrried hi winnings fr om carnival to carnival, was by putting the gold sovereigns down the se at bar of his bike. In those days they travelled from one place to anoth er with their racing wheels on their back. Clinker (Clinton) was the first and only Beasley to win a Warrnambool Rac e. He was a scratch rider both on the raod and the track, and we nt on to be the best performer of the talanted Beasely family. Clinker w on the fastest tome Honours in the 1935 Warrnambool, when he outsprinted t he great "Fatty Lamb". Clinker went on to win the "Alpine Tour", and in l ater years, the Melbourne to Wangaratta. As well as competing year aft er year at the Tasmanian Christmas Track Carnival and winning an Australi an Road Championship in 1935: also the Austral Wheel Race on the Tra ck in 1940, being the first cyclist to win the distance and sprint double. Lena Delaney, a cousin, was a great distance runner, also competed in ma ny races, including the Centenary Road Race. John Beasley, the third son of Jack and Maria, started competing in 194 7, as a junior professional, and had immediate sucess in road racin g, He won the Wangaratta Road Race, twice, the first when in C grade in 1 949, and the second in A Grade in 1950. The race went from Melbourne ov er the Black Spur to Mansfield, then Benella and along the highway to Wang aratta, a distance of 194 miles. John also won the Tour of the West, in N .S.W., and won the fastest time in both the Hilly Classic Go Miler, throu gh Gembrook and Frentree Gully, and the Gippsland 100 Mile Classic. He w on the Australian 150 Mile Classic Championship, and then went on to win t he Australian Road Championship around the Templestow circuit in 1951. In 1952, John was selected in a team of four riders, to compete in Europ e. The team consisted of Eddie Smith, Peter Anthony, Dean Whitehorn and J ohn, with the manager being Gino Bambagiotti. The team sailed from Austra lia on th "Orcades" on the 2nd February, 1952. The team had plans of training on rollers, during the journey of almo st 4 weeks; but this was soon discarded when the rollers collapsed, sendi ng ball bearings rolling all over the deck. The team then joined a fitne ss group, run by a group of women, to try and develop fitness during the l ong trip. They disembarked at Marseille, and then arrived in Nice, stayi ng at the Hotel La Reserve, at Menton. They were fitted out with bikes a nd equiptment by "Urago", a cycle manufacturing business in Nice. The fir st race was a mountain race climb from Nice to the top of the mountain, ov erlooking Nice. After some solid training the team rode in several rac es on the Italian Western Sea Front, until the first Classic - the Mil an to Torin. From there they races in various parts of Italy, from nor th to south, gaining a very good level of fitness along the way. John Bea sley acheived placings in several minor races in France, before the team t ackles the "Tour of Italy" - a 23 stage race, similar and just as challeng ing as the Tour de France. When the team reached Rome, they has an audien ce with Pope Pius 12th. The team was getting tired, and only John was beginning to show out, bei ng involved in several finishes. Eddie, Peter and Dean decided they had h ad enough, and pulled out of the race. This left John with a hard decisio n, as he was just starting to strike form. The agreement made before t he team started was to stay together, and John was reluctant to withdraw. The team rode in many other races in Holland, Belgium, Luxemberg and Switz erland, but the team broke up with Eddie, Peter and Dean going across to E ngland and then home. John was left on his own, with the team manager Gi no Bambigotti. After a few placings in races, John was selected in the Lu xemberg team of eight riders, led by mountain climber Charly Gaul. John l asted 7 stages in the tour, but was forced to withdraw with a bad ca se of saddle boils. John did his job well in the tour, and was invited ba ck anytime. John later rode in the Luxemberg Team in 1955, with his gre at friend Russell Mockridge. Unfortunately, Russell and John enroute to B rest for the start of the Tour, had a fish meal in Paris, and were sick f or days following. During the early stages of the Tour, Russell was ab le to recover, but John was forced to withdraw. Russell went on the fini sh 69th in that Tour. John's sons, John and Russell ( named after Russell Mockridge - who had be en killed in a road race- the 1958 " Tour of Gippsland" ) went on to become cycle champions in their own right. Russell won numero us Victorian and Australian Track Championships, as both a juvenile, whe re he held the Australian 500 metre Time Trial Record for many years; a nd as a junior, where he also held the 1,000 metres Time Trial Record. Ru ssell overcame a serious operation to become a top line senior. John jnr. won the Victorian 5 Kilometre Australian Title and was an unluc ky second in the 5 kilometre Australian Title. John had many wins on t he track and became a scratch rider in road events, leading to selecti on in Victorian Teams at the Australian Track and Road Titles, John jn r. and Russell were also Victorian Schoolboys Champions, as well as Victor ia Surf Boat Champions, with Torquay Surf Club. John Beasley jnr. is now a Victoria Ladies Caoch with the Victorian Instit ute of Sport, and Australian Cycling National Junior Sprint Coach. John's wife, Vicky, was also a racing cyclist from South Australia, and w on a South Australian Ladies Road Championship, as well as representing So uth Australia at Australian Championships on both Track & Road. Vinn's son, Vinn jnr. won an Austral Wheelrace and finished second in a "S un Tour of Victoria" Another grandson of Maria and Jack Beasley, acheived fame in another spo rt foreign to the Beasley trend. John Trickey, son of Patricia and Charle s, was a Junior Tennis Champion. He started playing with his parents at t he Altona Tennis Club, and developed his skill from there. He later we nt overseas and played the International Tennis Circuit, finishing at Wimb ledon, where he played in the doubles with Paul McNamee. He is now a coa ch and manager with Tennis Australia. Danny Blake son of Fay and Jim Blake, and grandson of Jack and Maria, w as the quiet achiever of the Beasley/Delaney family. Danny excelled in mo st sports; he was a very good golfer, a great footballer and a champion bo xer. Danny could easily go round any golf course in Australia and fini sh close to par. He played fullback for Albion in the tough Footscray Dis trict Football League. He excelled as a boxer, winning many tournamen ts in Victoria, and crossing the Tasman to win the New Zealand Golden Glov es, and runner-up in the North Island Golden Gloves. Due to severe foot p roblems, he had no toe nails, and couldn't train for 3 weeks. He turned p rofessional, and retired undefeated after 16 fights. He was for 6 yea rs at Footscray Football Club as Western Bulldogs Boxing and Rehabation Co ach; he was boxing and general fitness Coach at Box Hill Hawks, under To ny Libertorie last year, 2003. Danny was a Footscray District Best and Fa irest, and coached Albion in A Grade competition. Danny represented Footsc ray District League in football. He is a present running a Gym in Sunshin e.
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_Keith GORDON ___________|
| (1961 - ....) m 1988 |
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|--Reece GORDON
| (1994 - ....)
| _Ronald William TOLEMAN _+
| | (1933 - ....) m 1957
|_Leanne Michele TOLEMAN _|
(1963 - ....) m 1988 |
|_Joyce Beryl PATTEN _____
(1935 - ....) m 1957
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_Christopher MIRAMS ________|
| (1962 - ....) m 1991 |
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|--Edwina MIRAMS
| (1992 - ....)
| _Graeme Geoffery DELANEY _+
| | (1935 - ....) m 1961
|_Jacinta Elizabeth DELANEY _|
(1963 - ....) m 1991 |
|_Patricia May ROBB _______
(1938 - 2003) m 1961
_John James O'CONNOR _________________+
| (1872 - 1951) m 1900
_Leo Patrick O'CONNOR ________|
| (1910 - 1970) m 1946 |
| |_Mary Josephine FARRELL ______________+
| (1874 - 1956) m 1900
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|--Anna Elizabeth O'CONNOR
| (1957 - ....)
| _Cornelius [Neil] Patrick PENDERGAST _
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|_Beryl Stanislaus PENDERGAST _|
(1916 - 1986) m 1946 |
|_Elizabeth CARMODY ___________________
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_Edward SADLER ______|
| (1932 - ....) m 1958|
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|--Leanne SADLER
| (1959 - ....)
| _Thomas Joseph DELANEY _+
| | (1899 - 1969) m 1925
|_Anne DELANEY _______|
(1930 - ....) m 1958|
|_Anne Bridget BURRIS ___+
(1895 - 1950) m 1925
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_Barry WINKLER ____________|
| (1960 - ....) m 1986 |
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|--Lucy WINKLER
| (1991 - ....)
| _John Francis O'BRIEN _+
| | (1930 - ....) m 1957
|_Margaret Therese O'BRIEN _|
(1963 - ....) m 1986 |
|_Loretto WILLIS _______
(1936 - ....) m 1957
Date of Import: 9 Jan 2005
Date of Import: 9 Jan 2005