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Frank BULLOCK

Frank BULLOCK
1884-1946

Bobby LEWIS

Bobby LEWIS
1878-1947

Eleven children of Thomas LEWIS and Martha MILLER:

1. Ann LEWIS b 1863 Amherst d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 11707]
Ann McGORLICK d 1951 aged 87 yrs Elmore d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 16667]
Ann LEWIS bp Talbot m1. 1885 Ralph DAWSON bp Durham Lead [Vic 1233]
Ann DAWSON bp Talbot m2. 1906 James GORLICK bp Richmond [Vic 698R, Garlick 698] (No issue)

Children of Ralph DAWSON and Ann LEWIS

2. Thomas William LEWIS b 10 Jul 1865 Talbot s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 6109] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/937]
Thomas William LEWIS d 1953 aged 88 yrs Williamstown South [Vic 8245]
Thomas William LEWIS bp Talbot m 1890 Clunes, Hannah STEPHENS bp Ballarat [Vic 493]
Hannah STEPHENS b 1867 Ballarat d/o George STEPHENS/Mary Hannah VIVIAN [Vic 12581]
Hannah LEWIS d 1913 aged 46 yrs Newport d/o George STEPHENS/Mary Hannah VIVIAN [Vic 10793]

Children of Thomas William LEWIS and Hannah STEPHENS

3. Charles John LEWIS b 1867 Clunes s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 7242]
Charles John LEWIS d 1895 aged 28 yrs Malvern s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 10033] Inquest VPRS 24/P0 Unit 646 File 1895/1010.
Medallion inscribed 'Chs Lewis 1895' is held by Anne Johnson.

Death of Charles John LEWIS 1867-1895

4. Catherine Jane LEWIS b 17 Nov 1868 Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 22330] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/938]
Catherine Jane GRINHAM d 1943 aged 77 yrs Flemington d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 4495]
Catherine Jane LEWIS m 2 Feb 1887 Clunes C of E Israel GRINHAM [Vic 70] [CL/E45]
Israel GRINHAM b abt 1862 Sandford, d 1950 aged 88 yrs Flemington s/o Israel GRINHAM/Marjorie McNEIL [Vic 980]

Children of Israel GRINHAM and Catherine Jane LEWIS

5. Harriet Amelia LEWIS b 15 Sep 1870 Clunes [Vic 14706] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/939] d 1947 [Vic 10574] d 1947 aged 77 yrs Melbourne [Vic 10574] m 23 Oct 1893 Presbyterian Church Clunes, James Amos SPARK [Vic 6162] b 19 Jan 1870 Ascot (not reg?) chr 12 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick s/o James SPARK/Catherine SHUMACK [CRES1/263] d 18 Oct 1937 aged 67 yrs Flemington [Vic 9216]

Children of James Amos SPARK and Harriet Amelia LEWIS

6. Mary Louisa LEWIS b 5 Oct 1872 Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 22214] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/940]
Mary Louisa LEWIS d 1890 aged 17 yrs Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 11236]

7. Francis Henry LEWIS b 5 Dec 1874 Clunes s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 1875/1274] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/941] Could be 'Uncle Son and Auntie Ag' who lived at Mentone. (Anne Johnson)
Francis Henry LEWIS d 1957 aged 85 yrs Mentone [Vic 14115]

8. Eliza Langford LEWIS b 1 Aug 1876 Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 21890] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/942]
Eliza Langford SHUGG d 1954 aged 78 yrs Maryborough d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 21420]
Eliza Langford LEWIS m James WHITEHEAD (not found Vic)

Children of James WHITEHEAD and Eliza Langford LEWIS

Eliza Langford (LEWIS) WHITEHEAD m2. 1935 Christopher SHUGG [Vic 15353]
Poss Chris SHUGG b 1875 Maryborough s/o Richard SHUGG/Catherine PENHALL [Vic 3571 also 5217X1889] (No issue)

9. (Bobbie) Robert LEWIS (Melbourne Cup jockey) b 30 Jul 1878 Clunes s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 21866] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/943]
Robert LEWIS d 31 Mar 1947 aged 68 yrs Glenroy s/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 3323] bur 2 Apr 1947 Fawkner Cemetery C of E Compartment K Grave 2167 [R/N 96796]
Robert LEWIS m 15 Jun 1920 Christ Church, Hamilton, New Zealand, Mary Irene ROWNTREE (John Moloney, Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online Edition)
Mary Irene LEWIS d 1954 aged 66 yrs Ridd(ells Creek) d/o James ROWNTREE/Margaret Str KITCHEN [Vic 9777] crem 25 Aug 1954 Fawkner Rose Garden 2, Compartment Roses Bed Y, Rose 654 [R/N 126017]

Two known daughters of Bobbie LEWIS and Mary Irene ROWNTREE:
1. Lillian Miller LEWIS m AGOSTA lived Alice Springs
2. Irene R LEWIS, single, lived Hawthorn

(Information on this family from Jenny Firman)

The Victorian Racing Club website has details about the career of Bobbie LEWIS. VRC Group 3 Race the Bobbie Lewis Quality Handicap, 1200 m, Flemington, is named in his honour. Bobbie LEWIS is on the VCR Roll of Honour and is one of five jockeys admitted to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame which was established in 2001. Bobbie LEWIS was inducted the following year in 2002. With Harry WHITE he shares the record for riding four Melbourne Cup winners: 1902 The Victory, 1915 Patrobas, 1919 Artilleryman, 1927 Trivalve. He was 2nd four times and was 3rd on Phar Lap in 1929.
Profile of Bobbie Lewis and a photo at Australian Racing Museum (Hall of Fame > Jockeys)
"Bobby Lewis was born in Victoria in 1878 and rode successfully for more than 40 years. His partnership with the master trainer James Scobie proved a formidable combination and his big-race record is remarkable with no jockey winning more VRC Derbies (eight), VRC Oaks (seven) or SAJC St Legers (eight) than he did. In addition, Bobby Lewis and Harry White are the only jockeys to have won four Melbourne Cups (The Victory, Patrobas, Artilleryman and Trivalve). Lewis rode over 900 winners before his retirement at the age of 60 in 1938."

Lewis, Robert (Bob) (1878-1947) Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online Edition (Thank you to Terry and Michelle Clark for finding this entry)
In 1899 Bobbie LEWIS went to England to join his trainer.
LEWIS Mr R, age 30, departed Apr 1899 on ship Australia II bound for London [PROV Index to Outward Passengers from Victoria 1852-1901, Ref Apr 1899 p 003]
BREWER Mr J E, age 37, departed Jan 1899 on Orotava bound for London via Ports [Ref Jan 1899 p 001]

Bobby Lewis holds the riding record for the Ballarat Cup, which he won six times between 1895 and 1911. James (Jim) Scobie was a champion jockey and later a trainer who was based at Ballarat until he moved to Flemington with Bobby Lewis as his stable jockey. The pair combined to win Melbourne Cups and all the top classics in the racing calendar.

10. Martha Agnes Sarah LEWIS b 31 Dec 1882 Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha MILLER [Vic 1883/1462] chr 24 Feb 1885 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/944] d 1934 aged abt 52 yrs in France or England.
Martha Agnes LEWIS bp Clunes m 1906 Francis Patrick Joseph BULLOCK bp Melbourne North [Vic 4978]
Francis Patrick BULLOCK b 1884 Heat(hcote) s/o James BULLOCK/Ellen Jane WRATHALL [Vic 17477] d 1946 aged abt 62 yrs in UK. The BULLOCK family was from Cornwall.
This family travelled extensively overseas prior to WW1. Frank Bullock was also a very successful jockey in England and Germany. In 1918-1919 he was back in Australia, then in the 1920s in England and France. In 1938-1939 he returned to Australia, then in 1941 went to India.

Children of Francis Patrick Joseph BULLOCK and Martha Agnes Sarah LEWIS:
1. Francis Lewis BULLOCK b 1907 Caulfield s/o Francis Patrick Joseph BULLOCK/Martha Agnes LEWIS [Vic 9419] returned permanently to Australia in 1945, d 1991.
2. Florence Ellen BULLOCK b 1911 Caulfield d/o Francis Patrick Joseph BULLOCK/Martha Agnes LEWIS [Vic 2052]
3. James BULLOCK b 1911 Germany.
4. Pamela BULLOCK b 1922 England.

(Information on this family from Anne Johnson)

More information about the career of Frank Bullock as a pdf from Cemetery Conversations February 2006 Newsletter of the Friends of the St Kilda Cemetery.
"Francis Bullock was a leading jockey in the first decades of the 20th century. His wins included the Melbourne Cup of 1905 and two Caulfield Cups. He was also very successful overseas, winning two Prix de la Triomphe Cups in France. He was a leading jockey for the German Kaiser Wilhelm for a number of years prior to 1914 and for Lord and Lady Astor in the 1920s in England."

Profile of Frank Bullock and a photo at the Australian Racing Museum (Hall of Fame > Jockeys)
"Frank Bullock rode with great success in both Australia and Europe during the first three decades of the 20th century. Bullock commenced riding in England in 1903 and had his first big win in the 1905 Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. Later that year he returned to Australia for a holiday, and picked up the ride on Blue Spec, on whom he won the Perth Cup and the Melbourne Cup.
Bullock returned to England for the 1908 season, and in 1909 moved to Germany where he won the German jockeys' championship in five of the next six seasons. On the outbreak of the First World War he was in England, with the German horse Cyklon. At the conclusion of hostilities, he arranged for Cyklon to be sent to Australia where it had a successful racing career, and at stud sired the winner of the 1927 Melbourne Cup, Trivalve.
In the immediate post war years Bullock had an outstanding run of victories in Australia and Europe. In Australia he won 2 Caulfield Cups (1918 and 1919), the VRC Oaks (1918), the Adelaide Cup (1918), the Western Australian Derby and Perth Cup (1919), and the Futurity Stakes (1919). In England his major wins included the Ascot Gold Cup, the Cesarwitch, three Eclipse Stakes, and in 1925 the 1,000 Guineas-Oaks double. In France he won the first Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ever contested, in 1920 on Comrade, and repeated the win in 1922 on Ksar."

11. Euphemia Jane LEWIS b 25 Dec 1887 Clunes d/o Thomas LEWIS/Martha Ann MILLER [Vic 1888/1846] chr 14 Mar 1888 St John's C of E Clunes [CL/1055]
Euphemia Jane LEWIS travelled overseas with the family of her sister Martha Agnes BULLOCK on at least one occasion prior to WW1. (Anne Johnson)

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