David BEASLEY

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Donna BEASLEY

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Dorothy Cecelia BEASLEY

9 JAN 1918 - 10 MAY 1963

• BIRTH: 9 JAN 1918, Warrnambool, Victoria
• DEATH: 10 MAY 1963, Melbourne, Victoria
• EVENT: Birth Certificate: 7475
• EVENT: Death Certificate: 9408, at 45 years

• MARRIAGE: 30 MAR 1940, St. Monica's, Whitehall St., Footscray, Victoria

1. +Patricia THORNE
2. +Dianne THORNE

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 _John Joseph BEASLEY _|
| (1889 - 1961) m 1912 |
|                      |_____________________
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|--Dorothy Cecelia BEASLEY 
|  (1918 - 1963)
|                       _Thomas DELANEY _____+
|                      | (1856 - 1912) m 1887
|_Maria Mary DELANEY __|
  (1892 - 1972) m 1912 |
                       |_Maria BRUMBY _______
                         (1869 - 1948) m 1887

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Gertrude Mary BEASLEY

1912 - 26 SEP 1996

• BIRTH: 1912, Warrnambool, Victoria
• DEATH: 26 SEP 1996, Victoria
• EVENT: Birth Certificate: 8596/1914

• MARRIAGE: 1940, Victoria
• EVENT: Marriage Registration: 13580

1. +Daniel BLAKE
2. +Christine BLAKE

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 _John Joseph BEASLEY _|
| (1889 - 1961) m 1912 |
|                      |_____________________
|                                            
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|--Gertrude Mary BEASLEY 
|  (1912 - 1996)
|                       _Thomas DELANEY _____+
|                      | (1856 - 1912) m 1887
|_Maria Mary DELANEY __|
  (1892 - 1972) m 1912 |
                       |_Maria BRUMBY _______
                         (1869 - 1948) m 1887

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Helen BEASLEY

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Joan BEASLEY

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John BEASLEY

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John Joseph BEASLEY

1889 - 1961

• BIRTH: 1889, Cobden, Victoria
• DEATH: 1961, Footscray, Victoria
• EVENT: Death Certificate: 21484, at 72 years

• MARRIAGE: 1912, Victoria
• EVENT: Marriage Registration: 7150

1. +Gertrude Mary BEASLEY
2. +Vincent Joseph BEASLEY
3. +Clinton John BEASLEY
4. +Dorothy Cecelia BEASLEY
5. +Phyllis Edna BEASLEY
6. +Teresa Briget BEASLEY
7. +Patricia BEASLEY
8. +Marie Shirley BEASLEY
9. +John BEASLEY
10.  Thomas BEASLEY
11. +June BEASLEY

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[NI0334] Maria and Jack Beasely were married in 1912. Their early years of marriage were spent around Warrnambool, where the first five of their eleven children were born. About 1920, they moved to Melbourne, firstly to Richmond, and then to Abbotsford. Jack had a bike shop in Victoria Street, Richmond, In 1930 they moved to Footscray, and with his sons established a cycle and repair business at 123 Buckley St., known as "Clinker Cycles", later known as "Beasley Cycles", which is now run by the next generation of Beasleys. From 123 Buckley St., the business moved to 1023 Buckley St, and operated successfully for many years. From here the business moved to 121 Buckley St., which was a lock up shop. The family lived at 15 Hocking St., behind the Footscray Football Ground, until the death of Jack and Maria Beasley. The business now continues at 121-123-125-127 Buckley St. Jack Beasley and son Vinn, were the oldest and youngest to complete in the Warrnambool Road Race. Vinn was only 16 years old at the time, yet finished fourth. Vinn, in later years went on to win the Warrnambool in 1952. Maria had her hands full, bearing and raising such a large family, especially during the depression years. The family occupied a small dwelling behind the cycle shop at 102 Buckley St., consisting of 3 bedrooms, with a bungalow in the back yard, a stable, and a story high Grain Loft, accessible by a wooden ladder. The girls slept inside the house. Jack and Maria slept in the Bungalow, and the boys slept in the Grain Loft, which held 3 beds. Underneath this Loft was Jack's work shop. The younger girls and John went to St. Monica's School in Footscray. Clinker and Vinn went to St. Joseph's Boys College in Abbotsford. The older girls went to school in Collingwood & Richmond. Jack and Maria built a holiday place at St. Leonards, which was built by the family during many weekend working bees. John jnr. and Marie sent a lot of Christmas and school holidays on the family farm at Nirranda South. Jack was a dedicated bike rider and competed professionally for more than 30 years. His sons, Vinn, Clinton and John, and young Vinn and Clint on jnr. followed suit. Jack rode in most of the major road and track races in Victoria, including the 1,000 mile Centenary Race in 1934. Jack and his compatriot, the late J.J. Baker, when heading into Shepparton, had to light a match at the sign post, to see which way to go, as it was very late in the evening. Jack competed in 230 "Warrnambools", many of them from scratch mark, and won 2nd fastest on 5 occasions, and 4th place, the closest finish. Jack also won the Australian 100 mile Championship, and held the world competition record for the distance. Jack also won the Bendigo to Melbourne from scratch, sprinting with only half a handle bar! After winning many handicap and scratch races around country carnivals all over Victoria, Jack decided to retire and concentrate on the family business. One story he told very often, was how he carried his winnings from carnival to carnival, was by putting the gold sovereigns down the seat bar of his bike. In those days they travelled from one place to another with their racing wheels on their back. Clinker (Clinton) was the first and only Beasley to win a Warrnambool Race. He was a scratch rider both on the road and the track, and went on to be the best performer of the talented Beasely family. Clinker won 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 later years, the Melbourne to Wangaratta. As well as competing year after year at the Tasmanian Christmas Track Carnival and winning an Australian Road Championship in 1935: also the Austral Wheel Race on the Track 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 many 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 success in road racing, 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 over the Black Spur to Mansfield, then Benalla and along the highway to Wangaratta, 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, through Gembrook and Ferntree Gully, and the Gippsland 100 Mile Classic. He won the Australian 150 Mile Classic Championship, and then went on to win the Australian Road Championship around the Templestowe circuit in 1951. In 1952, John was selected in a team of four riders, to compete in Europe. The team consisted of Eddie Smith, Peter Anthony, Dean Whitehorn and John, with the manager being Gino Bambagiotti. The team sailed from Australia on the "Orcades" on the 2nd February, 1952. The team had plans of training on rollers, during the journey of almost 4 weeks; but this was soon discarded when the rollers collapsed, sending ball bearings rolling all over the deck. The team then joined a fitness group, run by a group of women, to try and develop fitness during the long trip. They disembarked at Marseille, and then arrived in Nice, staying at the Hotel La Reserve, at Menton. They were fitted out with bikes and equipment by "Urago", a cycle manufacturing business in Nice. The first race was a mountain race climb from Nice to the top of the mountain, overlooking Nice. After some solid training the team rode in several races on the Italian Western Sea Front, until the first Classic - the Milan to Turin. From there they races in various parts of Italy, from north to south, gaining a very good level of fitness along the way. John Beasley achieved placings in several minor races in France, before the team tackled the "Tour of Italy" - a 23 stage race, similar and just as challenging as the Tour de France. When the team reached Rome, they has an audience with Pope Pius 12th. The team was getting tired, and only John was beginning to show out, being involved in several finishes. Eddie, Peter and Dean decided they had had enough, and pulled out of the race. This left John with a hard decision, as he was just starting to strike form. The agreement made before the team started was to stay together, and John was reluctant to withdraw. The team rode in many other races in Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland, but the team broke up with Eddie, Peter and Dean going across to England and then home. John was left on his own, with the team manager Gino Bambigotti. After a few placings in races, John was selected in the Luxemburg team of eight riders, led by mountain climber Charly Gaul. John lasted 7 stages in the tour, but was forced to withdraw with a bad case of saddle boils. John did his job well in the tour, and was invited back anytime. John later rode in the Luxemburg Team in 1955, with his great friend Russell Mockridge. Unfortunately, Russell and John en route to Brest for the start of the Tour, had a fish meal in Paris, and were sick for days following. During the early stages of the Tour, Russell was able to recover, but John was forced to withdraw. Russell went on the finish 69th in that Tour. John's sons, John and Russell (named after Russell Mockridge - who had been killed in a road race - the 1958 " Tour of Gippsland" ) went on to become cycle champions in their own right. Russell won numerous Victorian and Australian Track Championships, as both a juvenile, where he held the Australian 500 metre Time Trial Record for many years; and as a junior, where he also held the 1,000 metres Time Trial Record. Russell overcame a serious operation to become a top line senior. John jnr. won the Victorian 5 Kilometre Australian Title and was an unlucky second in the 5 kilometre Australian Title. John had many wins on the track and became a scratch rider in road events, leading to selection in Victorian Teams at the Australian Track and Road Titles, John jnr. and Russell were also Victorian Schoolboys Champions, as well as Victoria Surf Boat Champions, with Torquay Surf Club. John Beasley jnr. is now a Victoria Ladies Coach with the Victorian Institute of Sport, and Australian Cycling National Junior Sprint Coach. John's wife, Vicky, was also a racing cyclist from South Australia, and won a South Australian Ladies Road Championship, as well as representing South Australia at Australian Championships on both Track & Road. Vinn's son, Vinn jnr. won an Austral Wheelrace and finished second in a "Sun Tour of Victoria" Another grandson of Maria and Jack Beasley, achieved fame in another sport foreign to the Beasley trend. John Trickey, son of Patricia and Charles, 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 went overseas and played the International Tennis Circuit, finishing at Wimbledon, where he played in the doubles with Paul McNamee. He is now a coach 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 most sports; he was a very good golfer, a great footballer and a champion boxer. Danny could easily go round any golf course in Australia and finish close to par. He played fullback for Albion in the tough Footscray District Football League. He excelled as a boxer, winning many tournaments in Victoria, and crossing the Tasman to win the New Zealand Golden Gloves, and runner-up in the North Island Golden Gloves. Due to severe foot problems, he had no toe nails, and couldn't train for 3 weeks. He turned professional, and retired undefeated after 16 fights. He was for 6 years at Footscray Football Club as Western Bulldogs Boxing and Rehabilitation Coach; he was boxing and general fitness Coach at Box Hill Hawks, under Tony Libertorie last year, 2003. Danny was a Footscray District Best and Fairest, and coached Albion in A Grade competition. Danny represented Footscray District League in football. He is a present running a Gym in Sunshine.

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John Joseph BEASLEY

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Judith BEASLEY

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