Bullock family tree

Origins of the name

The name Bullock is an old English name and has been in use for many centuries. The name, as many others, travelled throughout the British Empire during the 1700s and 1800s. The name can easily be found in the 1500s in Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Essex. During the 1600s the name appears to spread to Middlesex, Somerset, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Northumberland. Today the name can be found throughout the UK.

Place names

In 1560 a Richard Bullock leased some land by Stockport, south of Manchester. He built a blacksmith business there. Later he named the area Bullock Smithy, after a few settlers moved to the area. The village was renamed in 1835 to Hazel Grove and is still there today.

There is a Bullock Mountain in Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia.

Famous family

In 1921 there was a famous Cricketer, batsman, called Percy Bullock born 1893. William Bullock was a famous Comedian born 1657 - 1740.

Probably the best known Bullock today is the actress Sandra Bullock. The Bullock family can now be found working in all areas of Industry and Commerce.

The name today

The Bullock family ancestors in Malvern can be easily traced back to the early 1800s. The name can be linked to the Wellham family through the descendants of Thomas Bullock who married a lady known as Christy.

They had a son Arthur Bullock, who married Alice Saunders of Bishops Frome. They had a son called Edwin born 1915, who married Doris Watkins, born 1918, of Malvern.

They had a son called Anthony who married Christine Sylvia Dunkley of Chatham in Kent. They had three daughters, Debbie, Diane and Sally. Anthony later re-married to Patricia Nunney. They had a son Gary.

Diane married Simon Wellham of Worcester. They had two sons Jamie George William and Luke George Brian Wellham.