This e-mail maybe of interest to BULLOCK MALVERN researchers.
From : Hamilton, Esley <
EHamilton@stlouisco.com>
Sent : 13 October 2006 20:49:12
Subject : Guarlford Realty
Mike,
Your inquiry has been forwarded to me.
Guarlford Realty Company, which built the house at 6344 Wydown, was one of several real estate and development companies owned by the Bullock family.
According to his obituary in 1925 and a 1912 biographical record in “The Book of St. Louisans”, Richard Benbow Bullock was born in Malvern, Worcestershire, England on March 19, 1842, the son of Richard and Violetta Bullock. He came to St. Louis in 1872 and married Sarah S. Absolom the next year. He started a dry goods business with H. J. Powell in 1872 and started his own company two years later, which he operated until 1909.
He started Bullock Realty and Investment Company about 1906, and it was continued by his sons Richard A. Bullock and George B. Bullock, along with their sister Violet’s husband Walter H. Kobusch. All three children and their mother Sarah built houses for themselves in the same neighborhood as this speculative house. I believe another company they owned was called Malvern Realty, but it never occurred to me that Guarlford was a place name. Thanks for the information!
There is another St. Louis connection in your area, as the Beringtons of Little Malvern Court are descended from John Francis Queeny, the founder of Monsanto Chemical Company here.
Mr. Esley Hamilton
Preservation Historian
St. Louis County Parks
