Alexander SHUMACK (1882

Alexander SHUMACK (1882 - 1956)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Edna M Y SHUMACK (1909 - ) Dulcie SHUMACK (1911 - ) Dorothy H SHUMACK (1914 - ) Stanley Alexander SHUMACK (1914 - 1943) Joan SHUMACK (1920 - )	Alexander SHUMACK (1882 - 1956) + Amy Adeline SMITH	Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK (1844 - 1912)	John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849)	Peter SHOEMAKER (1781 - )
				Elizabeth (SHOEMAKER)
			Margaret O'TOOLE (1809 - 1879)

		Elizabeth (Betsy) WILLIAMS (1853 - 1918)	Francis James WILLIAMS (1829 - 1910)	James WILLIAMS
				Elizabeth CHAMPION
			Margaret LYONS (1832 - 1907)	Johnstone LYONS
				Elizabeth BENNET

b. 1882 at Canberra, ACT, Australia

m. 1908 Amy Adeline SMITH at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1956 at Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Alexander SHUMACK (1882 - 1956)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John SHUMACK	abt 1811	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	04 Mar 1849	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	38
Grandmother	Margaret O'TOOLE	abt 1809	Co Cork, Ireland	12 May 1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandfather	Francis James WILLIAMS	1829	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	01 Jul 1910	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	81
Grandmother	Margaret LYONS	abt 1832	Downpatrick, Ireland	26 Aug 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	75

Father	Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK	16 May 1844	Canberra, ACT, Australia	14 Feb 1912	Canberra, ACT, Australia	67
Mother	Elizabeth (Betsy) WILLIAMS	1853	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia	15 Feb 1918	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65

Self	Alexander SHUMACK	1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1956	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	74

Wife	Amy Adeline SMITH

Daughter	Edna M Y SHUMACK	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Dulcie SHUMACK	1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Dorothy H SHUMACK	1914	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Stanley Alexander SHUMACK	21 Jan 1914	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	22 Sep 1943	New Guinea	29
Daughter	Joan SHUMACK	1920	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Half Brother	George SHUMACK	17 Nov 1870	Canberra, ACT, Australia	12 Nov 1958	ACT, Australia	87
Half Sister	Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK	1872	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother	John SHUMACK	1874	Canberra, ACT, Australia	20 Feb 1930	Canberra, ACT, Australia	56
Sister	Margaret SHUMACK	06 Sep 1875	Canberra, ACT, Australia	26 Jul 1945		69
Sister	Minerva SHUMACK	1877	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Frances SHUMACK	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Sister	Clara SHUMACK	1880	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Apr 1931	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia	51
Brother	Peter SHUMACK	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Sister	Mary SHUMACK	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1935	Rotorua, New Zealand	51
Sister	Ida Ada SHUMACK	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother	Edward SHUMACK	1888	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Gladice SHUMACK	1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Frances SHUMACK	1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Uncle	Joseph Ayra SHUMACK	abt 1836	Ireland	23 Dec 1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	65
Aunt	Bridget Mary WARD	abt 1836		1914	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	78
Aunt	Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK	05 Jan 1840	Castletown, Co Cork, Ireland	21 Oct 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	67
Uncle	Hugh READ	1838	Tintinhull, Somerset, England	02 Sep 1894	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	56
Uncle	Richard SHUMACK	19 Jan 1842	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Aug 1931	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	89
Aunt	Margaret SHUMACK
Aunt	Margaret Ann WILLIAMS	1854	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Uncle	James WILLIAMS	1856	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia	15 Mar 1921	Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia	65
Aunt	Elizabeth (Lizzie) WHYTE
Uncle	Edgar George WILLIAMS	1858	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle	Thomas WILLIAMS	1860	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Aunt	Mary WILLIAMS	1863	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Uncle	Francis WILLIAMS	1865	Canberra, ACT, Australia	01 Jul 1929	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	64
Aunt	Agnes DARMODY	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Feb 1934	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	60
Aunt	Sarah Isabella WILLIAMS	abt 1867	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Cousin	John SHUMACK	1866	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1867	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1
Cousin	James SHUMACK	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	John Joseph SHUMACK	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Peter SHUMACK	abt 1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Mary SHUMACK	1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Cousin	Joseph SHUMACK	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Edward Harold SHUMACK	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Mary Maria READ	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28
Cousin	Margaret 'Maggie' READ	30 Dec 1864	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1949	Canberra, ACT, Australia	84
Cousin	Rebecca READ	abt 1867	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	08 Oct 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	John (Jack) READ	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	18 Dec 1917	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	49
Cousin	Sarah Jane Anne? READ	1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59
Cousin	George READ	1872	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Hugh READ	1874	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	Jan 1930	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	56
Cousin	Joseph READ	1877	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1941	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	64
Cousin	Emily Eliza READ	14 Sep 1879	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	19 Aug 1941	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	61
Cousin	Ethel READ	1885	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1965		80
Cousin	Margaret Esther WILLIAMS	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mabel Irene WILLIAMS	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Vernon J WILLIAMS	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Francis J WILLIAMS	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Isabel M WILLIAMS	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Everard W WILLIAMS	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Francis L WILLIAMS	1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Thomas S WILLIAMS	1905	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew	Percy Gordon SHUMACK	13 Feb 1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	Feb 1969	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	73
Nephew	Peter Arnold SHUMACK	17 Feb 1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 Aug 1981	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Nephew	Silas Henry SHUMACK	05 Jun 1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jan 1975	New South Wales, Australia	74
Niece	Edith Elvina SHUMACK	19 Jun 1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Feb 1987	Victoria, Australia	84
Nephew	Roy Amos SHUMACK	24 Jun 1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jul 1976	New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Bessie L SHUMACK	Mar 1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jun 1907	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Brice Benson SHUMACK	1909	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 May 1988	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Nephew	Wilbur Herbert SHUMACK	02 Sep 1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Jun 1974	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	62
Nephew	Sidney Cecil SHUMACK	04 Dec 1918	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jun 1980		61
Niece	Florence M SHUMACK
Niece	Phyllis SHUMACK
Niece	Doris E SHUMACK		Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John Francis SHUMACK	1904	Canberra, ACT, Australia	02 Jan 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	70
Niece	Violet SHUMACK	1905	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
Niece	Clara MCINTOSH
Nephew	Harold MCINTOSH
Niece	Hilda G MCINTOSH
Nephew	John M MCINTOSH
Nephew	Thomas James WHITTLE	1912	New Zealand
Niece	Rhonda Ellen Mildred WHITTLE	1916	New Zealand
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Edith May GOZZARD	07 Aug 1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1945	Taralga, New South Wales, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Jane MARTIN	1875	Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland	10 Feb 1942	Canberra, ACT, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Evelyn John MCINTOSH	abt 1870	Majura, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	James Thomas WHITTLE			1950	Taihape, New Zealand

Events in Alexander SHUMACK (1882 - 1956)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1882		Alexander SHUMACK was born	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
1908	26	Married Amy Adeline SMITH	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		80
1909	27	Birth of daughter Edna M Y SHUMACK	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		80
1911	29	Birth of daughter Dulcie SHUMACK	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		80
14 Feb 1912	30	Death of father Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK (aged 67)	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
1914	32	Birth of daughter Dorothy H SHUMACK	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	twin	80
21 Jan 1914	32	Birth of son Stanley Alexander SHUMACK	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	twin	80
15 Feb 1918	36	Death of mother Elizabeth (Betsy) WILLIAMS (aged 65)	Canberra, ACT, Australia
1920	38	Birth of daughter Joan SHUMACK	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		80
22 Sep 1943	61	Death of son Stanley Alexander SHUMACK (aged 29)	New Guinea	Note 1	80
1956	74	Alexander SHUMACK died	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia		80

Note 1: Died of wounds from sniper fire

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 290 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 290 (Birth)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3548/alexander-alec-shumack.html (Marriage)

- Notes: Mr Alexander ('Alec') Shumack

Born: 1882; Died: 1956; Married: Amy [Smith]

Related Places
Springvale
Springvale was the Shumack family's homestead in the old Weetangerra Parish. In 1865 Richard...

Alexander was the sixth child born to Peter ('Big Pete') Shumack and his second wife Elizabeth [neé Williams], in 1882. This second marriage added eleven children to the two borne by his first wife Elizabeth Jane [Gillespie]. Alexander married Amy Adeline Smith in 1908 –'a quiet but pretty wedding'. They left for their future home at Round Hill that evening. Their first child Edna was born the following year, followed by Dulcie (1911), Stanley and Dorothy (1914 – twins) and Joan (1920). Stanley was killed in WWII (1943) – 'educated at Weetangera Public School and prior to his enlistment worked with his father on the farm'. In 1917 he took up the rural lease of 'Springvale' where he spent the rest of his days.

The 'Weetangera correspondent' of the Queanbeyan Age recorded in 1924 that 'George and Alex Shumack have joined the ranks of motorists having recently purchased motor vehicles. (George was then living 'next door' at Rosebud Apiary). A year later the correspondent reported that 'a new residence is being erected for Mr Alex Shumack and it is expected that work will be completed in a short space of time'. Although his father farmed in north Canberra Alex was connected with the Weetangera district most of his life, a well-known grazier, member of the ACT Rural Lessees Association, and a member of one of the district's oldest families. He died at his home aged 73 in 1956, and was survived by his wife Amy and four (?) daughters.

'Alec leased Springvale, Weetangera, from the Government after it was resumed from Richard Shumack's son Samuel. Wises NSW Directory of 1936 indicates that he held 1,832 acres and ran 2006 sheep at that time. He was a big tall man with the typical Shumack build, who could be difficult to get along with as he had a tendency to behave like 'the lord and master of all he surveyed' as one descendant puts it. His wife Amy [Smith : 1884-1960] was a lovely gentle and sincere lady.

In their early years on the property Alec would go away shearing for months at a time to earn the money to make ends meet. He went on a pushbike and would ride as far as Bourke. During dry times he would ride along the bed of the Darling River because, he said, 'It was good going'.

To some of his relatives Alec became known as the 'King of Round Hill' because he had fought and defeated two of his neighbours when important matters need to be settled. On one of those occasions, George Shumack's son Will wanted to remove the trees which his uncle Sam had planted many years previously along the fence-line of Springvale and Rosebud Apiary. Alec defended the trees with his fists, but he slipped over, and Will, taking advantage, started to belt into him. 'B'dad, I got on top of him and was dealing it out to him' said Alec, when George came down through the orchard carrying a whip, saying 'Let him up, Let him up', then the women arrived on the scene and things got a bit excited for a while. But Will didn't cut down the boundary trees, and they are still there, though the buildings are long gone, and the property is covered by suburban homes, a school, etc.

The other occasion on which Alec Sprang into action to defend the property was when his southern side neighbour fenced well into Alec's block, saying it was too difficult to put up a fence along the pegged line. Alec disagreed with that assessment of the situation and his version of what happened next was 'He made a rush at me and I gave him a bit of a poke in the guts and he fell in the creek'.

There was a big room at Springvale which used to be Sam Shumack's library, but was later divided into two rooms. That room was used for dances held at the house. Alec could play the violin, but wouldn't play for visitors, so an Edison phonograph was used. When the property was being broken up, nobody in the family really wanted the phonograph, so Bert Vest gave it to Blundell's farmhouse museum as an item for public display. It now seems to have disappeared. Like the founder of Springvale, Alec loved to read, and had quite a good library himself.

Executors of his estate were Donald Robert Tully of Weetangera and Hector Ian Hamilton of Canberra, graziers. His only listed asset was unsold wool, and the beneficiaries were his widow and four daughters, all being of Canberra except for Joan who was of Sydney'.
[extract from White, p.270]

References
White E. A Shumack family c.1668 – 1992 & connected families. Author published, Sydney, 1993

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3548/alexander-alec-shumack.html (Name, Notes)

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3548/alexander-alec-shumack.html (Death)

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