John SHUMACK (1811

John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Joseph Ayra SHUMACK (1836 - 1901) Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK (1840 - 1907) Richard SHUMACK (1842 - 1931) Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK (1844 - 1912)	John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849) + Margaret O'TOOLE (1809 - 1879)	Peter SHOEMAKER (1781 - )



		Elizabeth (SHOEMAKER)

b. abt 1811 at Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland

m. 14 Dec 1835 Margaret O'TOOLE (1809 - 1879) at Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland

d. 04 Mar 1849 at Duntroon, ACT, Australia aged 38

Near Relatives of John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Peter SHOEMAKER	abt 1781
Mother	Elizabeth (SHOEMAKER)

Self	John SHUMACK	abt 1811	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	04 Mar 1849	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	38

Wife	Margaret O'TOOLE	abt 1809	Co Cork, Ireland	12 May 1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	70

Son	Joseph Ayra SHUMACK	abt 1836	Ireland	23 Dec 1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	65
Daughter	Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK	05 Jan 1840	Castletown, Co Cork, Ireland	21 Oct 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	67
Son	Richard SHUMACK	19 Jan 1842	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Aug 1931	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	89
Son	Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK	16 May 1844	Canberra, ACT, Australia	14 Feb 1912	Canberra, ACT, Australia	67

Brother	William SHUMACK	abt 1804	Co Cork, Ireland	1877	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	73
Brother	Peter SHUMACK	abt 1806	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	29 Sep 1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	77
Brother	George SHUMACK	abt 1810	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	1857	Bowenfels, New South Wales, Australia	47
Brother	Joseph SHUMACK	abt 1813	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	1880	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother	Richard SHUMACK	abt 1816	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	09 Oct 1887	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother	Samuel SHUMACK	abt 1819	Co Limerick, Ireland	1884	Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia	65

Daughter in Law	Bridget Mary WARD	abt 1836		1914	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	78
Son in Law	Hugh READ	1838	Tintinhull, Somerset, England	02 Sep 1894	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	56
Daughter in Law	Margaret SHUMACK
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE	1838	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	23 Jan 1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	34
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth (Betsy) WILLIAMS	1853	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia	15 Feb 1918	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65

Grandson	John SHUMACK	1866	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1867	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1
Grandson	James SHUMACK	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	John Joseph SHUMACK	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Peter SHUMACK	abt 1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary SHUMACK	1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Grandson	Joseph SHUMACK	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Edward Harold SHUMACK	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Maria READ	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28
Granddaughter	Margaret 'Maggie' READ	30 Dec 1864	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1949	Canberra, ACT, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Rebecca READ	abt 1867	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	08 Oct 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	John (Jack) READ	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	18 Dec 1917	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	49
Granddaughter	Sarah Jane Anne? READ	1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59
Grandson	George READ	1872	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	Hugh READ	1874	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	Jan 1930	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	56
Grandson	Joseph READ	1877	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1941	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	64
Granddaughter	Emily Eliza READ	14 Sep 1879	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	19 Aug 1941	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Ethel READ	1885	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1965		80
Grandson	George SHUMACK	17 Nov 1870	Canberra, ACT, Australia	12 Nov 1958	ACT, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK	1872	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	John SHUMACK	1874	Canberra, ACT, Australia	20 Feb 1930	Canberra, ACT, Australia	56
Granddaughter	Margaret SHUMACK	06 Sep 1875	Canberra, ACT, Australia	26 Jul 1945		69
Granddaughter	Minerva SHUMACK	1877	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Frances SHUMACK	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Clara SHUMACK	1880	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Apr 1931	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia	51
Grandson	Alexander SHUMACK	1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1956	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	74
Grandson	Peter SHUMACK	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Mary SHUMACK	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1935	Rotorua, New Zealand	51
Granddaughter	Ida Ada SHUMACK	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Edward SHUMACK	1888	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Gladice SHUMACK	1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Frances SHUMACK	1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Nephew	Richard SHUMACK	abt 1837	Ireland
Niece	Margaret SHUMACK	abt 1839	Ireland
Nephew	John SHUMACK	1843	Bowenfels, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1845	Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary A SHUMACK	1847	Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William SHUMACK	1849	New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samuel SHUMACK	1851	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ann Jane SHUMACK	1853	Abercrombie, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	George SHUMACK	1855	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Isabella E SHUMACK	1858	New South Wales, Australia	abt 1858		0
Niece	Ellen M SHUMACK	abt 1860	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sarah PEARCE	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Annie Maria PEARCE	abt 1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William J SHUMACK	1853	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	1860		7
Niece	Ellen Lucy SHUMACK	1856	Bowenfels, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1849	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary A SHUMACK	1851	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John SHUMACK	1853	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Rachel SHUMACK	1857	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samuel G SHUMACK	1859	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Frances G SHUMACK	1861	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Joseph SHUMACK	1863	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	George SHUMACK	1865	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Peter William SHUMACK	1867	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Margaret Jane SHUMACK	1869	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas SHUMACK	1871	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Richard SHUMACK	1873	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Lydia Catherine SHUMACK	1878	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia	1878	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1842	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	20 Dec 1876	New South Wales, Australia	34
Niece	Margaret SHUMACK	09 May 1844	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	19 Jul 1938	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	94
Nephew	John SHUMACK	abt 1847	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	25 May 1896	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	49
Nephew	Samuel SHUMACK	18 Jul 1850	Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland	05 Apr 1940	Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia	89
Niece	Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	04 Dec 1857	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Emily SHUMACK	11 Jun 1860	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	25 Mar 1927	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Nephew	George Edward SHUMACK	23 Apr 1863	Canberra, ACT, Australia	03 Feb 1937	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	73
Niece	Mary Armstrong SHUMACK	1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Ida SHUMACK	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Susannah SHUMACK	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Richard SHUMACK	1886	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Alice SHUMACK	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Nephew	George SHUMACK	1846	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William SHUMACK	1848	Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John SHUMACK	1850	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Jane SHUMACK	1852	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1854	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sarah SHUMACK	1856	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samuel SHUMACK	1858	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	1860	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	2

Sister in Law	Eliza DOHERTY		Ireland
Sister in Law	Mary MATHIESON	abt 1833	Aberdeenshire, Scotland	13 Oct 1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Lucy BONNETON
Sister in Law	Margaret SHEEDY
Sister in Law	Anne SHOEMAKER	abt 1821	Ireland	30 May 1873	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	52
Sister in Law	Eastern Jane ARMSTRONG	abt 1853		21 Jun 1913	Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia	60
Sister in Law	Ellen CONNORS			1844
Sister in Law	Sarah BROWN

Events in John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1811		John SHUMACK was born	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland		6
14 Dec 1835	24	Married Margaret O'TOOLE (aged 26)	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland		6
abt 1836	25	Birth of son Joseph Ayra SHUMACK	Ireland		6
05 Jan 1840	29	Birth of daughter Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK	Castletown, Co Cork, Ireland		6
11 Nov 1841	30	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Lascar'	6
19 Jan 1842	31	Birth of son Richard SHUMACK	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
16 May 1844	33	Birth of son Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
04 Mar 1849	38	John SHUMACK died	Duntroon, ACT, Australia		6

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 (Death)

- Reference = 290 (Birth)

- Reference = 290 (Marriage)

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/2476/john-snr-shumack.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: George Shumack

Born: 1870; Died: 1958; Married: Edith May Gozzard

George Shumack
Related Files
Shumack, George and Edith May (Gozzard) ⧉ (RTF 868.5 kb)
Shumack, George and Edith May (Gozzard) - Family Group Sheet

George Shumack was born in 1870, the son of Peter Shumack (known as 'Big Pete') and Elizabeth Shumack (nee Gillespie). In 1895 he married Edith May Gozzard (known as 'May'), the daughter of Henry Gozzard of 'Aston', Mulligans Flat. They had nine children together. Three of them - Percy, Peter, and Silas - are in a Ginninderra school photo of 1905. One of them - Bessie - died at the age of three months in 1907, and hers is the first burial to have taken place at the Hall cemetery, which was proclaimed in 1883.

The wedding was reported by the Queanbeyan Age:

.....a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized on Wednesday at Aston, the residence of the bride's parents, when Miss Edith May the fourth daughter of Mr Henry Gozzard was married to Mr George Shumack of Mayfield, the eldest son of Mr Peter Shumack of Canberra and grandson of the late John Gillespie of Horse Park. The Rev E Fox officiated. The bridegroom was accompanied by his brother Mr John Shumack as bestman and Miss Margaret Shumack sister of the bridegroom acted as bridesmaid. The bride who was given away by her father was attired in light brown cashmere trimmed with lace and straw coloured ribbons and wore a wreath of orange blossoms.

After the ceremony the party partook of a sumptuous repast. The health of the happy pair was proposed by Rev E Fox who spoke in eulogistic terms of the bridegroom. Amongst the wedding presents I noticed a beautiful wedding cake, the gift of the bride's sister, Mrs W Morris, a large EP Cruet from Mrs J Butler, a pair of pretty vases presented by Mrs N M Lazarus of Queanbeyan, table cover from Mrs P Shumack etc. The happy couple departed to their future residence Mayfield. [Queanbeyan Age 3.8.1895]

After marrying they settled at 'Mayfield' near Ginninderra, where George was farming, and later moved to Hall. Their house in Hall burnt down in 1908, leaving the family homeless. James McCarthy' generously offered them the use of accommodation at his property 'Glenwood': "Writing to the Goulburn Penny Post, the Ginninderra correspondent says: - I learn that immediately upon hearing the news of the destruction by fire of the residence of Mr. G. Shumack at Hall, Mr. Jas. McCarthy, the squire of Glenwood, placed an unoccupied house on his estate at Mr. Shumack's disposal rent free; which generous offer was promptly accepted. It is also said that the residents of Hall vied with each other in assisting Mr. and Mrs. Shumack by donations in kind to furnish their new home. Such acts of kindness in time of distress are worthy of the widest publication".[Queanbeyan Age, 4 February 1908, p.2]

According to White, George and Edith separated at some time during the first World War.

George worked with John ('Jack') Butler and their horse and cart, resealing and maintaining the Yass-to-Queanbeyan road and other unsealed roads in the new Federal Capital Territory. Butler died of blood poisoning in 1927, and George continued on his own until he retired some years later. George lived at Hall, next door to the Gillespies family home.

Edith died in 1945 and George in 1958.

Related Photos

George and Edith May Shumack ⧉
Bessie Shumack's grave ⧉
References
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992
Smith, L. R., Memories of Hall, Canberra, 1975
White, E. 1993. A Shumack Family. c.1668-1992 & connected families. Eastwood, NSW.
Queanbeyan Age. 3.8.1895

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