7. William SHUMACK b 17 May 1849 Meadow Flat area, bapt 27 Feb 1850 RC Cathedral, Bathhurst, s/o William (SHOEMAC in the register) and Eliza Doherty (DOHARTEY in the register) of Diamond Swamp.
William SHUMACK d 21 Jul 1901 aged 51 yrs Tooraweenah, grazier, bur Tooraweenah, 42k NE of Gilgandra, western NSW. His headstone transcription courtesy of Jenny Zell:

WILLIAM SHUMACK WHO DIED 21ST JULY 1901 AGED 51 YEARS Death came, his cares to end, Though round his lifeless clay His friends may weeping stay His spirit's far away His master to attend. In death our flesh can but decay 'Tis but the body dies, Only these Death's hand can stay And claim them for his prize.

William SHUMACK m 1873 Box Ridge, Jane IRVIN b abt 1852 Dulserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland d/o Andrew IRVIN/Elizabeth HAMILTON, d 1940s at the Granville home of her daughter Elizabeth McKEAN, bur with her parents on the Tooraweenah property of her brother William IRVIN who was a farmer of Gilgandra in 1930 Sand's Directory [EW p213-6]

Jane IRVIN age 3, arr Sydney 14 Mar 1855 on the Nepaul with her parents Andrew IRVIN age 28, weaver, Protestant, from Belliclare, Antrim, Ireland, parents Henry & Sarah IRVIN of Belfast; and Elizabeth IRVIN age 38 Presbyterian, parents William & Jane HAMILTON (dec) from Dulserf, living in Belfast, Ireland.
Jane SHUMACK (ms IRVIN) gave land for the Tooraweenah school which her brother Henry IRVIN built. (Jenny Zell)

Children of William SHUMACK and Jane IRVIN:

1. Elizabeth SHUMACK b reg 1873/09759 NSW, d (no info), m 1898/857 Coonamble, NSW, Matthew Henry McKEAN, schoolteacher at Tooraweenah (6 chn) This couple were the grandparents of Joy McKEAN who married Gordon KIRKPATRICK (Slim Dusty) [EW p213-4]

2. Henry William SHUMACK (known as Harry) b reg 1876/10301 NSW, killed 16 Jul 1917 Messines Ridge, France, m1. 1897 Coonabarbran, Louisa C HOGBEN who d 1902 aged 28 yrs. Her headstone inscription courtesy of Jenny Zell:

Tis hard to break the tender cords When love has bound the heart Tis hard so hard to speak the words We must forever part. Dearest Louie I have laid thee In a peaceful grave's embrace. But thy memory will be cherished Till I see thy heavenly face.

Children of Henry William SHUMACK and Louisa C HOGBEN:
1. Aiden Sylvestor SHUMACK b reg 1897/30585 Coonamble (unmarried)
2. Harold Gordon SHUMACK b reg 1899/11363 Coonamble, d 21 Mar 1987, late of Bankstown, 54 living descendants in 1987. (More info has him as a butcher at Tooraweenah in 1931, two marriages)
Henry William SHUMACK, farmer, resident of Tooraweenah, m2. 5 Jan 1914 Dubbo Parsonage, Elizabeth Florence FREEMAN and adopted her daughter Mavis
3. Mavis V SHUMACK b 1916 Gilgandra, m1. FERGUSON, m2. STURNAM [EW p214]

3. Sarah SHUMACK b reg 1878/11401 Coonamble. Sarah SHUMACK m 1899 Albert Edward Hawshaw GARLING (known as Hawkshaw), entrepreneur in Tooraweenah. (5 chn) [EW p 214-6, Jenny Zell] [NSW 5697]

4. William Andrew SHUMACK b reg 1880/12801, d 15 Nov 1961 aged 82 yrs Baradine, bur Baradine Cemetery [Anglican 9H] m 1905 Dubbo, Ida Beatrice TAYLOR [NSW 1195] (3 chn)
William, a farmer, inherited his father's Tooraweenah property which he later sold and purchased another closer to Gilgandra. [EW p216]