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SHUMACK in NSW and ACT
In NSW the SHUMACK surname continued with descendants of 7 brothers (cousins of Amos) who emigrated in 1840, 1841 and 1856 and settled in the areas of Bathurst, New South Wales and Canberra which later became part of the Australian Capital Territory. All died in Australia.
These seven SHUMACK brothers were sons of Peter SHOEMAKER (c1770-1848) and his second wife Elizabeth (prob FITZELLE):
1. William SHUMACK (c1804-1877) m Eliza DOHERTY - Bathurst, Tooraweenah area
2. Mary SHUMACK (b abt 1806 did not come to Australia) Now we know what happened to her, thanks to Matt Navarre of Michigan, USA.
Mary SCHUMACHER, in fact, immigrated from Kilfinane, Ireland to Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, with her husband, Michael Stroud and children in about 1850. Both are buried in the Kincardine Cemetery in Bruce Co.
Their daughter Hannah, born in Ireland in 1841, married Alexander LINDSAY of White Rock, Michigan in 1855. Hannah and Alexander
are my g g grandparents and are buried in Rockfalls Cemetery, Harbor Beach, Michigan. They, along with many other descendants of Michael and Mary STROUD live in Ontario and Michigan, as well as across the USA.
3. Peter SHUMACK (1808-1883) m Mary MATHIESON - Canberra
Peter SHOEMAKER bapt 13 Nov 1808 Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland s/o Peter SHOEMAKER
Peter SHUMACK arr Sydney, NSW 11 Nov 1841 on the Lascar with his brothers Joseph and John and John's wife and their two chn. Also on this voyage was Mary DOHERTY, sister of Eliza wife of William SHUMACK. This was the second group of SHUMACK brothers to immigrate to Australia.
Peter and Joseph went to work for Archibald McLEOD whose property was Maryvale, Liverpool. Peter then worked in the Canberra area, for James WRIGHT at Lanyon, in the service of Pastor SMITH and for Charles CAMPBELL at Duntroon. Peter became a landowner in the district and developed a farm with cattle, an orchard, a dairy and a garden. In his mid-50s Peter m 2 Jan 1862 St John's Canberra, Mary MATHIESON who was 25 yrs his younger. (no issue) They adopted Annie Maria PEARCE (b abt 1868) as an infant.
Peter SHUMACK d 29 Sep 1883 aged 74 yrs Canberra, bur 1 Oct 1883 St John's C of E Churchyard.
Mary m2. 4 Mar 1886 St Stephen's Church, Queanbeyan, Finley McDONALD. Mary was again widowed in 1907 and when she died in 1915 she was buried with her first husband Peter SHUMACK. [EW p223-7]
4. George SHUMACK (1810/11-1857) m Lucy BONNINGTON - Bathurst area
5. John SHUMACK b abt 1812 most likely on the Oliver Estate near Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland.
[Information about John SHUMACK and his descendants is from A SHUMACK FAMILY c1688-1992 & Connected Families (1993) Elizabeth White [pp 235-277]
John SHOEMAKER m 14 Dec 1835 Kilflynn Parish, Co Limerick, Ireland, Margaret (O')TOOLE, both of Cloheen, Buttevant, Co Cork. John and Margaret SHOEMAKE and their two children, Joseph and Elizabeth, emigrated to New South Wales on the Lascar which arrived at Sydney on 11 Nov 1841. Also on this ship were his brothers Peter and Joseph. John was employed by William KLENSENDORLFFE, a landholder south of the Molonglo River. His stone residence at Elizabeth Farm was built in 1838 and had a large basement to accommodate assigned servants.
In 1842 John SHUMACK obtained a lease of abt 100 acres of Glebe Land and erected a 3 roomed slab house with a bark roof. He was the first tenant of Glebe Farm which was on the western boundary of Duntroon with a frontage to the Molonglo River. John "took an active part in church affairs and helped to cart the stone used in the building of St John's Church, where he was one of the first wardens." [EW p236]
John SHUMACK died 4 Mar 1849. His burial certificate shows that John SHOEMACK, Settler of Canbury, aged 40 yrs, was buried two days later in St John's churchyard. His headstone of grey granite is shown in the centre of the photograph below. This replaced an earlier sandstone memorial which had deteriorated.
Margaret SHUMACK m2. 3 Jun 1854 St Gregory's RC, Queanbeyan, Edward WOODS. Both RC, both widowed. Edward WOODS wa a carrier and he died suddenly on 18 Feb 1860 near Goulburn. Margaret then lived at Emu Bank. She died 12 May 1879 and was buried in the RC section of Riverside Cemetery at Queanbeyan.
Children of John SHUMACK and Margaret O'TOOLE:
1. Joseph Ayra SHUMACK b abt 1836 Ireland, d 23 Dec 1901 aged 65 yrs at his residence in Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, m 1865 St Gregory's Chapel, Queanbeyan, Bridget Mary WARD b abt 1836 from Cork, d 1914 aged 78 yrs Temora (EW p241]
2. Elizabeth SHUMACK b abt 1840 Ireland, d 21 Oct 1907 Canberra, m 12 Jun 1862, St John's C of E, Canberra, Hugh READ b 1838/9 Somerset, England, d 2 Sep 1894 at his property Wattle Grove, both bur St John's churchyard, Canberra [EW p244]
3. Richard SHUMACK b 19 Jan 1842 Canberra District, d 29 Aug 1931 aged 89 yrs at his home Ainslie, Christ Church, Queanbeyan, m 1868 Margaret SHUMACK (his cousin) b 9 May 1844 Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland d/o Richard SHUMACK (1816-1887) and Anne SHOEMAKER (SHUMACK), d 19 Jul 1938, both bur St John's Churchyard Canberra [EW p249]
Children of Richard SHUMACK and Margaret SHUMACK:
1. Leila Ann SHUMACK b 1869, d 29 Jan 1937 aged 67 yrs Tent Hill, m 1897 Bungendore, Joseph PIVETTA (7 chn)
2. Helena Emily SHUMACK b 1871, d bef Jun 1938, m 9 Aug 1899 St John's Canberra, Archibald HAMILTON b 1868 of Yarralumla (5 chn)
3. Ann Nina SHUMACK b 1873, d 7 Jan 1948 aged 74 yrs, m 1903 Queanbeyan, David Sedgewick BLYTON of Cooma, d 1 Jul 1945 aged 71 yrs, both bur Cooma Cemetery, Anglican Section (one known child)
4. Richard John SHUMACK b 1876 Queanbeyan, d 7 Jan 1949 aged 72 yrs, retired school teacher, m 1 Jan 1903 at residence of George DENNIS, Maryvale, Wellington, Lily Alice DENNIS [EW pp251-2]
See www.louisewilson.com.au/from_buryan_to_bondi.html Lily Alice DENNIS family of origin in From Buryan to Bondi : The Dennis Family of West Penwith, Cornwall and some Australian Descendants (2008) by Louise Wilson, ISBN 978-0-9804478-1-1
5. Arthur Edward SHUMACK (known as Sparrots) b 1878, d 20/21 May 1947 aged 68 yrs, bur St John's C of E Canberra (single)
6. Samuel Charles SHUMACK b 1881, d 17 Jun 1962 aged 81 yrs, late of Palmetto 38 Melville Street, Ryde, NSW, creme Northern Suburbs, m 1913 Moruya, Grace Ellen BRICE who survived him. (3 sons) [EW pp253-5]
7. Edina May SHUMACK b 21 Oct 1883, d 1964, bur St John's C of E, Canberra in SHUMACK/READ plot. (never married, lived with her bachelor brother Arthur at Tolldale)
8. Stella Evelyne SHUMACK 1886, d 31 Aug 1960 aged 74 yrs, m Leslie L BLYTON of Cooma, (b bat 1888) d 11 Feb 1941 aged 53 yrs, both bur Cooma Cemetery, Anglican Section (one know child)
4. Peter SHUMACK b 16 May 1844, 14 Feb 1912 aged 67 yrs Queanbeyan, m1. 1869 Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE b abt 1838 Ireland, d 13 Apr 1872 aged 34 yrs (2 chn)
Peter SHUMACK m2. 8 Jul 1873 St John's Canberra, Elizabeth WILLIAMS (known as Betsy) b 9 Jan 1853 Victoria, d 15 Feb 1918 (10 chn) [EW pp259-277]
6. Joseph SHEUMACK (c1813-1880) m 1848 Margaret SHEEDY - Canberra then Bathurst area
7. Richard SHUMACK (1816-1887) m1. Anne SHOEMAKER, m2. Eastern Jane ARMSTRONG (5 chn) - Canberra [EW p18]
Richard SHOEMAKER m 13 Oct 1840 Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland, Anne SHOEMAKER [IGI Batch No. M700591 extracted from parish records] Anne (c1821-1873) was a sister of Amos who immigrated to Victoria in 1841 and settled on the goldfields of Central Victoria following discoveries in 1851.
Children of Richard SHUMACK and Anne SHUMACK:
1. Elizabeth SHUMACK (1842-1876) (unmarried) bur St John's Canberra
2. Margaret SHUMACK (1844-1938) m 1868 her cousin Richard SHUMACK (1842-1931) both bur St John's Canberra
3. John SHUMACK (1847-1896) m 1882 St John's Canberra, Marea READ (1863-1891) both bur St John's Canberra
4. Samuel SHUMACK (1850-1940) m 1893 Queanbeyan, Sarah WINTER (1871-1954) both bur St John's Canberra (Author of Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers, ANU Press)
5. Peter SHOEMACK bapt 1853 Doneraile, Co Cork, Ireland (dec inf)
6. Phoebe Anna SHUMACK born 1857 at Duntroon (later ACT), d 1943 Tumut, married 1877 Abraham BLUNDELL 1847-1884) at St John's C of E in Canberra (4 chn) and also had six children to his brother John BLUNDELL (1843-1927) These brothers and their siblings were born at Blundell's Cottage which was on the original Duntroon property and is now a museum in Canberra.
7. Emily SHUMACK (1860-1927) m 1882 St John's Canberra, Isaac BLUNDELL (1851-1910) farmer of Yarralumla
8. George Edward SHUMACK (1863-1937) m 1888 Isabella WINTER (1869-1947) (sister of Sarah) both bur St John's Canberra
8. Samuel SHUMACK (1819-1884) m1. 5 Mar 1844 St James Church Sydney, Ellen CONNORS bur 7 Nov 1844 age 26, RC Bathurst (no issue)
Samuel SHUMACK m2. 29 Dec 1845 St James Church Sydney, Sarah BROWN - Bathurst area (7 chn) Baptismal and birth records show:
1847 Samuel SHOEMACK settler of Hartley
1848 Samuel SHOAMACK shepherd of Diamond Swamp
1850 Samuel SHUMACK shepherd of Meadow Flat
1852 Samuel SHUMACK shoemaker of Bathurst
1858 Samuel SHUMACK farmer of Meadow Flat [EW p359]
1869 Samuel SHUMACK postmaster at Mitchells Creek near Meadow Flat and Sunny Corner [EW p363]
1872 Samuel SHUMACK storekeeper of Mitchells Creek [Greville's Post Office Directory transcribed by Kathy Pearson]
From at least 1875-1883 Samuel SHUMACK was the Mining Registrar at Mitchells Creek (now Sunny Corner) near Bathurst [Dr Iain Stuart citing Annual Reports of the Department of Mines]
Samuel SHUMACK d 5 Mar 1884, bur Meadow Flat next to his brother William SHUMACK.
His headstone reads: In loving remembrance of Samuel Shumack of Mitchell's Creek who departed this life March 5th 1884 aged 66 years... We do not Lord Thy purpose see, but all is well that's done by Thee. [EW p361]
To see some SHUMACK photos online go to www.pictureaustralia.org and type SHUMACK into the Search.
Go to this site Australian Cemeteries Index and enter 'shumack' in the 'Search for Inscriptions' box. There are 17 Shumack graves, all with headstone photos.
Family History Group of Bathurst
www.bathurstfhg.asn.au/
Use Edit > Find to search for Schumach/Shumack.
Pioneers Register - Surnames
Bathurst Landholders 1885
Bathurst Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions
(Thanks to Bevan Stone for these links.)
The stories of the SHUMACK brothers are told in A SHUMACK FAMILY c1688-1992 & Connected Families (1993) Elizabeth White.
SHUMACK gravestones at St John's Cof E, Canberra
Photograph taken 1999
Amos SHUMACK 1812 -1899
Children of Amos SHUMACK m 1841 Mary SHIER
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© Last Modified : 2 December 2023
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