Anne SHOEMAKER (1821

Anne SHOEMAKER (1821 - 1873)

nurse

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth SHUMACK (1842 - 1876) Margaret SHUMACK (1844 - 1938) John SHUMACK (1847 - 1896) Samuel SHUMACK (1850 - 1940) Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK (1857 - 1943) Emily SHUMACK (1860 - 1927) George Edward SHUMACK (1863 - 1937)	Anne SHOEMAKER (1821 - 1873) + Richard SHUMACK (1816 - 1887)	George SHOEMAKER



		Catherine (SHOEMAKER)

b. abt 1821 at Ireland

m. 13 Oct 1840 Richard SHUMACK (1816 - 1887) at Rathkeale, Ireland

d. 30 May 1873 at Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of Anne SHOEMAKER (1821 - 1873)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Peter SHOEMAKER	abt 1781
Mother in Law	Elizabeth (SHOEMAKER)

Father	George SHOEMAKER
Mother	Catherine (SHOEMAKER)

Self	Anne SHOEMAKER	abt 1821	Ireland	30 May 1873	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	52

Husband	Richard SHUMACK	abt 1816	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	09 Oct 1887	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	71

Daughter	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1842	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	20 Dec 1876	New South Wales, Australia	34
Daughter	Margaret SHUMACK	09 May 1844	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	19 Jul 1938	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	94
Son	John SHUMACK	abt 1847	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	25 May 1896	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	49
Son	Samuel SHUMACK	18 Jul 1850	Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland	05 Apr 1940	Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia	89
Daughter	Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	04 Dec 1857	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter	Emily SHUMACK	11 Jun 1860	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	25 Mar 1927	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Son	George Edward SHUMACK	23 Apr 1863	Canberra, ACT, Australia	03 Feb 1937	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	73

Daughter in Law	Mary Maria READ	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28
Daughter in Law	Sarah WINTER	1871	Canberra, ACT, Australia	abt 1954		83
Son in Law	Abraham BLUNDELL	1847	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	37
Son in Law	John BLUNDELL	1843	Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia	30 Oct 1927	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	84
Son in Law	Isaac BLUNDELL	1851	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 May 1910	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59
Daughter in Law	Isabella WINTER	1869	Canberra, ACT, Australia

Granddaughter	Marion SHUMACK	Feb 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28 Sep 1924	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	33
Granddaughter	Jemima Ann SHUMACK	1894	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	John Everest SHUMACK	1896	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Elmira Ruth SHUMACK	1899	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	David Henry Bright SHUMACK	1901	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Sarah Clementina Selina Adeline SHUMACK	1904	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Samuel Heber SHUMACK	1907	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Stephen Rupert Wilberforce SHUMACK	1910	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Ethel Margaret Catherine Eileen SHUMACK	1912	New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Clara Malvina Ann BLUNDELL	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Granddaughter	Dora Emily BLUNDELL	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Daisy Irene BLUNDELL	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Lilian Jessie Stella BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1965	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	Howard Norman SCHUMACK BLUNDELL	1886	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1920	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	34
Granddaughter	Muriel Pearl BLUNDELL	1888	New South Wales, Australia	1963	Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Naomi Edith Sylvia BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1990	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	99
Grandson	Everard Vivian Abraham BLUNDELL	1895	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Bernice Sophia Hyacinth BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17
Granddaughter	Audrey Esmerelda Phoebe Merle BLUNDELL	1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1996	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	94
Grandson	Charles Henry BLUNDELL	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	19
Grandson	Edward BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William BLUNDELL	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 Apr 1960	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72
Granddaughter	Susan Mary BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Ann BLUNDELL	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Sarah Rosaline BLUNDELL	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Irene Emily BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Adrian Isaac BLUNDELL	1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1977	New South Wales, Australia	72
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Ethel SHUMACK	1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia	23 Aug 1967	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Granddaughter	Jean Jemima SHUMACK	12 Feb 1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia	24 Sep 1973		79

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

Brother in Law	William SHUMACK	abt 1804	Co Cork, Ireland	1877	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	73
Brother in Law	Peter SHUMACK	abt 1806	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	29 Sep 1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	77
Brother in Law	George SHUMACK	abt 1810	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	1857	Bowenfels, New South Wales, Australia	47
Brother in Law	John SHUMACK	abt 1811	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	04 Mar 1849	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	38
Brother in Law	Joseph SHUMACK	abt 1813	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	1880	Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Samuel SHUMACK	abt 1819	Co Limerick, Ireland	1884	Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia	65

Events in Anne SHOEMAKER (1821 - 1873)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1821		Anne SHOEMAKER was born	Ireland		6
13 Oct 1840	19	Married Richard SHUMACK (aged 24)	Rathkeale, Ireland		6
1842	21	Birth of daughter Elizabeth SHUMACK	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland		6
09 May 1844	23	Birth of daughter Margaret SHUMACK	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland		6
abt 1847	26	Birth of son John SHUMACK	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland		6
18 Jul 1850	29	Birth of son Samuel SHUMACK	Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland		6
21 Aug 1856	35	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Bermondsey'	6
04 Dec 1857	36	Birth of daughter Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	Duntroon, ACT, Australia		6
11 Jun 1860	39	Birth of daughter Emily SHUMACK	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
23 Apr 1863	42	Birth of son George Edward SHUMACK	Canberra, ACT, Australia		6
30 May 1873	52	Anne SHOEMAKER died	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia		6

Personal Notes:

Notes on Anne Shumack [Shoemark]
Anne was born in Ireland c. 1821. Her parents were George and Catherine Shoemaker. At Rathkeale in Ireland in 1840 she married Richard Shumack. Her new surname, therefore, was a version of her own maiden name, as Shumack is derived from ‘Shoemaker’. They were not related, as no link has been found with the German antecedents of her husband’s family who settled in Ireland in the late 1720s. Anne was to have seven children with Richard: three born in the Canberra district after their arrival as bounty migrants on the Bermondsey in August 1856. Her son, Samuel, recorded the events of their arrival in his recollections. We saw the Canberra Plain for the first time … from a point close to where Wells Station homestead now stands … Our journey from Sydney occupied three weary weeks, and we were happy to rest as guests of my Uncle John’s wife and family [in modern-day Reid]. At first the Shumacks worked for the Campbells at Duntroon, before Richard was employed by William Davis (junior) atPalmerville estate. They lived at Emu Bank, but eventually selected their own plot at Weetangerra, which they namedSpringvale. Samuel reported the tension with Davis concerning their decision to take advantage of the 1861 land reforms and to become free selectors. He wrote: William Davis - who was father’s employer and the squatter on whose land we selected - has 20,000 acres, excluding some thousands of acres of Crown land for which he paid very little, yet he resented our efforts to strike out for ourselves and laughed at what he derisively called ‘Shumack’s Folly’. ‘Three years’, he said, ‘will see Shumack and his family sadder and wiser, for shortage of water will drive them out.’ His prophecy miscarried! Anne died in 1873. Richard remarried seven years later to Eastern Jane Armstrong. He died in 1887.

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 = 291 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 291 (Marriage)

- Reference = 289 (Birth)

- Reference = 289 (Death)

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/2206/anne-shumack.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Anne Shumack

Born: 1821; Died: 1873; Married: Richard Shumack

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Palmerville estate
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Springvale
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Anne was born in Ireland c. 1821. Her parents were George and Catherine Shoemaker.

At Rathkeale in Ireland in 1840 she married Richard Shumack. Her new surname, therefore, was a version of her own maiden name, as Shumack is derived from 'Shoemaker'. They were not related, as no link has been found with the German antecedents of her husband's family who settled in Ireland in the late 1720s. Anne was to have eight children with Richard. One died in infancy and three were born in the Canberra district after their arrival as bounty migrants on the Bermondsey in August 1856. On the ship's immigrant list Anne is identified as a nurse, from Rathkeale, Co Limerick, with a brother, Amos, already in the colony at Goulburn.

Her son, Samuel, recorded the events of their arrival in his recollections.

We saw the Canberra Plain for the first time ... from a point close to where Wells Station homestead now stands ... Our journey from Sydney occupied three weary weeks, and we were happy to rest as guests of my Uncle John's wife and family [in modern-day Reid].

At first the Shumacks worked for the Campbells at Duntroon, where they lived in a three room slab and bark house, initially using their cabin trunks as furniture. Mrs Campbell helped the family by giving Anne some part time work as a laundress. All the family wore home-knitted stockings, and Richard made all their furniture in the evenings or on Saturday afternoons. True to his name, Richard was also a 'shoe maker', making boots for the whole family, while Anne and the girls made clothes.

In 1858 Richard took employment with William Davis (junior) at Palmerville estate, where they lived at the Emu Bank out-station. In 1869 Richard selected their first block of 100 acres at Weetangerra, where they built a home which they named Springvale. Samuel reported the tension with Davis concerning their decision to take advantage of the 1861 land reforms and to become free selectors. He wrote:

William Davis - who was father's employer and the squatter on whose land we selected - has 20,000 acres, excluding some thousands of acres of Crown land for which he paid very little, yet he resented our efforts to strike out for ourselves and laughed at what he derisively called 'Shumack's Folly'. 'Three years', he said, 'will see Shumack and his family sadder and wiser, for shortage of water will drive them out.' His prophecy miscarried!

Anne died in 1873 at the age of fifty two. She was buried at St Johns. Samuel records that daughters Phoebe (15) and Emily (12) ran the household following Anne's death - and worked in the fields as well. Richard remarried seven years later to Eastern Jane Armstrong. He died in 1887.

Related Photos

Springvale homestead and woolshed, Weetangerra ⧉
Springvale homestead, Weetangerra ⧉
References
Clough, M., 2004. Spilt Milk: a History of Weetangerra School, 1875-2004, Canberra,
Gillespie, L. L., 1992.Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell,
Shumack, S. 1967. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra,
White, E. 1993. A Shumack Family. c.1668-1992 & connected families. Eastwood, NSW.
Various editions of the Queanbeyan Age

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