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Mary Maria READ (1863 - 1891)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Mary Maria READ (1863 - 1891) + John SHUMACK (1847 - 1896)	Hugh READ (1838 - 1894)	Joseph READ (1799 - 1857)
			Maria WATTS (1800 - 1853)
		Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK (1840 - 1907)	John SHUMACK (1811 - 1849)	Peter SHOEMAKER (1781 - )
				Elizabeth (SHOEMAKER)
			Margaret O'TOOLE (1809 - 1879)

b. 1863 at Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia

m. 15 Mar 1882 John SHUMACK (1847 - 1896) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 26 Nov 1891 at Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia aged 28

Cause of Death:

Childbirth

Near Relatives of Mary Maria READ (1863 - 1891)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Joseph READ	1799		1857		58
Grandmother	Maria WATTS	1800		1853		53
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
Father in Law	Richard SHUMACK	abt 1816	Kilfinane, Co Limerick, Ireland	09 Oct 1887	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	71
Mother in Law	Anne SHOEMAKER	abt 1821	Ireland	30 May 1873	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	52
Father	Hugh READ	1838	Tintinhull, Somerset, England	02 Sep 1894	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	56
Mother	Eliza Elizabeth SHUMACK	05 Jan 1840	Castletown, Co Cork, Ireland	21 Oct 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	67
Self	Mary Maria READ	1863	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28
Husband	John SHUMACK	abt 1847	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	25 May 1896	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	49
Step Daughter	Marion SHUMACK	Feb 1891	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	28 Sep 1924	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	33
Sister	Margaret 'Maggie' READ	30 Dec 1864	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1949	Canberra, ACT, Australia	84
Sister	Rebecca READ	abt 1867	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	08 Oct 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Brother	John (Jack) READ	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	18 Dec 1917	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	49
Sister	Sarah Jane Anne? READ	1870	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59
Brother	George READ	1872	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Brother	Hugh READ	1874	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	Jan 1930	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	56
Brother	Joseph READ	1877	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1941	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister	Emily Eliza READ	14 Sep 1879	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	19 Aug 1941	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	61
Sister	Ethel READ	1885	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1965		80
Uncle	George REID	abt 1828	Tintinhull, Somerset, England	07 Sep 1907	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	79
Aunt	Mary Coriline CASEY	1835	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	27 Oct 1910	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	75
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
Uncle	Richard SHUMACK	19 Jan 1842	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Aug 1931	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	89
Aunt	Margaret SHUMACK
Uncle	Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK	16 May 1844	Canberra, ACT, Australia	14 Feb 1912	Canberra, ACT, Australia	67
Aunt	Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE	1838	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	23 Jan 1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	34
Aunt	Elizabeth (Betsy) WILLIAMS	1853	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia	15 Feb 1918	Canberra, ACT, Australia	65
Cousin	Joseph REID	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	07 Nov 1942	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	87
Cousin	Thomas Cornelius REID	18 Aug 1856	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	17 Feb 1895	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	38
Cousin	Caroline REID	1858	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	05 Feb 1933	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Agnes REID	1861	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1937		76
Cousin	Anorah Honorah REID	1862	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1935		73
Cousin	Richard REID	1864	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Aug 1929	Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	65
Cousin	Anne REID	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1943		77
Cousin	Hugh REID	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1954		86
Cousin	Elizabeth REID	1871	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1951		80
Cousin	John James REID	1873	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1963		90
Cousin	George REID	1875		1963		88
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	George SHUMACK	17 Nov 1870	Canberra, ACT, Australia	12 Nov 1958	ACT, Australia	87
Cousin	Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK	1872	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	John SHUMACK	1874	Canberra, ACT, Australia	20 Feb 1930	Canberra, ACT, Australia	56
Cousin	Margaret SHUMACK	06 Sep 1875	Canberra, ACT, Australia	26 Jul 1945		69
Cousin	Minerva SHUMACK	1877	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Frances SHUMACK	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Cousin	Clara SHUMACK	1880	Canberra, ACT, Australia	29 Apr 1931	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia	51
Cousin	Alexander SHUMACK	1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1956	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	74
Cousin	Peter SHUMACK	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Cousin	Mary SHUMACK	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1935	Rotorua, New Zealand	51
Cousin	Ida Ada SHUMACK	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Edward SHUMACK	1888	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Gladice SHUMACK	1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Frances SHUMACK	1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Francis Everard MALONEY	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1968	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	Robert John MALONEY	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11
Nephew	William MALONEY	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1978		81
Niece	Maria May MALONEY	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1972		72
Niece	Mary Ann 'Polly' MALONEY	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1972		72
Nephew	Valentine Thomas MALONEY	1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1994		92
Nephew	Edward MALONEY	1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1979		75
Nephew	Lisle Lyle Read MALONEY	1908	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1969		61
Nephew	Harold (Henry) MALONEY	1910	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1979		69
Nephew	John H GREGORY	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Eliza M GREGORY	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	12
Niece	Sarah E GREGORY	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Hugh GREGORY	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	61
Nephew	Joseph R GREGORY	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary M GREGORY	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Edward George GREGORY	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	02 May 1963	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	64
Nephew	Roy GREGORY	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leslie V GREGORY	1904	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ethel A GREGORY	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas Cecil READ	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1973		77
Nephew	Robert READ	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1966		68
Nephew	John 'Jack' READ	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1976		76
Niece	Mary Monica READ	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Eileen Ellen Clara READ	1903	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Harry Canberra READ	1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	George Huston READ	1899	Naas, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jun 1968	Canberra, ACT, Australia	69
Nephew	Edward READ	1900	Naas, New South Wales, Australia	1900	Naas, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Ethel READ	1901	Naas, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Naas, New South Wales, Australia	1
Niece	Florence Vivian READ	1903	Naas, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ethel Edna READ	1905	Naas, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Hugh READ	1907	Naas, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Charles Herbert READ	1910	Naas, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elsie Sarah (Ettie) READ	1913	Naas, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Charles Eric READ
Niece	Jemima Ann SHUMACK	1894	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	John Everest SHUMACK	1896	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Elmira Ruth SHUMACK	1899	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	David Henry Bright SHUMACK	1901	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Sarah Clementina Selina Adeline SHUMACK	1904	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Samuel Heber SHUMACK	1907	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Stephen Rupert Wilberforce SHUMACK	1910	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Ethel Margaret Catherine Eileen SHUMACK	1912	New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Clara Malvina Ann BLUNDELL	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Niece	Dora Emily BLUNDELL	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	61
Niece	Daisy Irene BLUNDELL	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Niece	Lilian Jessie Stella BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1965	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Nephew	Howard Norman SCHUMACK BLUNDELL	1886	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1920	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	34
Niece	Muriel Pearl BLUNDELL	1888	New South Wales, Australia	1963	Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia	75
Niece	Naomi Edith Sylvia BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1990	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	99
Nephew	Everard Vivian Abraham BLUNDELL	1895	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	69
Niece	Bernice Sophia Hyacinth BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17
Niece	Audrey Esmerelda Phoebe Merle BLUNDELL	1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1996	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	94
Nephew	Charles Henry BLUNDELL	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	19
Nephew	Edward BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William BLUNDELL	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 Apr 1960	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Susan Mary BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Beatrice Ann BLUNDELL	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Sarah Rosaline BLUNDELL	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Irene Emily BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Adrian Isaac BLUNDELL	1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1977	New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Elizabeth Ethel SHUMACK	1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia	23 Aug 1967	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Jean Jemima SHUMACK	12 Feb 1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia	24 Sep 1973		79
Sister in Law	Elizabeth SHUMACK	1842	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	20 Dec 1876	New South Wales, Australia	34
Sister in Law	Margaret SHUMACK	09 May 1844	Buttevant, Co Cork, Ireland	19 Jul 1938	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	94
Brother in Law	Samuel SHUMACK	18 Jul 1850	Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland	05 Apr 1940	Peakhurst, New South Wales, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	04 Dec 1857	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Emily SHUMACK	11 Jun 1860	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	25 Mar 1927	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Brother in Law	George Edward SHUMACK	23 Apr 1863	Canberra, ACT, Australia	03 Feb 1937	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	73
Sister in Law	Mary Armstrong SHUMACK	1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister in Law	Ida SHUMACK	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister in Law	Susannah SHUMACK	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother in Law	Richard SHUMACK	1886	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Sister in Law	Alice SHUMACK	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Richard MALONEY	Sep 1864	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	Dec 1946	Canberra, ACT, Australia	82
Brother in Law	John GREGORY	1854	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Oct 1936	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Ellen (Dolly) MALONEY	01 Dec 1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	07 Apr 1962	Canberra, ACT, Australia	90
Brother in Law	Charles MCKEAHNIE	1865	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1907	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	42
Sister in Law	Florence Eveline FISHER	1871	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	09 Feb 1964	Canberra, ACT, Australia	93
Sister in Law	Ethel FIELD
Sister in Law	May Maria CARTWRIGHT	1885		1970		85
Brother in Law	Charles Albert LUCAS	11 Aug 1874	Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Robert Alfred WALMSLEY	1876	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Mary Maria READ (1863 - 1891)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1863		Mary Maria READ was born	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia		6
15 Mar 1882	19	Married John SHUMACK (aged 35)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
26 Nov 1891	28	Mary Maria READ died	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia		80

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 = 264 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 264 (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/3825/hugh-read.html (Death)

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2205/mary-maria-shumack.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Mary Maria Shumack Born: 1863; Died: 1891; Married: John Shumack Mary Maria Read was the daughter of Hugh Read and Eliza (nee Shumack) of Tallagandra. She married her cousin John Shumack. Mary was the granddaughter of his uncle John Shumack and Margaret (nee O'Toole), who had settled on land near St Johns, Reid. John and Mary had six children together. At first, they boarded with John's brother, Samuel, but eventually contracted a builder named Parker to construct their own timber house at Weetangerra. Tragedy soon struck the young family of Shumacks. Her brother-in-law, Samuel Shumack, recalled: Their daughter Sophia, who was three years of age, fell into a tub of boiling water and died within a few hours. In February 1891 twins were born - Marian and Henry. Henry died on 20 November 1891, and the mother six days later. Thus in three months three members of the family passed away. Mary had died aged only 28 years. John's death was also premature. He died in 1896 at the age of 49 from pneumonia. References Gillespie, L. L., 1979A Pictorial History of the Read/Reid Family in Australia, 1849-1979, Canberra Gillespie, L. L., 1992Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell Lea-Scarlett, E.,1968 Queanbeyan: District and People, Queanbeyan Shumack, S. 1967An 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.

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