Husband	Peter (Big Pete) Shumack	

Birth	May 16, 1844	NSW, Australia (what is now Canberra, ACT, Australia)		
Marriage	1873	St John's Church of England, Reid, ACT, Australia		
Death	Feb. 14, 1912	"Kia-ora" Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial	Feb. 15, 1912	St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section F Row 9 Grave 242		
Other Wife	Elizabeth Jane Shumack [Gillespie]		
Parents	John Shumack and Margaret Woods (formerly Shumack) [Hennessey (or O'Toole)]		

Wife	Elizabeth Shumack [Williams]	

Birth	1853	Warrnambool, Vic, Australia		
Death	Feb. 15, 1918	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section F Row 9 Grave 242		
Other Husbands			
Parents	Francis James Williams and Margaret Williams [Lyons]		

Children	

1	John Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	Jul. 24, 1874	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ref: 20000004		
Wife	Jane Shumack [Martin]		
Marriage	1901	Sydney, NSW, Australia		
Death	Feb. 20, 1930	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section F Row 9 Grave 365		

2	Margaret Shumack	

Gender	Female		
Birth	Sep. 6, 1875	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband			
Marriage				
Death	Jul. 26, 1945	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ref: 20000918		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section F Row 9 Grave 242		

3	Minerva (Minnie) White [Shumack]	

Gender	Female		
Birth	May 26, 1877	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband	Walter Ernest White		
Marriage				
Death	Apr. 14, 1937	Randwick, NSW. Australia		
Burial				

4	Francis Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	Apr. 1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife			
Marriage				
Death	Jul. 8, 1879	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section B Row 6 Grave 144 (unmarked)
buried with his grandfather John Shumack		

5	Clara McIntosh [Shumack]	

Gender	Female		
Birth	1880	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband	Evelyn John McIntosh		
Marriage				
Death	Apr. 23, 1931	NSW, Australia
not in ACT death index		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia		

6	Alexander Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	Apr. 23, 1882	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife	Amy Adeline Shumack [Smith]		
Marriage	1908	Queanbeyan. NSW. Australia.		
Death	Jan. 22, 1956	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ref: 20002299		
Burial		Woden Cemetery, ACT, Australia.  Anglican section Lawn 37E		

7	Peter Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife			
Marriage				
Death	1883	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial				

8	Samuel Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife			
Marriage				
Death	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial				

9	Mary (Polly) Whittle [Shumack]	

Gender	Female		
Birth	Oct. 6, 1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband	James Thomas Whittle		
Marriage		Taradale, Hawke Bay, NZ		
Death	1937	Rotorua, NZ		
Burial		Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand		

10	Richard Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife			
Marriage				
Death	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Burial				

11	Edward Shumack	

Gender	Male		
Birth	Jul. 10, 1888	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Wife	Monica Shumack [Pooley]		
Marriage	1923	Sydney, NSW, Australia		
Wife	Thelma Shumack [Rowe]		
Marriage				
Death	Dec. 13, 1950	Turner, ACT, Australia (at home of sister Mrs D S Jones)
Ref: 20001539		
Burial		St John's Church of England churchyard, Reid, ACT, Australia.  Section F Row 9 Grave 242		

12	Gladys Taylor [Shumack]	

Gender	Female		
Birth	Jul. 16, 1890	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband	Arthur William Taylor		
Marriage	1910	Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia		
Death	1959	Goulburn, NSW, Australia		
Burial				

13	Frances (Bub) Jones [Shumack]	

Gender	Female		
Birth	1894	Canberra, ACT, Australia		
Husband	David Samuel Jones		
Marriage	1915	St John's Church of England, Reid, ACT, Australia		
Death	Jan. 28, 1962	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Ref: ACT 20003576		
Burial		Woden Cemetery, ACT, Australia.  Anglican section Lawn 262D		

Notes on Peter (Big Pete) Shumack
Peter Shumack - known as ‘Big Pete’ - was born in 1844, the son of John Shumack and Margaret Toole.  This was the branch of the Shumacks which settled at modern-day Lyneham. Peter’s brother, Joseph, opened the Old Canberra Inn, Canberra’s third hotel (the first being The Oaks and the second being Ginninderra’s The Cricketers’ Arms) in 1876, which still stands today in Mouat Street.  Peter and Joseph purchased contiguous 100-acre lots each and farmed them. Peter was an enthusiastic cricketer and it was in one of his paddocks that occasional cricket matches were played between his Canberra side and Ginninderra’s.  His cousin, Samuel Shumack, records in his recollections that ‘Peter eventually sold some of his land to George Southwell - his son Edward [born 1882] farming the remainder.’  In 1869, Peter married Elizabeth Jane Gillespie, the daughter of John Gillespie and Mary Ann (nee Hutchinson), born in Ireland in 1838. They had two children.  Sadly, Elizabeth died prematurely in 1872, aged just 34 years. Peter was remarried in the following year to Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Williams with whom he had eleven children. They lived in Queanbeyan.  Big Pete Shumack died in 1912 and is buried in St Johns, Reid, where he had served as a Churchwarden.  
Source: http://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2127/peter-big-pete-shumack.html

Peter settled 'Fern Hill' which adjoined his brother Richard's 'Tolldale' property on Black Mountain