Person in this family
Ellen Hickey
This entry is about Ellen Hickey (Dates not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Ellen Jetru Hickey (1 November 1890 – 1986).
Dates not recorded
A possible Queensland woman whose identity recorded here as William Hickey’s wife is consistent with, but not proved by, a cemetery transcription naming Ellen Shea as a parent of John Thomas Hoare. The free cemetery transcription may preserve Ellen’s maiden name as Shea, but its internally inconsistent line—John Thomas Hoare as a “son” of two Hickeys—needs an original stone photograph or civil certificate before it can be fitted into the family.
Partly proved
Ellen Hickey is an unresolved Queensland identity who may be connected to William Hickey; no birth or death details have been proved.
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s second cousin twice removed
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's second cousin twice removed (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s second cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s second cousin once removed
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's second cousin once removed (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Ellen Hickey is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Ellen Hickey is an unresolved figure in our family tree. This archive itself is inconsistent: its summary describes her as a possible wife of William Hickey, while its relationship field places William as her parent. Neither relationship has been proved.
The only quoted record is an Ipswich Roman Catholic cemetery transcription for another person: "HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea." This may preserve Ellen's maiden name as Shea, but the line is internally problematic: its stated age does not agree with the two dates, and it describes a Hoare as the son of two people named Hickey and Shea. An original monument image or civil certificate is needed before this Ellen can be identified confidently.
How we know this: Very weak evidence; one inconsistent cemetery transcription and a contradictory relationships recorded here are all that is available. [1]
Family
Parents
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Places listed on this page
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
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Timeline
Buried
The Ipswich Roman Catholic cemetery transcription reads: “HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea.” This is evidence about a transcribed monument/ledger entry, not a civil record, and it names her as Ellen Shea, not Ellen Hickey. [1]
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Original records
Ipswich cemetery record, Ellen Hickey
This old record gives information about the person or family named here. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Ellen Hickey.
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
Australian Cemeteries, Ipswich Roman Catholic 4A
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | May Hoare | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
Most branches on this site point toward New York or New Jersey. The Hickey–McGreevy–McGuire cluster points in the opposite direction, to Ipswich, Queensland. The Australian evidence is uneven: cemetery records …
What we still don't know
- Whether Ellen was William Hickey's wife or daughter
- Whether Shea was her maiden name
- Her birth and death details
- How she was related to John Thomas Hoare
- Obtain John Thomas Hoare’s Queensland birth/death registrations and Ellen’s reported 1930 death registration; test Shea as a maiden name and do not assume the transcription’s age “77” is correct, because 20 November 1898 to 3 March 1967 is not 77 years.