Person in this family
Mary Beatrice
1892 – 1963
Mary Beatrice Hickey, a Queensland teacher; the 1892–1963 dates recorded here and parents are not established by the found source. Mary Beatrice spent the longest Loganholme tenure among the five women studied in the monograph. Her career belonged to an era when untrained women teachers moved among small Queensland schools for modest pay and little bureaucratic standing.
Partly proved
Mary Beatrice was a Queensland schoolteacher whose documented Loganholme service ran from 1933 to 1944; her reported 1892–1963 dates remain unconfirmed.
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
Death: From our family tree - no record found yet
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:
Mary Beatrice is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Mary Beatrice was a Queensland schoolteacher. A historical monograph names "Mary Beatrice Hickey (1.1.33 - 23.1.44)" among five women who taught at Loganholme's one-teacher school between 1915 and 1944. Her tenure there, from 1 January 1933 to 23 January 1944, was the longest of the five described in the study.
The monograph says these women's careers took them to "many small schools, often in isolated parts of the state." It describes them as "unclassified," says they had "received no formal training for teaching," and refers to their "meagre salaries and lowly status." These statements describe the group studied; this archive does not supply Mary Beatrice's other postings or prove that every description applied to every stage of her career.
Our family tree records her life dates as 1892–1963 and names John Hickey and Sarah Jane Slack as her parents. No birth record, death record, or record establishing those parents is included in this archive.
How we know this: Moderate evidence documents her Loganholme teaching service, but her vital dates and parentage are family-tree and unproved. [1]
Family
Parents
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See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- teacher — 1933–1944
examines the careers of five women who taught at the Loganholme one teacher school from 1915 to 1944 | Mary Beatrice Hickey (1.1.33 - 23.1.44). | unclassified
Citation: QUT monograph mirror [1]
Where they lived
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- Ipswich, Queensland
- Queens, New York City, New York
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Timeline
Born
1892
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Occupation
A Queensland University of Technology historical monograph says it “examines the careers of five women who taught at the Loganholme one teacher school from 1915 to 1944” and names “Mary Beatrice Hickey (1.1.33 - 23.1.44).” It says their work “took them to many small schools, often in isolated parts of the state” and that these women were “unclassified,” had “received no formal training for teaching,” and had “meagre salaries and lowly status.” [1]
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Occupation
A Queensland University of Technology historical monograph says it “examines the careers of five women who taught at the Loganholme one teacher school from 1915 to 1944” and names “Mary Beatrice Hickey (1.1.33 - 23.1.44).” It says their work “took them to many small schools, often in isolated parts of the state” and that these women were “unclassified,” had “received no formal training for teaching,” and had “meagre salaries and lowly status.” [1]
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Died
1963
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
QUT monograph mirror
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
examines the careers of five women who taught at the Loganholme one teacher school from 1915 to 1944 | Mary Beatrice Hickey (1.1.33 - 23.1.44). | took them to many small schools, often in isolated parts of the state | unclassified, | received no formal training for teaching, | meagre salaries and lowly status.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What we still don't know
- Whether Queensland birth and death registrations confirm 1892–1963
- Whether John Hickey and Sarah Jane Slack were her parents
- What other schools she served
- Trace the monograph’s cited Education Department personnel file, then obtain Queensland birth/death registrations to test 1892–1963 and the claimed Hickey–Slack parentage.