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Mary Beatrice Hickey
This entry is about Mary Beatrice Hickey (about 1892 – 1963). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Mary Ann Hickey (6 November 1862 – 20 January 1934), Mary Ellen Hickey (29 June 1888 – 26 December 1947), Mary Margaret Hickey (about 1908 – 2001).
about 1892 – 1963
Mary Beatrice Hickey was born about 1892 in Queensland, a child of John Hickey and Sarah Jane Slack, and a grandchild of John Hickey of Limerick Junction. Mary died in 1963, aged about 71.
Proved by a record
Mary Beatrice was a Queensland schoolteacher whose documented Loganholme service ran from 1933 to 1944; her reported 1892–1963 dates remain unconfirmed.
Born at Walloon, Queensland, Australia
Recorded as: Mary Beatrice
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 Hickey 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][2]
Family
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- Ipswich, Queensland
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Walloon, Queensland, Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- South Brisbane Cemetery, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
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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.” [2]
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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.” [2]
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Died
1963
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
John Hickey (1866-1955) memorial, South Brisbane Cemetery
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
John Hickey, born 4 August 1866 at Walloon; died 4 December 1955 at Brisbane, aged 89; buried South Brisbane Cemetery, Dutton Park, plot L. Gravesite note: "89y; h/Sarah Jane". Spouse Sarah Jane Slack 1862-1948, married 1890. Eight children.
Record exhibit
QUT monograph mirror
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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
- [MERGED, 8 August 2026] She was here twice, as Mary Beatrice Hickey and as Mary Beatrice with no surname, both daughters of John Hickey and Sarah Jane Slack, both 1892–1963. The surname-less record carried the Loganholme teaching evidence and the fuller one carried nothing; they have been combined.
- Dates come from the family's Find a Grave memorials rather than the Queensland register.
- [SCREENED, NOT A DUPLICATE] The duplicate-detector pairs her with Sister Mary Gerard Hickey because they share both parents and a first and last name. They are two different daughters of John Hickey and Sarah Jane Slack: born about about 1892 and about about 1905, dying in different years. Recorded here so the pairing is not re-examined every time the check runs.