Person in this family
Sarah Jane Slack
20 November 1862 – 1948
Sarah Jane Slack was born on 20 November 1862 and married John Hickey of Walloon in 1890. Eight children are recorded, born between 1890 and 1907. She died in 1948, seven years before her husband, who was remembered on the cemetery record simply as her husband — "h/Sarah Jane".
Proved by a record
Sarah Jane Slack was reportedly born on 20 November 1862 and married John Hickey, but no record in this archive proves her origins or family.
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s first cousin three times removed's spouse (by marriage)
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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:
Sarah Jane Slack is the spouse of your first cousin, 3 times removed.
Life
Our family tree records Sarah Jane Slack was born on 20 November 1862 and married John Hickey. It assigns the couple Ellen Jetru, Mary Beatrice, William John, John, Lucy, and Steve Hickey as children; elsewhere in this archive, Frank Hickey is also assigned to Sarah, though with the younger John Hickey as his father. None of these relationships is confirmed by a quoted civil or church record.
This archive does not establish where Sarah was born, when she died, or where she lived. It specifically notes that she should not be assumed to have been born in Queensland and that a proposed New Jersey or Bayonne connection remains unsupported.
How we know this: Very weak evidence; her birth, marriage, and children are claims recorded here without a confirming record. [1][2][3]
Family
Spouse
Children
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Places listed on this page
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Walloon, Queensland, Australia
- South Brisbane Cemetery, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
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Timeline
Born
Our family tree identifies her as John Hickey’s wife and gives a birth of 20 November 1862. [1]
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What the records say
3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Brisbane grave search
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
more than 360,000 records | Not all records are accurate. | records of people buried or cremated in Council’s cemeteries and crematoria, | not all records exist due to missing burial registers. | names, | dates of birth, | dates of death, | ages, | Not all records are accurate | dating back to the 1800s, | the first or surname, | Ellen Jetru Hickey | the first or surname | more than 360,000 records of people buried or cremated in Council’s cemeteries and crematoria.
Record exhibit
BloodTree GEDCOM — Queensland Hickey family
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Frank /Hickey/ ... FAMC @F4026380613990011155@; HUSB @I753731@ John /Hickey/ born 4 AUG 1866; WIFE @I1001168@ Sarah Jane /Slack/ born 20 NOV 1862; MARR 22 JAN 1890 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; John Francis Hickey born 4 OCT 1896 is another CHIL in the same family.
Record exhibit
John Hickey (1866-1955) memorial, South Brisbane Cemetery
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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.
Historical context
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What we still don't know
- Whether 20 November 1862 was her birth date
- Where she was born and when she died
- Whether she married John Hickey
- Which reported children, if any, belong to her
- Whether she had any connection to New Jersey or Bayonne
- Locate the Queensland marriage of Sarah Jane Slack and John Hickey; search Slack births and immigration before assuming she was Queensland-born. The New Jersey/Bayonne hypothesis remains unsupported for her.