Mary Jane SHOMACK aged 19 yrs of Long Point bp Melbourne d/o Amos SHOMACK, a Storekeeper and Mary SHANE, was married on 14 August 1869 at Long Point, Creswick by Robert Kennedy, Presbyterian Minister of Creswick to James BEECHLEY aged 29 yrs, a Labourer at Ascot, birthplace Tasmania s/o of James BEECHLEY, a farmer and Sarah SPINKS.
The witnesses to the marriage were Mary Jane's mother who signed her name as Mary SHOEMACK and James RENKIN. James BEECHLEY signed his name as James BEACHLEY.

James BETCHLEY (BEACHLEY) b/chr 9 Oct 1834 Hobart, Tasmania s/o James BETCHLEY/Sarah (WALTON/WILTON/BLINKWORTH) [AVR R/N 5492]
James BEACHLEY d 1924 aged 90 yrs Brunswick, parents unknown [Vic 8593]

Children of James BEACHLEY and Mary Jane SHUMACK:

1. Henry BEACHLEY b 1870 Creswick s/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHUMACK [Vic 1902]
Henry Alfred BEACHLEY d 1944 aged abt 74 yrs Melbourne s/o James Walter BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SCHUMACH [Vic 5761]
Henry Alfred BEACHLEY bp Creswick m 1893 Catherine SMALLEY bp Bridgewater [Vic 5761]
Catherine BEACHLEY d 1956 aged 83 yrs Coburg d/o Henry SMALLEY/Agnes SAMERS [Vic 6257]
Eight chn b Kerang, Bridgewater and Inglewood.

Children of Henry Alfred BEACHLEY and Catherine SMALLEY

2. Phoebe Selina BEACHLEY b 1871 Creswick d/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOMACK [Vic 22661]
Phoebe Selina GRADY d 1934 aged 63 yrs Royal Park d/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SCHUMACHER [Vic 7368]
Phoebe Selina BEACHLEY bp Creswick m 1891 Patrick James GRADY bp Kyneton [Vic 5085]
Possibly James Edward GRADY b 1871 Malmsbury (10 km NW of Kyneton) s/o James GRADY/Margaret BOOTH [Vic 3737]
Possibly James GRADY d 1939 aged 68 yrs Kyneton s/o James GRADY/Margaret BOOTH [Vic 17971]
Five chn b Kerang.

3. Elizabeth Lillian BEACHLEY b 1874 Creswick d/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOMACK [Vic 1801] Known as Bessie.
Elizabeth Lillian BERNALDO d 1956 age 84 yrs Melbourne d/o unk/Mary Jane SHOEMACKER [Vic 7135]
Elizabeth Lilian BEACHLEY m 1891 John BERNALDO [Vic 7275]
John BENALDO (BERNALDO) b 1866 Creswick s/o Bernard BENALDO/Susan CROCKETT [20757]
John BERNALDO d 1950 aged 83 yrs South Yarra s/o William BERNALDO/- [Vic 4752]

Children of John BERNALDO and Elizabeth Lillian BEACHLEY

4. James Walter BEACHLEY b 1876 Ararat s/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOMACK [Vic 13341]
James Walter BEACHLEY d 1954 aged 79 yrs Melbourne s/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOEMAKER [Vic 10945]
James Walter BEACHLEY bp Ararat m 1908 Evelyn WILSON (nee PEARCE) bp Lauriston [Vic 5592]
(Evelyn) Evelina Melba PEARCE bp Vic m1. 1906 James WILSON bp Ireland [Vic 442]
Possibly Evelyn Jane PEARCE b 1882 Sand(hurst) d/o William Frederick PEARCE/Edith Mary ALLDAY [Vic 11785]
Eveline BEACHLEY d 1941 aged 58 yrs Prahran d/o John PEARCE/Ellen HALDEN [Vic 11532]
Six chn b Bendigo, Bridgewater, South Yarra and Prahran.

5. Eva BEACHLEY b 1881 Charlton d/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOEMACK [Vic 22201]
Eva Stella CLAIR or ST CLAIR d 1957 aged 75 yrs Chel(tenham) d/o James BEACHLEY/Mary Jane SHOEMACK [Vic 3367]
Eva Stella BEACHLEY bp Charlton m1. 1903 Henry BEAVEN bp Daylesford [Vic 2347, 2347R BEAVERN] (No birth registration has been found but in 1917 Bernice V BEVAN received a war pension as a stepson of Hugh BAILLIE)
Henry BEAVEN b 1876 Daylesford s/o John James BEAVEN/Mary Jane SUTTON [Vic 22360] (Death of Henry Beaven not found, no divorce 1903-1907)

Eva (also Evan) Stella BEAVEN (also BEAVERN) bp Charlton West m2. 1907 Hugh BAILLIE bp Tayjil (Tanjil) [Vic 586, 586R] Mt Tanjil and the Tanjil River are in very mountainous country east of Mt Baw Baw in Gippsland. The area was settled by pioneer prospectors during the Victorian Goldrush. At the time of her second marriage Eva would have been about 26 years old.
Hugh BAILLIE b 1873 Russells s/o Hugh BAILLIE/Mary AFFLECK [Vic 26534] Perhaps this birth was on a property or station owned by a Mr Russell.
Hugh BAILLIE d 1955 aged 99 yrs (in fact 82 yrs) at Moor(oolbark?), parents unknown [Vic 23305] Cpl Hugh BAILLIE died 27 Sep 1955 [p90 of Service Record]

From the Australian War Memorial: 227 Corporal Hugh BAILLIE of Symmons Hotel, Numurkah, Victoria enlisted at Seymour in the Australia Military Force on 24 Aug 1914 with the 4th Light Horse Regiment, aged 38 yrs, DOB was 14 Jun 1876 (understated by 3 yrs, in fact was 41 yrs), Miner, Presbyterian, (Single, NOK Mother Mary Phillipa IRWIN of 36 Essex Street Prahran on 28 Jun 1917), this was crossed out, then: Married, NOK Mrs Eva Stella BAILLIE, wife, of 29 Surrey Road South Yarra. His certificate of medical examination records that Hugh was 5 ft 9 ins and weighed 154 lbs. He had blue eyes and fair hair and a dark (tanned) complexion. Cpl Hugh BAILLIE, Shoeing-Smith/Farrier, embarked at Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 19 Oct 1914 for overseas service as an ANZAC in Egypt and France. He was medically returned to Australia 17 Jul 1917 on HT Ayreshire having left Plymouth England on 23 May 1917. A record of his medical examination for discharge dated 5 Jun 1918 shows that he was married with 2 children and that he was living apart and that his wife's whereabouts were unknown. His address was the Bull & Mouth Hotel, Bourke Street, Melbourne. His mother, Mrs Mary P IRWIN, had remarried and was living in Moreland Road East Brunswick Victoria. His age was stated to be 42 (when in fact he would have been 45). His height was measured at 5 ft 8 1/2 ins and his weight was 130 lbs (a loss of 24 lbs). He had lost his tan and his blonde hair was now brown. He had suffered cardiac problems, bronchitis, pneumonia and senility (shell shock) and was invalided from France with acute rheumatic pains (Myaglia). He was finally discharged on 6 Sep 1918 as permanently unfit due to rheumatism aggravated by senility. The war had not been kind to his health.
A War Pension statement dated 24 Aug 1917 shows that Hugh and Eva BAILLIE were living together at 197 Cubitt Street, Richmond. His pension was 68/- and hers was 34/- per fortnight. Also at this address was a stepson of Hugh BAILLIE, Bernice V BEVAN who was granted a pension of 20/- and a daughter Eva S BAILLIE was granted 15/-.
A war pension statement dated 2 Nov 1917 gives his mother's address as Mary Phillipa IRWIN, 571 Lygon Street, Extension East.
In a Statutory Declaration stamped 20 May 1931 and 1 Jun 1931 Hugh BAILLIE of 29 Imperial Avenue, Caulfield wrote that I am not quite sure but believe it (my original discharge document) was lost during my employment with a survey party in the Northern Territory in a period of three years.
Further details are available in his 90 page Service Record which is online at the National Archives of Australia.

One child Eva Stella Danby BAILLIE b 1908 Daylesford d/o Hugh BAILLIE/Eva Stella BEACHLEY [Vic 2729])
Eva Stella Danby JONES d 1966 aged 58 yrs Albe(rt Park) d/o Hugh BAILEY/Eva SINCLAIR [Vic 20318]
Eva Stella Danby BAILLIE m 1926 Herbert John JONES [Vic 3947]
Poss Herbert John JONES d 1878 aged 80 yrs s/o John Joshua JONES/Elizabeth REEVES [Vic 27004]