Eva Holland

Eva Holland, The Glen, Dunedin (Eva Marian Holland)
Eva was born 21st January 1865 at Carraun Grange, near Ballinasloe, county Galway, Ireland, the second child of Sara Fossitt and William Anthony Holland. William was a gentleman farmer and they lived with his parents; there were four children in the family, 2 girls and 2 boys. Her mother and sister also signed the petition. Eva would have been 14 when the family emigrated to New Zealand, arriving in Dunedin in November 1879 on the Wanganui.
Eva never married but did work throughout her life, mainly as a reporter and journalist, but also as a radio presenter. She was involved in amateur dramatics in Dunedin from at least 1891 until 1939. She died in Dunedin 1st May 1942; she was cremated and her ashes were scattered.