Evelyn Holland
10 January 1907–3 October 1994 (Age 87)
Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
The Life of Evelyn
When Evelyn Holland was born on 10 January 1907, in Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, her father, Albert Holland, was 40 and her mother, Fanny Saunders, was 40. She married Walter Carl Mylrea on 11 October 1939, in Ingham, Queensland, Australia. She died on 3 October 1994, in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 87.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Walter Carl Mylrea
1898–1991
Evelyn Holland
1907–1994
Marriage: 11 October 1939
Spouse and Children
1898–1991Male
1907–1994Female
MARRIAGE
11 October 1939
Ingham, Queensland, Australia
11 October 1939
Ingham, Queensland, Australia
Parents and Siblings
Albert Holland
1866–1935Male
1866–1955Female
siblings
(10)
1889–1974Female
1892–1962Male
Mary Eliza Holland
1893–1919Female
1895–1981Female
1897–1997Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1911
Age 4
Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
1914
Age 7
August: Australia becomes involved in World War One as Britain is preparing to declare war on Germany.
1939
Age 32
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
Name Meaning
1 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-), a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan .2 English and Scottish: habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English hōh ‘ridge’ + land ‘land’. The Scottish name may also be from places called Holland in Orkney, Houlland in Shetland, Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, and Holland-Hirst in the parish of Kirkintilloch.3 English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch: regional name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Evelyn Holland - Government record: Birth record or certificate: female
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