Halswell Woman Is Aged 104; Never Had Serious Illness

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 October 1948, Page 6

Halswell Woman Is Aged 104; Never Had Serious Illness

CHRISTCHURCH. Last Night. (PA) ■— Still in reasonably good health and able to take a lively interest in what is going on around her, Mrs. Eliza Hole of 119 Hoon Hav Road, Halswell.’ celebrated her 104th birthday today. ... I Mrs Hole does not believe in staying in bed because of her age. She I still gets up early every morning and ( she is taken to town once a week, i Mrs Hole has never had a serious illness in her life, but she had an operation for appendicitis at the age l of 85. . „ . , I Mrs Hole was born in Berwicki shire. Scotland, and came to Nev. I Zealand with her parents at the age iof 11 in the sailing ship Cameo. The ! journey from London to Lyttelton took five months She married Mr. | W. H Hole in 1863 and they lived in Armagh Street for about three years. iMr Hole then took up farming in Hoon Hay Road and built a sod house on the property. In this they lived for 12 years They then built the present two-storey home in which Mrs Hole and some members of her family have lived ever since. Mr. Hole died in 1915. Five sons and three daughters of Mrs Hole’s 15 children are still living and there are 34 grand children and 37 great grand-children. One of the grand-children is Mr. Tabu Hole, well-known radio commentator