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I am wanting to draft a page about my grandmother. I already have some wiki info up at wikieducator.

Dorice Mary Holland (22 March 1885–25 May 1963) was a New Zealand teacher and headmistress. She was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand on 22 March 1885. Holland was the second headmistress at Woodford House, a boarding school, in Havelock North.

Dorice Mary Holland was born the third child of Mary Elizabeth and John Holland on 22 March 1885 in Christchurch. Her mother died 6 days later on 28 March 1885. Mary Holland’s oldest sister, Elsie Freda was born in 1882, and her brother John Noel was born in 1883 but only lived for 10 hours. In 1885 Mary’s father, the Rev. John Holland, was the Chaplain of Public Institutions in Christchurch. He then moved to be the Vicar of Papanui (1989-1891), the Vicar of Rakaia (1891-1900) and then the Vicar of Kaiapoi until he retired. (1900-1921) He died in 1930.