Ermania Kovalic

Ermania Kovalič is a Lovian woman of Croatian ancestry. Born in 1873 in Split,Croatia, her family came to Lovia in 1884. In 1893, she married English shipbuilder William Hunt. Hunt died while fighting in South Africa in 1899. In 1913, she founded a movement for Oceana's autonomy and recognition. In 1934, she married Ellis Rudyear (owner of Rudyear Rum) and moved to west Oceana. She took over Rudyear Rum in 1951 until her death in 1960.