Yass, New South Wales
Eva Seery was born on 27 February 1874 at Tangmangaroo near Yass, New South Wales to farmer and goldminer Edwin Joseph Dempsey and Mary, "née" Kelly. Eva and her family moved to Temora and then West Wyalong, where she and her sister Sophia Beatrice "Sophy" (1872–1946) became dressmakers. On 26 November 1898 Sophy married miner John Seery at Wyalong, and on 23 May 1900 Eva married John's brother, East Maitland gaol warder Joseph Michael Seery.