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Sister Prisca McQuilkin
Annie McQuilkin was born at Hau Hau, Hokitika, on the 5 August, 1874. Annie was the second daughter of John McQuilkin and Mary [nee Sweeney]. Annie’s parents were well-known and highly respected pioneers of the West Coast whose strong faith and open-handed generosity built up the Church in the early days of New Zealand.
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Sister Mark McLaughlan
Cecilia Margaret was born in Darfield, Canterbury. Her parents were Daniel and Johanna McLaughlin and she had three brothers and three sisters. Cecilia entered the Sisters of Compassion in 1936.
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Sister Loreto Curry
Margaret Anne Curry, daughter of Frederick Curry and Doreen Marie (nee Beale) of 312 High Street, Carterton, was born in Masterton on 14 June, 1936. Loved sister of Natalie Cheer, Gerard, John, Michael, Patrick and Marie Therese