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Sister Clotilde Webber
Eva Frances Webber was born at Nelson, on the 15 October, 1880. Eva’s parents were Wallace Webber and Elizabeth Webber (nee Wells). Her sisters were Jean, Maude and Elsie, and her brothers, George and Arthur...
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Sister Malachy Roughan
Ellen Mary’s parents were Michael and Johanna Roughan. The family of four children, one brother Edward and two sisters Winifred and Johanna, lived on a small life-style block of land in Miller’s Flat, Central Otago.
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Sister Alacoque Walsh
Mary Florence was born on 25 April, 1904, at Momona, Taiera. Her parents were Patrick Walsh and Mary Anne Walsh (nee Casey). While Mary was still a baby, her father moved to a farm at Edendale where she was brought up. Mary entered the Sisters of Compassion on 13 August, 1930, and was given the religious name of Sister Mary Alacoque...