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Sister Kevin Knapp
Marna Louisa Knapp was born at Kiwi, Nelson, on 1 May, 1909. Her parents were Arthur Leslie and Mabel Louise Knapp (nee Mills).
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Sister Joachim Pritchard
Sarah Maud Pritchard was born in Tibooburra, New South Wales. Early in life due to family circumstances Sarah was cared for at St Anne’s Home, in Broken Hill, which was under the management of the Sisters of Mercy.
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Sister Brigid McCormick
Mary Eileen was born on 22 October 1905 in Belfast Northern Ireland, one of thirteen or fourteen children born to Jane and Daniel McCormick and the eldest of the nine surviving children who emigrated to New Zealand arriving in Auckland on 26 May 1926 aboard the Mahana. Eileen was baptised and confirmed in St Peter’s Pro-Cathedral, in Belfast...