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Sister Francis Mountain
Ngaio Helena, daughter of Sydney and Lucy Mountain, was born in the small farming settlement of Kaeo, Bay of Islands. She and her two sisters came from a generation of pioneering people well known in the Kaeo district...
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Sister Vincent Casey
Mary Josephine Casey was born in Wellington on 11 October 1873. Her parents were John James and Teresa Mary Casey (nee Pagon). Mary had wanted to join the Sisters of Compassion at Jerusalem-Hiruhārama for some time, but could not get away from home.
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Sister Suzanne Fitzgerald
Sister came from Timaru where she had met the Sisters of Compassion while helping at the Home for the disabled and elderly...