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Sister Annunciata Mears
Catherine Mary Mears was born at Reefton on 7 November 1892. Her parents were John and Mary Mears [nee McConnell]. Catherine trained as a nurse and completed her General Nursing Training at Westport Hospital...
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Sister Aquinas Byrne
Mary Anne Byrne was born in Blenheim. Her parents were Denis and Mary Byrne (nee Wallace). Mary with her sister and three brothers lived and received their primary education in the local catholic primary school in Blenheim...
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Sister Laboure Butler
Philomena Mary was born in lnglewood, the second of three daughters of the late Helen and William Butler. Philomena and her sisters and four brothers lived a typical family life on a farm in the Taranaki district...