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Sister Kathleen Crean
Kathleen Theresa Crean was born in Blackstoops, Enniscorthy, Wexford, Eire. Sister Kathleen started her life on one side of the world and ended it on the other after travelling to New Zealand in 1959 and following the Lord’s call.
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Sister Dimas Dunne
Katherine Dunne was born in Barrow-in-Furness. England, on 1 January, 1875. Her father, James Myles Dunne, who was born in County Wexford, Ireland, went to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, to work in the ship-yards there...
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Sister Thelma Backhurst
Thelma Backhurst was born in Auckland, 6 May 1940. Her parents were George and Gladys Backhurst. John her brother was the only other member of the family. Sister Baptist, her father’s sister, was a Sister of Compassion.