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Sister Estelle McLeod
Ouida Hinemoa McLeod was born on 8 September, 1920, in the small Wairarapa town of Featherston. Her parents were Alexander and Clara McLeod (nee Hodgson). Ouida was the youngest of five children...
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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 Bernard Montesena
Matilda Montesena was born in Napier in 1881. Matilda’s parents were Albina and Mary Magdalen Montesena (nee Hay). She entered the Sisters of Compassion at Buckle Street on 27 February, 1907, and received her religious name Sister M. Bernard...