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Sister Shirley Tunnicliffe
Born Margaret Shirley Tunnicliffe was born on the 16 February 1936 in the small town of Owaka in the Catlans to Margaret Liston McAra and Cyril Alexander Tunnicliffe, both early pioneer families of the area. The eldest of four children, Shirley was baptised Margaret Shirley but was always called Shirley. Shirley had two brothers Donald Alexander and Raymond James and a much younger sister, Shona Janet who was born in 1950 after the war.
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Sister Celestine Fraser
Marie Helen Fraser was born in Christchurch in 1910. Marie’s parents were Alexander Fraser and Mary Fraser (nee Bonisch)...
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Sister Margaret Burton
Annie Cecilia Burton was born in Blenheim, on 12 October, 1893. Her parents were Francis and Annie Burton (nee Burke).