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Sister Martha Chard
Constance Miriam Mary Chard was born at Stratford in Taranaki, on 7 May 1912. Her father, Edward Chard, was born in England and came to New Zealand at a very early age, marrying her mother Amy Carter who was of Irish descent.
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Sister Josephine Gorman
My first appointment away from Island Bay was caring for the elderly at St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill...
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Sister Augustine Eller
Mary Elizabeth Eller was born at Wellington on November 20, 1886. Her parents were Martin and Annie Eller (nee Cramer). She entered as a Postulant on March 19, 1908. She was the first Postulant to enter at Island Bay, which she did an hour or two after the arrival of the Novices from Buckle Street on the evening of St. Joseph's Day...