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Sister Philomena Quillivan
Jane was born at Manganoho, Whanganui. Her Irish father, Patrick, and her Scottish mother, Catherine, migrated with their families to New Zealand in the mid-1880s. Jane was educated at the Manganoho School gaining her Certificate of Proficiency in 1908.
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Sister Leonard McGrath
Teresa Johanna McGrath was born on 19 September, 1898, in the Parish of Ramsgrange in the Diocese of Ferns, Ireland.
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Sister Genevieve Sexton
Jessie Elizabeth Sexton was born at Gladstone, Wairarapa, on July 7 1881. She was the daughter of James and Mary Sexton (nee Lane).