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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 Jeanne Duggan
Catherine Duggan was born in Tuamarina, New Zealand, on 2 July, 1879, and was the half-sister of Sister Mary Marcelle Small. Their mother was Debora Hunter who married Daniel Duggan when her first husband died...
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Sister Clare Nesdale
Kathleen Ann Nesdale was born at Kimbolton, near Fielding, on 13 November, 1892. Her parents were Patrick Nesdale and Mary Ann Nesdale [nee Smyth]. Kathleen entered the Sisters of Compassion on 23 February, 1915, while Mother Aubert was still in Rome...