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Sister Bonaventure
Jean Marie Bannerman was born on 19 March, 1910, in a hotel in Mangonui in the far north where her parents, George and Christina, were hotel keepers. A few years after her birth her father went to War, was reported missing and never returned...
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Sister Nicholas McAtamney
Patricia Teresa McAtamney was born on 15 March, 1930, in Middlemarch, Central Otago. Her parents were James Gavin and Agnes McAtamney (nee Stevens). Patricia was the eldest in the family of seven - three sisters and four brothers...
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Sister Marcelle Martin
Margaret Mary was born at Upper Hutt on August 8, 1889, but spent most of her childhood in Taranaki. Her parents were William Henry Martin and Mary Martin (nee Craig)...