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Sister Thelma Backhurst
Thelma Backhurst was born in Auckland, 6 May 1940. Her parents were George and Gladys Backhurst. John her brother was the only other member of the family. Sister Baptist, her father’s sister, was a Sister of Compassion.
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Sister Monica Brownlie
Clare Mary Brownlie was born on 19 October, 1892, at Brunswick, Whanganui, the daughter of James Brownlie and Nora (Nee Mullins). Her father’s two sisters were among Mother Aubert’s first companions.
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Sister Laboure Butler
Philomena Mary was born in lnglewood, the second of three daughters of the late Helen and William Butler. Philomena and her sisters and four brothers lived a typical family life on a farm in the Taranaki district...