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Sister Dorothea Meade
Mary Hope was born in Wanganui. Her parents were Michael and Millicent Meade. The family of five girls and three boys lived on their farm, Whakahoro, in a remote corner of the Wanganui River...
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Sister Catherine Quelch
Myra Florence Quelch was born in Invercargill on the 15 December, 1912. Her parents were John Hector Quelch and Sarah Quelch (nee Fotheringham). Catherine was the eldest of nine children – eight girls and one boy...
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Sister Columba Staveley
Kathleen Mary Staveley was born at Carterton on the 28 October, 1906. Her parents were Frank Spencer Staveley and Hilda Mary Staveley (nee Weight). Her mother belonged to the Weight family, and was the sister of our first Sister M. Columba [Weight]. Her mother’s aunt was our first Sister Francis McManaway, called Auntie Tot...