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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 Tarcisius Walsh
Maureen Theresa was born in 1925; her parents were John and Mary Walsh. She had five brothers and was seventh in a family of nine. Maureen came from an Irish Catholic background, and Irish music and dancing were the loves of her life.
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Sister Anthony Cassin
Emma Mary Cassin was born at Taradale, Hawke's Bay, on the 13 March, 1878. Her parents were John Thomas and Jane Cassin [nee McMahon]. Emma entered the Sisters of Compassion at St. Joseph's Home in Buckle Street, on 26 January, 1903, there she began her Novitiate and was given her religious name Sister Mary Anthony...