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Sister Bernard Edwards
Mary Ann Morris Edwards was born at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, on 6 January, 1891. Her parents were William Clark and Annie Edwards (nee Erwin). Mary entered the Sisters of Compassion at Island Bay on 27 October, 1916...
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Sister Augustine Eller
Mary Elizabeth Eller was born at Wellington on November 20, 1886. Her parents were Martin and Annie Eller (nee Cramer). She entered as a Postulant on March 19, 1908. She was the first Postulant to enter at Island Bay, which she did an hour or two after the arrival of the Novices from Buckle Street on the evening of St. Joseph's Day...
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Sister Ambrose Pender
Jessie Jane was the daughter of John and Ellen Pender. She was born in Greymouth just prior to the outbreak of World War I. Jessie spent her early childhood years in the small mining township of Runanga within the loving environment of her large family of five sisters and four brothers...