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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 Philomena Quillivan
Jane was born at Manganoho, Whanganui. Her Irish father, Patrick, and her Scottish mother, Catherine, migrated with their families to New Zealand in the mid-1880s. Jane was educated at the Manganoho School gaining her Certificate of Proficiency in 1908.
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Sister Eymard Heffernan
Alice Louisa Heffernan was born in Wellington on 1 July, 1907. Her father was a policeman by profession and was frequently on transfer to various stations throughout the North Island so the family of eight children experienced many changes of schools and friendships during their childhood and adolescent years...