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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 Walburga Marchant
Dorothy Rose was born in Petone and was baptised and confirmed in Eltham. She was the fourth daughter in a family of five to Herbert and Dorothy Marchant. The family farm was in Eltham and the children received their early education at the local Primary School...
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Sister Dimas Dunne
Katherine Dunne was born in Barrow-in-Furness. England, on 1 January, 1875. Her father, James Myles Dunne, who was born in County Wexford, Ireland, went to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, to work in the ship-yards there...