Person:Ellen Sandbrook (1)

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Ellen SANDBROOK
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Name Ellen SANDBROOK
Alt Name Benignus _____
Gender Female
Birth? 24 Apr 1860 The Curragh, Kildare, Ireland
Death? 7 Dec 1946 Panmure, Auckland, NZ
Burial? Panmure Catholic cemetery

Dedicated to the Church as Sister Mary Benignus on the day she was born. Entered Order of Our Lady of the Missions aged 25, became Mother Superior and Prioress. On the First NZ Women's Electoral Roll in 1893. Address at the time: The Convent Hampstead, teacher. Sister of the Mission, 'Our Lady of the Mission'? (Birth & death details from Archivist, Petone.)