Sister Mary Martin Coyne

Sister Mary Martin Coyne

Mary Coyne was born on June 17, 1890 at Widnes, a suburb of Liverpool, England. Her father, Thomas Coyne, a mechanic, and her mother Mary Burke Coyne were Irish. In 1911 the family of four – parents, Mary and a brother – came to Canada and resided for four years in...
Sister Frances Pender

Sister Frances Pender

Frances Pender was born in Prescott, Ontario, on June 5, 1924 and baptized two weeks later in St. Mark’s Church. Her parents, Elias Pender and Mary Noune, were born in Damascus, Syria; their six children, three boys and three girls were Canadian-born, grew up and were...
Sister Mary Constance Stroud

Sister Mary Constance Stroud

Mildred Helen Stroud, daughter of Major William Allan and Mrs. Stroud, a well-known Kingston family, was born on August 14, 1899 and baptized two weeks later in St. Mary’s Cathedral. She was educated in the separate schools of the city and Notre Dame High School. At...
Sister Mary Clara Macdonald

Sister Mary Clara Macdonald

Mary Jane Macdonald, daughter of Archibald Macdonald and Clara Angela McPhail, both descendants of Glengarry pioneers, was born in Prescott on December 2, 1892 and baptized five days later in St. Mark’s Church by Reverend F. J. Hartigan. A grand-uncle, Dean O’Connor,...
Sister Mary Dominica Johnson

Sister Mary Dominica Johnson

Sister Mary Dominica (Catherine Johnson) was born at Dingle, County Kerry, Eire, on March 31, 1887; her parents were James Johnson and Mary Aherne. She was baptized in the parish church at Ferriter, Diocese of Kerry. When quite a young woman she came to Holyoke,...