Thjank you for all your replies and sorry do not know too much about them but she wore a brown habit. Prior to going in the convent she helped out teaching at St Mary's Convent in Meanee Taradale and was influenced by a close relation of her mother who happened to be Bishop Linehan or Joseph Lenihan. I thought that maybe they had a special house or place that they might have been altogether. I also know that members of her family plus my mother went along to her Jubilee celebration Elaine > > I had a great aunt Elen Margaret BURKE b Feb 22 1894-daughter of Patrick > BURKE and Johanna (Hannah) Linehan or Lenihan > > She became a nun and celebrated her Jubilee in the Convent. > > My question is? When she was retired and went to Auckland to live up there > where would she have been buried. > > Elaine > > >

I would suggest she was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph founded in Australia by the Blessed Mary MacKillop. They were colloquially known as the Brown Joeys. They are based in New Zealand at Mission Bay in Auckland. Their archives can be reached on sisters-of-st-joseph@extra.co.nz Regards Chris in Adelaide S.A. -----Original Message----- From: nz-auckland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nz-auckland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Mattsen Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 5:16 PM To: nz-auckland@rootsweb.com Subject: [NZ-AUCKLAND] Query regarding Order Thjank you for all your replies and sorry do not know too much about them but she wore a brown habit. Prior to going in the convent she helped out teaching at St Mary's Convent in Meanee Taradale and was influenced by a close relation of her mother who happened to be Bishop Linehan or Joseph Lenihan. I thought that maybe they had a special house or place that they might have been altogether. I also know that members of her family plus my mother went along to her Jubilee celebration Elaine > > I had a great aunt Elen Margaret BURKE b Feb 22 1894-daughter of Patrick > BURKE and Johanna (Hannah) Linehan or Lenihan > > She became a nun and celebrated her Jubilee in the Convent. > > My question is? When she was retired and went to Auckland to live up there > where would she have been buried. > > Elaine > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NZ-AUCKLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Website for Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart http://www.sosj.org.au/about/new_zealand/where_mackillop.html Sandra Murphy Auckland New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Mattsen" <mattsen@paradise.net.nz> To: <nz-auckland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:45 PM Subject: [NZ-AUCKLAND] Query regarding Order > Thjank you for all your replies and sorry do not know too much about them > but she wore a brown habit. Prior to going in the convent she helped out > teaching at St Mary's Convent in Meanee Taradale and was influenced by a > close relation of her mother who happened to be Bishop Linehan or Joseph > Lenihan. > > I thought that maybe they had a special house or place that they might have > been altogether. > > I also know that members of her family plus my mother went along to her > Jubilee celebration > > Elaine > > > > I had a great aunt Elen Margaret BURKE b Feb 22 1894-daughter of Patrick > > BURKE and Johanna (Hannah) Linehan or Lenihan > > > > She became a nun and celebrated her Jubilee in the Convent. > > > > My question is? When she was retired and went to Auckland to live up there > > where would she have been buried. > > > > Elaine > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NZ-AUCKLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I would suggest she was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph founded in Australia by the Blessed Mary MacKillop. They were colloquially known as the Brown Joeys. They are based in New Zealand at Mission Bay in Auckland. Their archives can be reached on sisters-of-st-joseph@extra.co.nz Regards Chris in Adelaide S.A.