DOMINICAN ARCHIVES
Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands
   
Our Sisters who have died
             
   

Someone long ago said, only partially in jest, "It's good to be a well Jesuit, a sick Benedictine, or a dead Dominican." Dominicans like to honour their brothers and sisters who have died. Maybe they want to go on preaching, even after their story seems ended. We learn from those who went before.

 

The Cemetery at St Mary's Maitland
where the first four Sisters to die are buried.

   
Below is a chronological list, for an alphabetical list click here
   

 

Finnegan Mary Kate (Ignatius)  3rd December 1871
Coghlan Margaret ?June 1873 (Buried in the DEEP)
Fagan Rose (Augustine)  18th March 1876
Dowley Johanna (de Ricci)  28th September 1877
Coghlan Bridget (Catherine)  5th August 1880
Byrne Mary (Alacoque)  22nd September 1880
Bourke Letitia (Agnes) FOUNDRESS  12th May 1881
Byrne Sarah (Xavier)  11th July 1881
O’Brien Brigid (Bridget)  26th September 1884
Meade Ellen (Veronica)  10th December 1884
Murnane Annie (Joseph) (1st Australian) 2nd December 1885
Gillis Ellen (Anne) 9th April 1887
Begg Mary (Xavier) 13th December 1887
Molloy Mary Kate (Teresa) 7th October 1888
O’Loughlin Mary (Gertrude) 9th July 1891
Olliffe Clare (Angela) 1st July 1894
Pyne Teresa (Augustine) 8th July 1895
McEvilly Teresa (Baptist) 18th November 1897
Cummins Cissie (Benignus) 4th August 1903
Gaffney Bridget (Scholastica) 18th February 1906
Lynch Maria (Aloysius) 23rd January 1909
Donnellan Maria (Hyacinth) 11th August 1911
Dowley Johanna (Regis) 20th December 1911
Rigney Margaret (de Sales) 10th January 1914
Hogan Ellen (Gabriel) 25th November 1915
Gilmore Nora (Margaret) 1st March 1916
Kennedy Bridget (Stephana) 22nd March 1918
O’Hagan Rose (Imelda) 1st June 1918
Hinton Margaret (Philomena) 22nd June 1919
Kearney Minnie (Barbara) 9th July 1919
Rudd Mabel (Antoninus) 1st December 1919
Larkin Kate (Bernard) (last pioneer) 7th February 1922
Feenan Annie (Monica) 29th May 1922
Collins Margaret (Pius) 6th August 1922
O’Reilly Anne (Magdalen) 13th December 1922
Walsh Alexis 24th October 1923
Dwyer Kathleen (Columba) 23rd March 1924
Kickham Brigid (Bernardine) 22nd October 1925
Cogan Mary Elizabeth (Agatha) 21st January 1926
Keating Catherine (Genevieve) 8th February 1926
Burns Mary Ann (Thomas) 1th September 1926
Byrne Catherine (Paul) 7th December 1928
White Sarah (Dolores) 1st March 1929
Mulhall Judith (Evangelist) 31st August 1929
O’Carroll Alice (Dominic) 12th August 1929
Fitzpatrick Honoria (Martha) 25th July 1930
Gilmore Agnes (Lucy) 20th February 1931
Youll Alice (Edmund) 17th September 1931
Keating Mary (Winifred) 6th November 1932
Fenwick Dorothy (Francesca) 22nd June 1933
Corbet Martha (de Pazzi) 15th September 1933
Keating Margaret (Theckla) 18th October 1934
Foley Margaret Mary (Ursula) 27th April 1935
O’Sullivan Ellen (de Ricci) 24th August 1935
Dunne Stephanie (Declan) 6th November 1935
Corcoran Alice (Mechtilde) 18th May 1936
Rudd Mary Clare (Dorothea) 10th May 1936
McClafferty Sophia (Bridget) 9th July 1936
Daley Catherine (Brendan) 22nd August 1936
Connelly Bertha (Rose) 7th September 1936
Scully Mary Ellen (St Vincent) 9th September 1936
Flaghy Elizabeth (Placid) 5th April 1938
Daly Bridget (Canice) 5th July 1938
O’Brien Kathleen (Michael) 1st July 1938
Hewens Catherine (Benedict) 15th August 1938
Donovan Annie (Germain) 6th September 1938
Heagney Annie (Elizabeth) 30th October 1938
Maher Florence (Rosalie) 17th June 1939
Kelly Mary Osanna 15th October 1939
Londrigan Ellen (Colette) 8th January 1940
Lamond Frances (Bonaventure) 31st March 1941
Maher Annie (Zita) 19th June 1941
McEvoy Mary (Patrick) 24th June 1941
Hayden Ellen (Ignatius) 1st March 1942
Atkinson Martha (Mary) 6th July 1942
Walsh Ellen (Bertrand) 25th July 1942
Hayden Elizabeth (Francis Xavier) 11th April 1943
Doran Johanna (Ita) 2nd May 1943
Kickham Anastasia (Augustine) 22nd May 1943
Forbes Magee Anastasia (Albertus) 17th May 1944
Melville Margaret (Winifred) 30th June 1944
Ryan Margaret (Vincent) 9th June 1944
Gallen Mary (Dympna) 11th July 1944
Kickham Catherine (Alacoque) 25th July 1944
Arnold Hannah (Gonzales) 6th November 1944
de Lauret Josephine (Joseph) 18th May 1945
O’Brien Catherine (Anselm) 19th May 1945
Corcoran Margaret (Catherine) 3rd May 1946
Regan Fanny (Gertrude) 11th September 1946
Fallon Jane (Amelia) 15th October 1946
Kilgannon Cecilia (Mildred) 24th February 1947
Maher Ellen (Julie) 6th March 1947
McDonnell Anastasia (Veronica) 4th June 1947
McCosker Mary Jane (Stanislaus) 14th September 1947
Bree Winifred (Syra) 28th April 1948
Dwyer Clare (Agnes) 5th August 1948
Tunney Elizabeth (Cecily) 15th August 1948
de Lauret Clotilde (Clare) 7th September 1948
Lonsdale Rosetta (Bertrand) 7th October 1948
Leonard Mary (Clement) 2nd May 1949
O’Sullivan Dora (Raphael) 20th August 1949
Haverty Winifred (Gerard) 13th November 1949
Byrne Margaret (Gonsalvo) 22nd July 1951
Baker Lucie (Benignus) 24th June 1952
Ireland Emily (Scholastica) 30th July 1952
Carrigan Ellen (Martina) 27th February 1953
Elliot Ann (Anastasia) 17th April 1953
Winters Thelma (Lucy) 7th July 1953
Casey Ellen (Teresa) 10th January 1954
Leonard Kathleen (Reginald) 22nd February 1954
O’Connell Alice (Aloysius) 6th August 1954
Diamond Margaret (Borgia) 28th November 1954
Moylan Mary (Anne) 4th August 1955
Herrman Annie (Perpetua) 17th May 1956
Wylie Cecilia (Felix) 30th September 1956
Hinton Lucy (Angela) 31st July 1957
Hogan Beatrice (Ceslaus) 6th April 1958
Hogan Mary Jane (Devota) 21st September 1958
O’Donohoe Catherine (Concepta) 22nd October 1958
Maguire Mary Eleanor (Columba) 14th February 1959
Carrigan Isabel (Ambrose) 19th November 1960
McMahon Mary Josephine (Imelda) 21st July 1961
Dolman Ethel (Benvenuta) 7th November 1961
Daly Margaret (Maura) 11th January 1962
Byrne Ada (Philippa) 7th October 1962
Dawson Ethel (Carmel) 25th July 1963
Meehan Bridget (Baptist) 26th July 1963
Carrigan Edith (de Sales) 21st November 1964
Keys Clare (Anthony) 19th December 1964
Halloran Gertrude (Mercedes) 2nd January 1965
Coady Anne (Raymund) 6th September 1965
Waite Ena (Philomena) 25th April 1966
Vaisey Mary Loyola (Peter) 17th July 1966
Downey Nancye (Francis) 28th April 1967
Fitzpatrick Eula (Sebastian) 23rd April 1967
Cunningham Ida (St Peter) 10th June 1967
Lyons Kathleen (Margaret Mary) 12th July 1967
Moylan Gretrude (Claver) 6th December 1967
Landers Catherine (Stephana) 5th January 1968
Coppola Lelia (Paul) 12th June 1968
Size Sheila (Placid) 25th January 1969
Lyddiard Joan (Jacinta) 3rd October 1969
Wigg Ruby (Chanel) 16th October 1969
Carter Jeannette (Rose Columba) 12th November 1969
Eames Gertrude (Paschal) 24th September 1970
Marshall Jean (St Mark) 2nd November 1970
Gleeson Agnes (Margarita) 28th February 1971
Fisher Emma (Cleophas) 5th March 1971
Marshall Ethel (Annunciata) 29th April 1971
Fehon Marjorie (Sabina) 27th March 1972
Smith Enid (Laurentia) 29th March 1972
Keating Catherine (Mel) 10th May 1972
Watt May (Cecilia) 11th June 1972
Howlett Mona (Theophane) 31st August 1972
Garaty Cecilia (Camillus) 18th June 1973
White Margaret (Malachy) 3rd November 1973
Stephens Gladys (Jordan) 19th January 1974
Shorten Mary Francis (Celestine) 14th February 1974
Carey Mary (Rosario) 18th September 1974
Mackinlay Mary (Alphonse Marie) 13th November 1974
Keating Mary (Martha) 2nd May 1975
Tunny Margaret (St Andrew) 6th July 1975
McMahon Alice (Barbara) 28th November 1975
Keany Kate (Christina) 10th December 1975
Miller Frances (St James) 2nd September 1976
Cockerill Ethel (Loreto) 2nd October 1976
Daly Nancy (Regina) 28th December 1976
Egan Kathleen (Madeleine) 17th June 1977
Mason Gertrude (Regis) 20th July 1977
Kelly Ellen (Antonina Mary) 5th October 1977
Walsh Alice (Helena) 7th January 1978
Yahl Rita (Bede) 7th April 1978
Davis Rita (Martin) 23rd May 1978
Allsop Yvonne (Jean Marie) 11th December 1978
Maher Dorothy (Diana Mary) 1st December 1978
Molloy Catherine (Bernadette) 5th January 1979
Ryan Frances (Alanus) 7th March 1979
Kelly Moya (Benedicta Mary) 1st November 1980
Purcell Maureen (John) 20th November 1980
Ryan Patricia (Agatha) 17th April 1981
Herd Nina (Genevieve) 29th July 1981
Christie Margaret (Magdalen) 11th July 1982
Wynn Mary (Rita) 31st July 1982
Lockery Neta (Kieran) 23rd December 1982
Murphy Mary (Monica) 11th January 1983
Dacey Carmel (Edward) 20th April 1983
Walsh Leah (Marie Therese) 23rd June 1983
Fennell Gillian (Vianney) 26th October 1983
Mowbray Myra (Leonard) 8th October 1983
Nash Agnes (Hyacinth) 15th August 1984
Byrne Gertrude (Euphrasia) 12th February 1985
Williams Mavis (Basil) 17th May 1985
Quigley Sheila (Athanasius) 22nd January 1986
Ryan Margaret (Brigid) 1st January 1987
Gately Ellen (Fabian) 1st September 1987
Sparke Gladys (St Bernard) 21st September 1987
McCauley Marjorie (Felicitas) 20th March 1988
Lane Alice Mary (Cyprian) 17th October 1989
Ryan Dorothy (Dolores) 31st October 1989
Schache Mona (Fintan) 25th September 1990
O’Hanlon Eileen (Assumpta) 17th December 1990
Kay Dorothy (Theckla) 14th October 1991
Kennedy Imelda (Charles) 27th October 1991
Holst Gai (Columba) 8th November 1991
Hunt Mary (Damian) 14th November 1991
Hewitt Winifred (St John) 12th February 1992
Catlan Judith (Sibyl) 23rd July 1992
Hall Lilian (Norbert) 20th August 1992
Shanahan Mary Monica (Jerome) 15th March 1993
Wilkinson Agnes (Thomas) 3rd September 1993
Richardson Delma (Leo) 3rd June 1994
McMahon Helen (Helen) 6th July 1994
White Christina (Henrietta) 5th August 1994
Compton Joan (Josephine) 4th October 1994
Kennedy Jessie (Finbar) 7th April 1995
Burke Dorothea (Columbanus) 27th August 1995
Rippon Patricia (Declan) 14th October 1995
Haggerty Mary (Ignatius) 17th September 1996
Preston Avice (Jane Margaret) 15th January 1997
Spence Teresa (Joan) 30th January 1997
McLean Rita (Cyril) 25th July 1997
Archer Flora (Rose) 20th August 1997
Lonergan Martha (Augustine) 22nd September 1998
Barrett Margaret (Pauline) 14th November 1998
Googe Nellie (Juliana) 26th February 1999
Maher Lilian (Marcella) 21st June 1999
Quinn Elizabeth (Anastasia) 21st July 1999
Holstein Emily Mary (Louis) 20th September 1999
Hogan Patricia (Casimir) 10th November 1999
Lonergan Kathleen (Jude) 2nd April 2000
McCormack Ena (Constance)  4th November 2000
Kerr Catherine Lilian (Gregory)  25th March 2001
Day Joyce (Amata) 20th April 2001
Morgan Kerry (Mark)  31st January 2002
Gardos Lenke (Marie Celeste) 10th February 2002
Casey Cecily (Pius) 28th May 2002
Daly Monica (Dominic) 25th June 2002
McKervey M St Luke (Agnes) 19th June 2003
Bennett M. Gabrielle (Lesley) 17th January 2005
Smith Margaret (St Lewis) 1st February 2005
Leahy M. Ruth (Joycelyn) 24thAugust 2005
Feldt Karen 11thNovember 2005
Toohey Agnes (M. St Albert) 4th December 2005
Heffernan Cecily (M. Caterina) 2nd December 2006
Maher Annie (M. Angelica) 6th March 2007
Ferry Mary Therese (M. Justina) 17th May 2007
Eastley Jean (M. Fidelis) 29th May 2007
Hall Marcia (M. Rose) 21st June 2007

Grant Sarah (M. Hilary)

17th October 2007

Thompson Patricia (M. Nicholas) 7th January 2008
O'Brien Clare (M. Virgilius) 28th March 2008
McRae Gladys (M. Seraphina) 2nd April 2008
Conaghan Marie (M. Dominica) 4th April 2008