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Sr Mary Grace “Francis” Corcoran

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Sr Mary Grace “Francis” Corcoran

Birth
Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Death
1 Mar 1941 (aged 83)
Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Stratford, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Plot
Section St. Andrew, Lot 12, SubLot 1 [also on parents' marker at Section St. Henry, Lot 38]
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Cemetery database has name as "Mary(Francis) G Corcoran"

Birthdate and place discrepancies between family gravestone and Ontario death registration vs the IBVM biography

Dictionary of Biographies of the IBVM (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
CORCORAN, Mary:
Sister M. Francis was born in Toronto, Ontario on September 15, 1858. Her parents were James Corcoran, Ireland and Catherine Stock. She had two brothers, James and Francis and one sister, Josephine. She died at Loretto convent, Stratford on March 1, 1941 and was buried in Avondale Cemetery.
Sister Francis was the first postulant from Stratford. She entered Loretto Abbey Novitiate, Toronto on September 8, 1882, was received on April 4, 1883 and professed on July 2, 1885. She taught at Loretto Abbey and was superior at Loretto Convent, Stratford.
Over one hundred years ago, when the Loretto Sisters first went to Stratford, her father, James Corcoran, was one of the men who accompanied the late Dr. E.B. Kilroy, then pastor of St. Joseph's Church, to Berlin (now Kitchener) to escort the Sisters to their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran gave hospitality to the small community for several weeks while the old "Brunswick Place" to become the Loretto Convent, was made ready for the new establishment. The Corcoran family became loyal friends and benefactors of the community, to which Sister Francis gave her most devoted service for over fifty years.
[Thanks to contributor Pete C. (47614007)]
Cemetery database has name as "Mary(Francis) G Corcoran"

Birthdate and place discrepancies between family gravestone and Ontario death registration vs the IBVM biography

Dictionary of Biographies of the IBVM (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
CORCORAN, Mary:
Sister M. Francis was born in Toronto, Ontario on September 15, 1858. Her parents were James Corcoran, Ireland and Catherine Stock. She had two brothers, James and Francis and one sister, Josephine. She died at Loretto convent, Stratford on March 1, 1941 and was buried in Avondale Cemetery.
Sister Francis was the first postulant from Stratford. She entered Loretto Abbey Novitiate, Toronto on September 8, 1882, was received on April 4, 1883 and professed on July 2, 1885. She taught at Loretto Abbey and was superior at Loretto Convent, Stratford.
Over one hundred years ago, when the Loretto Sisters first went to Stratford, her father, James Corcoran, was one of the men who accompanied the late Dr. E.B. Kilroy, then pastor of St. Joseph's Church, to Berlin (now Kitchener) to escort the Sisters to their new home. Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran gave hospitality to the small community for several weeks while the old "Brunswick Place" to become the Loretto Convent, was made ready for the new establishment. The Corcoran family became loyal friends and benefactors of the community, to which Sister Francis gave her most devoted service for over fifty years.
[Thanks to contributor Pete C. (47614007)]

Inscription

[Section St. Andrew] R.I.P. / M.M. Francis Corcoran / Died Mar / 1st 1941 / & [Section St. Henry] ...Mary Grace Corcoran I.B.V.M. / Born September 16, 1857 / Died March 1, 1941 / CORCORAN /

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Interment Date 3/3/1941. Black metal cross

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