Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Ellen Miscall was born in Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand about 1880 – the daughter of Timothy Miscall, a gold miner, and Susan Gildea.
Ellen’s family moved to Dunedin in the late 1880s and lived in South Dunedin. Her sisters Annie and Maggie also signed the petition. In the late 1890s Timothy disappeared and no further trace was found of him.
Ellen was one of three sisters in the family who became a nun. She was known as Sister Mary St Paul.
She died on 4 July 1954. She is buried in the Hamilton East Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Hamilton City Council https://www.hamilton.govt.nz
Dunedin Family History Group November 2009 newsletter, p.9 http://www.dunedinfamilyhistory.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DFHG-2009-nov-newsletter.pdf