Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Margaret Berry, in religion Magdalen.
Born: 1760.
Died: 8 Jan 1829 in Hammersmith, Middx.

father: William Berry of Shrops

Benedictines, Dunkirk lay sister.
She was clothed 6 May 1789.

She professed 18 Jan 1791, aged 30.

Sources: Dunkirk History: 110, 111.

Notes:

Had been servant to Lady Molineux (Abbess Prujean's cousin)At the time of her profession, the ceremony was deemed illegal so she assumed the habit of Sister Austin Jackson: thus the convent was not increased in number.