Who were the Nuns?

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

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Barbara Clotilda Smith , in religion Louise Mary Charlotte of Divine Mercy.
Born: 1751 in Wicklow, Ireland.
Died: 9 Aug 1828 in Normandy, aged 87.

Was a choir nun at St Denis from 6 Mar 1771 until 22 Aug 1792, when convent dispersed.

father: James Smith
mother: Helen Coventry

Carmelites choir nun.
She arrived 4 Mar 1796.
She was aged 44 when she arrived.

She professed 22 Oct 1772, aged 21.[as a choir nun at St Denis]

Sources: Hoogstraten Annals: 155, 227; death book: 74-7.

Notes:

She had been a companion of Princess Louise Marie of France in the St Denis novitiate, as well as a novice under the princess, known in religion as Therese of St Augustine.