Who were the Nuns?

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

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Helen Kirby, in religion Joseph.
Born: 1769 in Lancs.
Died: 4 Jul 1864 in York, Yorks.

father: Richard Kirby of Westby-cum-Plumpton, nr Kirkham, Lancs
mother: Elizabeth Danson of Kirkham, Lancs

Mary Ward Institute lay sister.
She entered 15 Aug 1798.
York

She professed 15 Aug 1800.

Infirmarian

She was the sister of Anne Kirby.

Sources: biog dic; Mason, Recusant History, 1998: 115; CRS 4: 364.

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Infirmarian to the 'pensioners' or children in the boarding school (biog dic).