Marie Henriette Suzanne AUBERT (1835 – 1926)
Name
Marie Henriette Suzanne AubertKnown as
Suzanne, Sister Mary Joseph, Meri Hohepa, Mother AubertGender
FemaleBirthdate
19 June 1835Birthplace
Lyons, FranceDate of death
01 October 1926Place of death
Island Bay, WellingtonParents
- Louis Aubert
- Clarice Aubert
Primary education
Benedictine Abbey of La Rochette, Lyons, FranceBiography
Arrived in New Zealand along with Bishop Pompallier, 30 December 1860
Came to Meeanee, 17 February 1871
Worked for the Marist Maori mission station as a catechist, school teacher and nurse
Speaker of Maori
Baptised over 200 Maori children in Hawke’s Bay
Revised the 1847 Maori phrasebook, compiled an English-Maori dictionary and produced a French-Maori phrasebook
Left Meeanee for Wanganui, 1883
Accession number
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