Muriel Marie Barron MBE (1904 - 1988)

Ancestors

Biography

Muriel was born in 1904 in Waihi, New Zealand.^[1][2][3][4] She began an apprenticeship at her father's pharmacy as a teenager while studying at Waihi High School, beginning a lifelong fascination with pharmacy. After two years of studies at Waihi School of Mines, she became one of the first New Zealanders to qualify as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society.^[4]

Muriel joined the Catholic religious institute Sisters of Mercy in her early twenties, becoming a nun and adopting the name Sister Mary Gabriel.^[4] Her work in pharmacy continued during her religious service; in 1937 she established the pharmacy at Mater Hospital in Auckland, NZ, operated by the Sisters of Mercy. She was a pharmacist there until 1975. That year, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her long service to pharmacy.^[4] Sister Mary Gabriel passed away in 1988.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online," database, (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz : accessed 29 May 2020), birth registration of Muriel Marie Barron, child of Margaret Annie and George; citing registration no. 1904/18977.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 8949 #1851598
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online," database, (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz : accessed 29 May 2020), death registration of Muriel Marie Barron, date of birth 21 June 1904; citing registration no. 1988/34855.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Sister Mary Gabriel, MBE at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 January 2016.)

See also:

• Wikipedia page for Muriel Barron