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Christine Mary Cotter aka: Sister Berchmans

Christine Mary Cotter aka: Sister Berchmans

Posted: 15 Feb 2015 4:14AM GMT
Classification: Death
Surnames: Cotter/Sister Berchmans
Sister Berchmans was working at St Anne's Convent & Hospital in Salisbury, Rhodesia when she died of a severe asthma attack June 04, 1946, she is buried in Rhodesia. I am looking for any information ie: burial site, obituary. death certificate. I did not see Rhodesia listed. Can someone help me?

Thank you
Maye B-T

Re: Christine Mary Cotter aka: Sister Berchmans

Posted: 17 Feb 2015 11:47AM GMT
Classification: Query
First of all you should perhaps look under Zimbabwe. Apart from that there are very few records on line for the country withe exception of death records, and those only up to 1966. Try looking under Family Search and you will find them but they are not easy to use so be prepared to be patient. I have had a quick look for both Cotter and Berchmans and have not found anything - but that is not to say a more thorough search might not hit the jack-pot. Perhaps it might be better to look for the records of the Order which ran St. Anne's. If she was a member of their Order they would definitely have a record f her demise. Good luck anyway.

Re: Christine Mary Cotter aka: Sister Berchmans

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 12:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
I found this information some days ago but accidentally sent it to another person - oh dear I hope she was not too confused. Anyway I hope it is still of use to you. If you look under www.lcmsouthernafrica.org/St_Annes_Hospital_History.pdf you will find that Mother Berchmans was just on a visit to Salisbury (Harare) when she died suddenly and was the first Sister to be buried in the Little Company of Mary section of the Pioneer Cemetery in Salisbury (Harare). However I have failed to find any entry of a death in the Death Index under either Berchmans or Cotter, which is quite odd. eGGSA has a cemetery photo project which includes graves of South Africans outside South Africa. There are quite a lot for Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and whoever has taken them obviously just photos graves without any reference to whether they are South African or not. I have found a gravestone for someone I know who was never anything other than Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) and another for a husband and wife who were refugees from Hitler's Germany and may have visited South Africa but were most definitely never South Africans. However, for some reason , there are no pictures at all for any cemetery in Salisbury (Harare). Several for Bulawayo and some quite obscure places like Gatooma (Kadoma) and Sinoia (Chinohyi). If I come across any more information I will let you know.

Re: Christine Mary Cotter aka: Sister Berchmans

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 1:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
I found this information some days ago but accidentally sent it to another person - oh dear I hope she was not too confused. Anyway I hope it is still of use to you. If you look under www.lcmsouthernafrica.org/St_Annes_Hospital_History.pdf you will find that Mother Berchmans was just on a visit to Salisbury (Harare) when she died suddenly and was the first Sister to be buried in the Little Company of Mary section of the Pioneer Cemetery in Salisbury (Harare). However I have failed to find any entry of a death in the Death Index under either Berchmans or Cotter, which is quite odd. eGGSA has a cemetery photo project which includes graves of South Africans outside South Africa. There are quite a lot for Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and whoever has taken them obviously just photos graves without any reference to whether they are South African or not. I have found a gravestone for someone I know who was never anything other than Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) and another for a husband and wife who were refugees from Hitler's Germany and may have visited South Africa but were most definitely never South Africans. However, for some reason , there are no pictures at all for any cemetery in Salisbury (Harare). Several for Bulawayo and some quite obscure places like Gatooma (Kadoma) and Sinoia (Chinohyi). If I come across any more information I will let you know.
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