Euphrasie Drive – Named after Sister Mary of St Euphrasie “Ellen” Fennessy.Sr M. of St Euphrasie Fennessy was the first Australian woman to enter the order and was Mother Superior of Mt Magdala in 1890. In stages 8 and 9 of the Aidanfield subdivision where all the street names are those of former Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order and former residents of the Good Shepherd Sisters Home at Halswell. Named in 2011.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. There were at least 2 other women who used the name Euphrasie at Mt Magdala. I checked Papers Past and Ancestry website and the only information I found was Mary Ellen Fennessy in electoral rolls for 1905 and 1908 living at Mt Magdala.
I found a map from 1958 and it looks like the street was developed from the driveway that led to St Joseph’s Girls Orphanage.
The houses here were built between 2013 and 2016. There was one house that I actually liked which is unusual for me as I tend not to like modern houses. There were two reserves here and again I was looking for somewhere to hide a cache with no luck. I believe that the residents here have a big problem with people parking here when there are events on at the Sports Hub. It would be OK if they parked properly but they block driveways and park on residents lawns.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 