Grace Hirst

Grace Hirst was a New Zealand businesswoman, farmer, nurse and midwife.

Biography

She was born in Midgley, Yorkshire, England on 9 August 1805 as Grace Bracken. She was the daughter of Jonathan Bracken, a paper manufacturer, and Grace Appleyard.
She had a stable and comfortable childhood, and appears to have been well educated, for she was widely read and literate.
She married Thomas Hirst on 22 June 1829 at Halifax, West Yorkshire. They arrived in Taranaki, New Zealand by the ship Gwalior in 1852.
Hirst died on 8 September 1901, aged 96.