Ann Diamond (midwife)
Ann Diamond | |
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| Born | Ann Gleeson 1827-1831 Adare, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 22 April 1881 Red Jack's, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Hotel-keeper, storekeeper and midwife. |
Ann Diamond (née Gleeson, c.1831 – 22 April 1881) was a New Zealand hotel-keeper, storekeeper and midwife.
Biography
[edit]Ann Gleeson was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland on c. 1831.[1] She emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1858.[1]
She married Patrick Diamond on 7 December 1859, and they had two daughters, Rosanna and Mary Jane.[1][2]
They migrated to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1862, where she ran a boarding house with her cousin, Johanna Shanahan, and friend, Mary Maloney.[1] She learned her midwifery skills from a doctor who boarded at the house.[1]
In 1865, Diamond, Shanahan and Maloney left for Greymouth and set up a general store and hotel in Red Jacks on the West Coast.[1] The hotel was generally known as Diamond's Hotel.[2][3]
She died at Red Jacks from a strangulated hernia on 22 April 1881.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g McCallum, Janet. "Ann Diamond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Diamond, Mary Jane, active 1860s-1880s". The National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Matthews, Edward J :Photographs of Ann Diamond and the Diamonds Hotel, Red Jacks". The National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Death". Grey River Argus. Vol. XXIII, no. 3948. 25 April 1881. p. 2.
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