Ann Diamond
New Zealand hotel-keeper, storekeeper, midwife
About Ann Diamond
Lived 1827 – 1881 (aged 53–54). Ann Diamond was a New Zealand midwife.
Ann Diamond (; – 22 April 1881) was a New Zealand hotelkeeper, storekeeper and midwife.
Biography Ann Gleeson was born in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland in about 1831. She emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1858.
They migrated to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1862, where she ran a boarding house with her cousin, Johanna Shanahan, and friend, Mary Maloney.
She died at Red Jacks from a strangulated hernia on 22 April 1881.
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Who was Ann Diamond?
New Zealand hotel-keeper, storekeeper, midwife
When was Ann Diamond born?
Ann Diamond was born in 1827.
When did Ann Diamond die?
Ann Diamond died on 22 April 1881.
What was Ann Diamond's occupation?
Ann Diamond was a midwife.
What nationality was Ann Diamond?
Ann Diamond was New Zealand.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Ann Diamond (midwife)
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