Grace Hirst Explained

Grace Hirst
Birth Name:Grace Bracken
Birth Date:9 August 1805
Birth Place:Midgley, Yorkshire, England
Death Place:New Plymouth, New Zealand
Occupation:Businesswoman, nurse, midwife, farmer
Children:11
Mother:Grace Appleyard
Father:Jonathan Bracken

Grace Hirst (Bracken, 9 August 1805  - 8 September 1901) was a New Zealand businesswoman, farmer, nurse and midwife. She was born in Midgley, Yorkshire, England on 9 August 1805 as Grace Bracken. She married Thomas Hirst on 22 June 1829 at Halifax, West Yorkshire.