Harrold, Agnes (c. 1830–1903)
Harrold, Agnes (c. 1830–1903)
New Zealand innkeeper, nurse, and midwife. Name variations: Agnes (Nancy) Grieve. Born Agnes (Nancy) Grieve, c. 1830 or 1831, in Hudson's Bay, Canada; died July 7, 1903, on Stewart Island, New Zealand; dau. of James Grieve (bowsman) and an Amerindian mother; m. James Harrold (fisherman), 1847; children: 2.
Immigrated to New Zealand (1848); moved to Stewart Island, where husband opened 3 fishing stations while she ran the large boarding house built by husband (1861); fostered several children over years and served as nurse and midwife to community.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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