Wilson, Helen Ann (1793/94–1871)
Wilson, Helen Ann (1793/94–1871)
New Zealand nurse, social leader, and artist. Name variations: Helen Ann Simpson. Born Helen Ann Simpson, c. 1793 or 1794, at Gibraltar; died June 24, 1871, at New Plymouth, New Zealand; dau. of James Simpson (US consul general at Tangier); m. Peter Wilson (medical practitioner), 1840.
Immigrated to New Zealand with husband (1841); worked with husband as nursing assistant; prominent in social and charitable activities; recorded life through sketches.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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