Anna Elizabeth - known as Annie or 'Nannie' in her family - was the second surviving child of John and Maria Mellsop, arriving in New Zealand with her mother aged 17, on December 29, 1855. During the voyage her sister Mary Ellen (probably aged 11) died and was buried at sea just few days before the family reached Auckland.
Annie was born in Dublin around 1838, and her mother - who was short of money and still awaiting the arrival of her husband John from America - found work for the older children soon after they arrived, firstly in Auckland and later in the Waikato, Anna went as a governess for the Rev John and Maria Morgan's family at the CMS mission station at Otawhao (later Te Awamutu) where she stayed for at least four years. In 1861 she is mentioned in John Morgan's journal as having been with the family for four years, so she must have started as governess around the age of 18.
On 9 Feb 1866 Anna married John Wheeler at St Peter's church, Onehunga, and moved to Titi Farm with her new husband. Annie and John had ten children before Annie died of breast cancer in 1883, leaving a family which ranged in age from 2 to 16 years.
Annie was born in Dublin around 1838, and her mother - who was short of money and still awaiting the arrival of her husband John from America - found work for the older children soon after they arrived, firstly in Auckland and later in the Waikato, Anna went as a governess for the Rev John and Maria Morgan's family at the CMS mission station at Otawhao (later Te Awamutu) where she stayed for at least four years. In 1861 she is mentioned in John Morgan's journal as having been with the family for four years, so she must have started as governess around the age of 18.
On 9 Feb 1866 Anna married John Wheeler at St Peter's church, Onehunga, and moved to Titi Farm with her new husband. Annie and John had ten children before Annie died of breast cancer in 1883, leaving a family which ranged in age from 2 to 16 years.
Anna Elizabeth - known as Annie or 'Nannie' in her family - was the second surviving child of John and Maria Mellsop, arriving in New Zealand with her mother aged 17, on December 29, 1855. During the voyage her sister Mary Ellen (probably aged 11) died and was buried at sea just few days before the family reached Auckland.
Annie was born in Dublin around 1838, and her mother - who was short of money and still awaiting the arrival of her husband John from America - found work for the older children soon after they arrived, firstly in Auckland and later in the Waikato, Anna went as a governess for the Rev John and Maria Morgan's family at the CMS mission station at Otawhao (later Te Awamutu) where she stayed for at least four years. In 1861 she is mentioned in John Morgan's journal as having been with the family for four years, so she must have started as governess around the age of 18.
On 9 Feb 1866 Anna married John Wheeler at St Peter's church, Onehunga, and moved to Titi Farm with her new husband. Annie and John had ten children before Annie died of breast cancer in 1883, leaving a family which ranged in age from 2 to 16 years.
Annie was born in Dublin around 1838, and her mother - who was short of money and still awaiting the arrival of her husband John from America - found work for the older children soon after they arrived, firstly in Auckland and later in the Waikato, Anna went as a governess for the Rev John and Maria Morgan's family at the CMS mission station at Otawhao (later Te Awamutu) where she stayed for at least four years. In 1861 she is mentioned in John Morgan's journal as having been with the family for four years, so she must have started as governess around the age of 18.
On 9 Feb 1866 Anna married John Wheeler at St Peter's church, Onehunga, and moved to Titi Farm with her new husband. Annie and John had ten children before Annie died of breast cancer in 1883, leaving a family which ranged in age from 2 to 16 years.
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