Annie Muir

Signed family name

Muir

Signed given name

Annie

Given address

Clinton

Sheet number

110

Town/Suburb

Clinton

City/Region

Otago

Notes

Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley

Ann/Annie Fyfe was born on 24 November 1840 in Tyree, Argyllshire, Scotland – the daughter of Charles Fyfe, a blacksmith, and Ann Bisset.

Annie emigrated to Otago in 1862 on the Silistria – her future husband was also on board.

She married William Muir, a carpenter, on 2 June 1862 in Dunedin. They stayed in Dunedin for a short time then moved to Balclutha until the early 1870s when they settled in Clinton. They had 12 children, two who died in infancy and three who died in early childhood.

Annie signed the suffrage petition in Clinton where Charles worked as a builder and they had a small farm.

She died at her home on 21 May 1907 and she is buried in the Balclutha Cemetery.

Her obituary said she 'was greatly respected by all who knew her. She was a woman with a strong personality, strong brain power, and possessed of deep religious convictions. She took a great interest in public affairs, and her help was always forthcoming in matters of need'.

William re-married in 1908 – he died in 1921 and he is also buried in the Balclutha Cemetery.