Signed family name
Brown
Signed given name
Annie
Given address
Mosgiel
Notes
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Rowan was born about 1849 in Selkirkshire, Scotland, the daughter of John Rowan, a power loom manager, and Agnes Hardie. She emigrated to Otago with her family on the Nelson in 1874.
She married Peter Liston Brown, a carter, in 1875. They had seven children and lived in Mosgiel near Dunedin.
Peter died in 1919 and Annie died on 18 March 1924. They are buried together in the East Taieri Cemetery.
Sources
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
