Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Annie Ansell was born in 1853 in London, England – the daughter of James Ansell, a bricklayer, and Alice Watson.
She married Julius Ottomar Feil, a banker’s clerk, in 1883 in London.
Julius was a widower with five children. They had two sons in England before they emigrated in 1887 on the Ruapehu.
Their daughter was born the following year and when Annie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Wain St, Kensington.
Julius died in 1913 and Annie died at her home in Kensington on 31 May 1921 – they are buried together in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/