Lovell, Ann (1803/11–1869)

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Lovell, Ann (1803/11–1869)

New Zealand gold courier and shopkeeper. Name variations: Ann Brown. Born Ann Brown, c. 1803–1811, probably in England; died Dec 15, 1869, in Motupipi, New Zealand; m. James Lovell, 1837; children: 3.

Immigrated to New Zealand (1842); operated husband's butchery and bakery shop, making trips from Golden Bay to Nelson to buy stock and carry gold deposited with husband by local goldminers.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).

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