Hewett, Ellen Anne (1843–1926)

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Hewett, Ellen Anne (1843–1926)

New Zealand writer. Name variations: Ellen Anne Baker. Born Ellen Anne Baker, on July 15, 1843, in Jersey, Channel Islands; died Feb 14, 1926, in Auckland, New Zealand; dau. of George Baker and Hannah (Hough) Baker; m. James Duff Hewett, 1858; children: 4.

Immigrated with family to New Zealand (1855); husband murdered in raid on family farm at Kai Iwi(1865); returned to England with children (1880s); published book about her domestic life and evangelical and temperance work with Maori during stay in New Zealand, Looking Back (1911).

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