Annie Dearnley NEAL

1859 - 1934  (75 years)

• Name	Annie Dearnley NEAL
  Birth	8 Mar 1859	Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Female
  _UID	F3BB65CAF8EF4253A02FDBB57C8E031EE303
  Death	21 Apr 1934	Auckland, New Zealand
  Person ID	I163	Boxers
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert NEAL,   b. 29 Jun 1827, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 12 May 1892, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Maria DEARNLEY,   b. 4 Mar 1827, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 22 Jan 1899, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1853	Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wesley SPRAGG,   b. 13 Feb 1848, Madeley, Shropshire, England d. 15 Aug 1930, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1891	Robert Neal's House, Epsom, Auckland, NZ
  Children	1. Robert Charles Dearnley SPRAGG,   b. 3 Jun 1892, Auckland, New Zealand d. 4 Nov 1893, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 1 year)   2. Wesley Neal SPRAGG,   b. 18 Jan 1894, Auckland, New Zealand d. 1 Jan 1918, Cairo, Egypt (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  New Zealand was one of the first places in the worlld to repeal the law against men marrying the sister of a dead wife. When Wesley went to England in 1898, the law had not been changed in that country. When he took Annie to England in 1908, the family joke was that he said to her upon landing, 'Now we are legally married, my dear'. he was 11 years older than his second wife.