During this period, AL
gave birth to the two children who survived infancy: her daughter, Avis Annie Connybeare
, followed by a son, Louis Thomas Gunnis
.
Avis's birth date is also given as 1853....
Family and Intimate relationships
Anna Leonowens
AL
's daughter (and long-time companion) Avis
died from food poisoning in 1902. In her grief, Anna was left to care for eight grand-children. Anna's son-in-law Thomas had a stroke in 1909 and became paralyzed...
Residence
Anna Leonowens
AL
moved from the United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her daughter Avis
and son-in-law Thomas Fyshe
.
Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield, 1991.
viii, 71
Travel
Anna Leonowens
She travelled with her daughter, Avis
. They spent several months in the Catskill Mountains, where Anna was mistaken by locals, because of her dark skin and hoop skirts, for the queen of Syria.
Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I. Pottersfield, 1991.
65
Morgan, Susan, and Anna Leonowens. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. The Romance of the Harem, University Press of Virginia, 1991, pp. ix - xxxix; 279.