 She was often accompanied on her shooting trips by a young Māori woman, Akina.On 30 December 1846, Anderson gave birth to a son, named John after her husband, who is considered to be the first European child born in Dunedin.In 1849, after John's father died, the couple moved to Port Chalmers and then in 1853 moved to East Taieri and later to Tapanui.