 She settled in Thatcham after the first world war.Anna was born in Glasgow, on 4 October 1881, to Margaret Ann MacVean, and Evan Macdonald Munro, a school master; following her mother's death in 1892 she moved to Dunfermline where she was cared for by an uncle and aunt.She became involved with the Wesleyan Methodist Sisters of the People in London working with the poor.