Her mother died when she was five and from the age of twelve she was cared for by her aunt and grandfather until she went to live in Lowestoft.

[3] Anna would teach in the school that they built and she would run the mission when David was away preaching or trying to translate the New Testament.

This advantage meant that the children of local chiefs attended and sometimes boarded at the school which Anna ran.

Seventeen Years in the Yoruba Country[5] and although her husband was shown as joint author the book had been compiled by two sisters, named Hone, who lived in Halesowen Rectory.

[1] Hinderer has a small stained glass window devoted to her in the Lady Chapel of Liverpool Cathedral.

[6] In 1933, Kudeti Girls' School in Ibadan restored a memorial in thanks for the life of Anna (and David) Hinderer.