Jacobena Grutzner married butcher and meat exporter William Charles Angliss (1865–1957) at St. Columb's Church, Hawthorn, Victoria on 31 March 1919; they had one child, a daughter, Eirene Rose.
Jacobena Angliss's husband, William (who was knighted in 1939), was a member of the Legislative Council of Victoria from 1912 to 1952, had wide experience in industry management and accumulated great wealth through the establishment of a number of pastoral companies.
[2] She had previously been made a Commander of the order (CBE) on 9 June 1949 for her work as President of the Child Welfare Association of Victoria.
[3] Dame Jacobena Angliss died on 10 November 1980, aged 84, and was buried in Box Hill cemetery alongside her husband.
Her granddaughter, Diana Gibson (née Knox), is today a prominent Victorian philanthropist, and is the chair of the William Angliss Charitable Fund.