what other countries has she traveled to or worked in?
Germany and Canada
Anna Leonowens
From 1888 to 1893, Anna Leonowens lived with her daughter Avis and her grandchildren in Kassel, Germany. On her way back to Canada, she met her son Louis again, after nineteen years of separation. 
where did the king and i come from It is based on Margaret Landon's novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" is it  based on any events in history? Yes, it is derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. was this lady ever married? Yes, she married Thomas Leon Owens.
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Anna Leonowens [SEP] Canada and Germany
She studied Sanskrit and classical Indian literature with the renowned Indology professor Ernst Windisch of the Leipzig University, while her granddaughter studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 1901, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she lectured Sanskrit at McGill University. She delivered her last lecture at the age of 78. Anna Leonowens died on 19 January 1915, at 83 years of age. She was interred in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. The headstone identifies her as the "Beloved Wife of Major Thomas Lorne Leonowens", despite her husband never having raised beyond the rank of paymaster sergeant.