Mrs Wisdom

Biographical information provided by Briar Barry for the He Tohu exhibition:

Abigail Ann Ashmore was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 October 1843. She married Alonzo Wisdom, a carpenter, in 1867. A year later the couple left Halifax for New Zealand with their infant daughter Florence May and Alonzo’s father, Alonzo Wisdom Senior. Seven more children were born to the couple in New Zealand. Abigail died on 24 September 1914 in Greymouth.