Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Prudence Christie Smith was born on 6 June 1860 in Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire, Scotland – the daughter of Robert Thomas Smith, a baker, and Margaret Christie.
The family emigrated to Otago in 1861 on the Storm Cloud and they settled in Dunedin.
Prudence married Andrew Wood, a plumber, on 18 April 1884 and they had three daughters.
Prudence signed the suffrage petition in Belleknowes.
She died at their home on 15 July 1950 and Andrew died in 1953.
They are buried in the family grave in the Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
NZ Yesteryears http://www.yesteryears.co.nz
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/
Scotlands People https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk