Signed family name
Best
Signed given name
Anna Woods
Given address
Collingwood St
Notes
Biographical information provided by Bridget Gerrie for the He Tohu exhibition:
Anna Woods Ballard was born about 1830 in Ireland. In 1857 she married Edward Best, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister. Anna’s father and some of her brothers and uncles were also ministers of this faith. Anna and Edward had 14 children, all of whom were born in Ireland. Eight of their daughters and one son travelled with them to New Zealand, arriving on the Wanganui into Port Chalmers on 7 December 1879. Anna and her family led a mobile life, travelling around the country to support her husband’s work.
Anna died in 1910, aged 80.
