Frederick Wilde death certificate

William Wilde Family - British Census 1841

Location - Fair Oak, Bishop Stoke, Hampshire, England (Note - When this census was taken Fair Oak was still a part of Bishopstoke. It didn't become its own civil parish, separate from Bishopstoke, until 1894. Also note that in this record their last name was spelled Wild rather than Wilde.)


Family -
William Wild - head, age 33, agricultural laborer, born in Hampshire County
Eliza Wild - wife, age 30, born in Hampshire County
John Wild - son, age 10 " "
Henry Wild - son, age 9 " "
Frederick Wild - son, age 6 " "
Eliza Wild - daughter, age 2 " "

Frederick G Wilde

Fredrick Wilde rock school house in Coalville

Fredrick Wilde donated land to the LDS church to be used for this rock school house in Coalville, Utah.  He also donated generously to the construction of the building.  This building was moved from Coalville and is now in the pioneer park at Lagoon, Farmington.

Fredrick G Wilde is shot by the Indians

While located in the Sugar House area, he became ill with Mountain Fever. During the high fever and in a delirious state, he wandered unknowingly from home. There were many Indians in Utah at that time and some of them found him. They cared for him, doctoring him with medicine made from wild herbs, until he was restored to his health and cured of his illness. They became very fond of Fredrick and wanted to adopt and keep him. Fearing he might run away, they guarded him night and day. Fredrick, wanting to get back to his home, watched for a chance to escape. That chance came: he started out on the run but had not gone far when he felt a sharp sting in his leg. An Indian had tried to stop him by shooting an arrow at him which hit the middle part of his leg. Nevertheless, he just kept right on running and finally did escape. He carried that scar, left by the arrow, all his life.

A History of Fredrick George Wilde by Louisa Wilde Ballantyne

A History of Fredrick George Wilde

by Louisa Wilde Ballantyne

Fredrick Wilde was born Wednesday, 8 October 1834 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, the fourth child of William Wilde and Eliza Phillips. Fredrick had black hair, hazel eyes and was short in stature.

Fredrick's parents were contacted by the Mormon missionaries in England, were taught the gospel and became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Fredrick was baptized by Henry Brown Wilde, his father’s brother, on 11 December 1849 in England. He was then 15 years old.

At the age of 20, Fredrick decided to emigrate to America with his brother John to gather with the Saints in Utah Territory. John was 23 years old at the time. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the spring of 1854.

Fredrick G Wilde and Jemima Clark headstone