George WILDING, SR.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; Boyd's Marri age Index (GS942.72 V25b v. 36); Early Church Information File; Salt Lake Bapti sms for the Dead (GS 183431); Lancashire #6 pp 46,58,50,61,62; Broughton Pari sh Register; Nauvoo Temple records; Independent Chapel records. OCCUPATION: Mason BURIAL: Also reported as 29 July 1913. ORDINANCES: Baptism also reported as "Fall 1839, England" and 10 Ma rch 1857. BIOGRAPHY: George Wilding was baptized in the fall of 1839 in Engla nd by his father, Dr. David Wilding, in the Ribble River near Preston. He wa s confirmed by his father and Thomas Richardson. He and his family sailed for Am erica on Feb. 16, 1841, on the Echo. They arrived in Nauvoo, Ill., on May 1 , 1841. George was ordained an elder in Nauvoo in 1845; a seventy on April 10 , 1853 by L. W. Hancock; and a high priest on Aug. 28, 1897, by G. B. Wallace . His family crossed the plains with the Benjamin E. Gardiner Company, leav ing Kanesville, Iowa, on May 15, 1852. The company consisted of 241 peop le with 45 wagons. Fourteen members of the company died of cholera along the wa y. George had cholera and lived. His wagon was drawn by one horse and a cow . They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on Sept. 24, 1852. George and his brother-in-law, Horace Owens, were hunters for the company. Buffal o and wild game were plentiful and they had no trouble keeping the company suppl ied with meat.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; Boyd's Marri age Index (GS942.72 V25b v. 36); Early Church Information File; Salt SLake Bapt isms for the Dead (GS 183431); Lancashire #6 pp 46,58,50,61,62; Broughton Pari sh Register; Nauvoo Temple records; Indpendent Chapel records; Ancestra l File.
SOURCES: Records of Rebecca Burdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; Boyd's Marriage Index; (GS942.72 V25b v. 36 ); Early Church Information File; Salt SLake Baptisms for the Dead (GS 183431); Lancashire #6 pp 46,58,50,61,62; Broughton Parish Register; Nauvoo Temple records; Indpendent Chapel records; Ancestra l File.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization records; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization records; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery. Marriage and endowment infroamtion from family bible in possession of William Livingston Widdison.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery. Endowment date: EHouse Book H Pg. 209 FHL 183,407 (Sharon Christensen)
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery. DEATH DATE: Also reported as 28 April 1941.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery. BURIAL: Salt Lake City Cemetery accessed at 400 North & N Street . Interment No. 83356. Plat X, Block 3, Lot 85, Tier W, Grave 2. GIVEN NAME: Headstone lists her as "Eva". George Wilding Family Organization's family group for George Wilding also spells it "Eva".
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
SOURCES: Records of Mrs. Charles C. Willis (deceased) and Rebecca Bu rdette Anderson, 9627 Stornoway Lane, South Jordan, Utah 84063; George Wildi ng Family Organization recrods; LDS Church records and certificates; family rec ords of Ida W. Emery.
He married Mary Elizabeth Layne 30 Jun 1850 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa . Mary Elizabeth Layne was born at Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana 24 Dec 1832 daughter of David Layne and Lucinda Bybee .
They were the parents of 13
children:
George Wilding, Jr.
born 5 Jun 1851.
David Wilding
born 6 May 1853.
Mary Alice Wilding
born 3 Nov 1854.
Rosilpha Wilding
born 3 Mar 1857.
Elizabeth Ann Wilding
born 4 Jan 1859.
Jeannette Wilding
born 26 Oct 1860.
Preston Wilding
born 8 Nov 1862.
Eleanor Wilding
born 28 Aug 1864.
Maggie Wilding
born 21 Aug 1866.
Henry David Wilding
born 15 Oct 1868.
Eva Wilding
born 31 Dec 1870.
Olive Wilding
born 16 Jun 1873.
Walter Layne Wilding
born 10 Oct 1875.
George Wilding, Sr. died 26 Jul 1913 at Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah .
Mary Elizabeth Layne died 17 Dec 1909 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah .