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Wilding History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Wilding History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Wilding family

The surname Wilding was first found in Staffordshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Early History of the Wilding family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wilding research. Another 63 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1640 is included under the topic Early Wilding History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wilding Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wilding, Wildigge, Wylding and others.

Early Notables of the Wilding family

Notables of the family at this time include

Robert Wilding of Cheshire

Wilding migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wilding Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Hugh Wilding, who arrived in Maryland in 1675 1
Thomas Wilding, who settled in Virginia in 1698

Wilding Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johann Christian Wilding, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 1
John Wilding, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 1
August Wilding, who arrived in New York State in 1879
Alice Wilding, aged 9, who immigrated to the United States from Birmingham, in 1893
Ada Wilding, aged 15, who settled in America from Birmingham, in 1893

Wilding Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Archebald Wilding, aged 18, who landed in America from Blackburn, England, in 1904
Charles Hy Wilding, aged 39, who settled in America from Catford, England, in 1907
Charles W. Wilding, aged 45, who immigrated to the United States, in 1910
Benjamin H. Wilding, aged 24, who landed in America from Pontnewydd, Wales, in 1910
Annie Wilding, aged 25, who landed in America from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1910
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Wilding migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Wilding Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Thomas Wilding, English convict from Suffolk, who was transported aboard the "Arab" on February 22, 1834, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 2
Mr. George Wilding, (b. 1803), aged 34, English convict who was convicted in Essex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3
Mr. William Wilding, (b. 1824), aged 19, English shoe maker who was convicted in London, England for 7 years for forgery transported aboard the "Forfarshire" on 24th June 1843, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1845 4
Frederick Wilding, aged 16, a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Macedon" 5
William Wilding, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "John Woodall" in 1849 6
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Contemporary Notables of the name Wilding (post 1700) +

Mark Wilding, two-time Emmy nominated American television producer and screenwriter
H. Wilding, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1864 7
Craig Anthony Wilding (b. 1981), English former professional footballer who played from 1999 to 2003
Alice "Alexa" Wilding (1845-1884), English model for the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Peter Wilding (b. 1968), English former professional footballer who played from 1996 to 2004
Dorothy Frances Edith Wilding (1893-1976), English society photographer, known for her portraits of Prince George, Noël Coward, Jessie Matthews, Diana Wynyard, Harriet Cohen, Cecil Beaton, George Bernard Shaw and many more
Rav Wilding (b. 1977), English television presenter
Alison Wilding RA (b. 1948), English sculptor
Michael Wilding (b. 1942), British writer and academic
Anthony "Tony" Frederick Wilding (1883-1915), New Zealand four-time Davis Cup winning tennis player (ranked World No. 1), and soldier who was killed in action during World War I, inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Wilding family +

SS Atlantic

Arthur Wilding, crew member who was aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, survived the sinking

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Arab voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1834 with 230 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/arab/1834
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 29th March 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/emma-eugenia
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th October 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/forfarshire
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The MACEDON 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Macedon.htm
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) JOHN WOODALL 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849JohnWoodall.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html