High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Olive M. Whiton Wilder

4 May 1832 – 11 Aug 1889 · about 57 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Olive M. Whiton Wilder lived from 4 May 1832 to 11 Aug 1889, a span of about 57 years.

Born a Whiton, and known here by the name Wilder. Theirs is one of 41 markers bearing the name Wilder in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Isaiah Whiton1789–1871Martha Davis Easterbrook Whiton1790–1857
Olive M. Whiton Wilderm.Edwin Wilder1829–1906 (m. 1852)also here
Olive Alliston Wilder Siders1852–1939Edwin Martin Wilder1867–1940

SiblingsMartha Davis Whiton Gorham1811–1895 · Isaiah Gorham Whiton1813–1886 · Charles Easterbrook Whiton1816–1889 · Susan Allen Whiton Blossom1817–1899 · Deborah Kimball Whiton Bronsdon1820–1876 · Anna Allen Easterbrook Whiton Damon1825–1906 · Emily Easterbrook Whiton Cross1827–1897 · Albert Whiton1829–1906 · William Stowell Whiton1834–1910

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • MarriedEdwin Wilder (Feb. 12, 1852)

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Whiton family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
x. Olive Makele, May 4, 1832. m. Feb. 12, 1852, Edwin Wilder, 2d

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

The inscription

Aged 57 years 4 months.

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Olive's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.

The stone is still there.