When Baxter George Wilder was born on 7 October 1875, in Mount Holly, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, George Ivers Wilder, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Minerva Shepard, was 41. He married Ada Adell Raisty on 11 December 1901, in Clarksville, Butler, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Butler, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Washington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States for about 40 years. He died in 1967, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States.
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The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wild 3.
English (South eastern England, especially Berkshire): probably a nickname from Old English wildēor ‘wild animal’.
History: Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.
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