Seeking info on descendants of my great-grandmother's brothers. She was
Clara Lavinia WILDE (1861-1934) who m. John Alexander RUGGLES of New Bedford.
Clara WILDE RUGGLES' ancestors were from Braintree, and were related to many
old Braintree/Weymouth names. Clara Lavinia WILDE was b. in Somerset,
Bristol, MA.
Her brothers were:
William Thayer WILDE b. ~ 1863-1875 in Bristol Cty, MA. Was m., prob. had
children. Moved to Denver, where he died in the early 1900's.
Henry Waldron WILDE, b. ~ 1863-1875 in Bristol Cty, MA. Poss. married. and
poss. had children.
Lorenzo "Frank" WILDE, b. abt 1865 in Bristol Cty, MA. m. Jennie A. WEBSTER.
Had ch: Webster WILDE (1896-1978), m. Jane; Hilda WILDE (c. 1897-?) who m.
Raymond EDE and lived in NYC and also FLA; Doris WILDE (c. 1898-?) who m. Guy
STAPLES; & Charles "Marchant" WILDE (c. 1899-?) who m. Katharine ---. He
inherited "Wilde's Grocery Store" in Fairhaven, MA.
Channing WILDE b. ~1863-1875 in Bristol Cty, MA, m. Alice CHADWICK, and had
children: Elizabeth WILDE who d. at 14 in about 1914, & Irving WILDE, who d.
in WW2. Channing may have lived in Yarmouth, MA.
Elton Sumner WILDE, b. 1879, d. 1948. He did not marry. He was the
President of the Union Street Railroad in New Bedford, MA.
Bertie WILDE, who d. when he was a baby.
I have not ever had luck searching for descendants of Clara WILDE's brothers.
If you have worked with WILDE, WEBSTER, EDE, STAPLES or CHADWICK, and know
of these people, please email me!
Thank you. Betty G., Middleboro, MA