Frederick Wild

• Birth date            7 August 1863
• Baptism                27 August 1863 at St Peter’s Church, Oldham
• Married                1889 Evelyn Jane Griffiths at Oldham

Frederik Wild was born in Oldham on 7 August 1863, the son of John and Mary Alice Wild. John Wild had set up his architectural practice at 15 Clegg Street, Oldham in 1856 being joined by his long- serving assistant, Joe Collins, in 1876. Frederick Wild, was admitted about 1888 the firm operating under the style Wild Collins and Wild. Following the death of John Wild in 1901, the practice was dissolved, with Fred Wild operating under his own name and Joe Collins moving to 7 Clegg Street.