Alice Carlisle Wilkin Freestone

ALICE CARLISLE WILKIN FREESTONE

Alice Carlisle was born in 1835, in Lincolnshire, England.  She was the daughter of Richard and Jane Fields Carlisle.  There were 11 in their family- three were triplets.  The queen of England sent them some presents when the triplets were born. Two of them lived to be one year old.  The other died when five years old.

Her family had intended on coming to America, but joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints hurried their dream along. Her father was baptized in 1847.  She joined in the fall of 1850 along with two of her brothers.  Their family arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 14, 1851.  They went up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis, Missouri, for a year.  

While there, her mother, Jane, passed away from Cholera. From there, the family came at different times. Alice left the banks of the Mississippi on June 1, 1853, with the David Wilkin company. She arrived in the Salt Lake valley on September 9, 1853.  There were 122 souls, with 28 wagons, 9 yoke of oxen, 2 horses, 60 cows, and 2 chickens.

In 1854, Alice married David Wilkin, Jr., in the Old Endowment House in Salt Lake City where they made their home.  Her husband was an engineer. He built many homes and bridges in the valley and became distinguished in the field. They had three children together. Within 6 years they were divorced.  Her husband, David, left for Nevada.

On Christmas Eve, 1861, she married George Freestone. They were blessed with 4 children.  Alice passed away a month after her last daughter was born due to a staph infection she got during child birth.