Matthew Forbes Wilkie
Printer for the Deseret News and the Western Standard (San Francisco).
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland
1834 July 7
Mother
Isabella
Father
Matthew Wilkie
Date Details
Occurred On 1834 July 7
Baptized
1853 July 23 (Age 19)
Traveled in Company Unknown (1854)
1854 (Age 20) Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1854
Joined Company
Circa 1854
Company Arrived
Served in California Mission
1855 May 10 – 1857 (Age 20) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Missionary Activity Notes
Called with George Q. Cannon and Joseph Bull to print the Book of Mormon in Hawaiian in California and to publish The Western Standard newspaper.
Location Served
San Francisco
Date Details
Started On 1855 May 10
Departed from Home
Circa 1855 June
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857
Released
Images
Editorial and Mechanical Staff of the Western Standard
Died
1861 October 14 (Age 27)
Media
Editorial and Mechanical Staff of the Western Standard