New York State census of 1855: James M. Wade's household, Ward 15, Brooklyn, with John Wade, 78, his father[-in-law]

6 June 1855 · New York State Census, 1855, Kings County, City of Brooklyn, Ward 15, Election District 1; FamilySearch digital image, DGS 5207204, image 164

Named here: John Edward Wade, John Wade, Edward Wade, Eliza Ann Marvin, James M Wade, James Duncan Wade, Durlyn Wade, William Henry Wade, Sarah Wade, 26, wife of Edward Wade (dwelling 23), William Wade, 1, child of Edward and Sarah (dwelling 23)

New York State census of 1855: James M. Wade's household, Ward 15, Brooklyn, with John Wade, 78, his father[-in-law]

Transcription

Left-hand page, dwelling 21 (framed house, value $3000), family 34. Columns: name; age; sex; relation to head of family; place of birth; condition (married); years resident in this city or town; profession or occupation; and later columns of marks:

Name	Age	Sex	Relation	Born	Years resident	Occupation
James M Wade	39	m	—	New York	16	Coffee & Spice facty
Ann E Wade	38	f	Wife	New York	16
James D Wade	17	m	Son	New York	16	Coffee & Spice facty
William Wade	14	m	Son	New York	13
John E Wade	7	m	Son	Kings Co	7
Darling Wade	3	f	Daughter	Kings Co	3
John Wade	78	m	Father	England	16

James M. Wade is marked married and as a landowner. Right-hand page, the next day (7 June), dwelling 23, family 38:

Edward Wade, 26, m, New York, 12 [years resident], Carpenter / Sarah Wade, 26, f, Wife, Kings Co / William Wade, 1, m, Child, Kings Co

The handwriting is clear; the figures in the "years resident" column are read as given and are the hardest to be sure of.

Citation: New York State Census, 1855, Kings County, City of Brooklyn, Ward 15, Election District 1, enumerated 6 June 1855 by Daniel Donevan, marshal, dwelling 21, family 34, household of James M. Wade; FamilySearch digital image, film/DGS 005207204, image 164; image supplied by Mary H., a researcher Matt Wade hired through Fiverr, with her first report (November 2025; Desktop/Wade Webb research/Fiverr Research by Mary H.txt).

What it says, against the tree

Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.

Person	Fact	Document says	Tree says	Assessment
James M Wade	Residence, occupation	Ward 15, Brooklyn, 1855; coffee and spice factory; owner of land	residence 1855, E.D. 1, Ward 15	agrees; new: the occupation
James M Wade	Years in Brooklyn	16 (since about 1839)	—	new; conflicts with "came to Brooklyn in 1845" (see notes)
Eliza Ann Marvin	Age, birthplace	Ann E., 38, born New York	born 1 March 1816, New York	agrees (39 by March 1855; see notes)
James Duncan Wade	Occupation 1855	17, coffee and spice factory	—	new
William Henry Wade	Age	14 in June 1855 (born about 1840–1841)	born April 1848	conflicts (supports FS-193)
John Edward Wade	Birthplace	Kings County, age 7	born 24 August 1847, Brooklyn	agrees
Durlyn Wade	Name, sex, birthplace	"Darling Wade", 3, female, daughter, born Kings County	Durlyn, son, born 4 January 1853, Brooklyn	conflicts on the sex and relation (an enumerator's error: see notes)
John Wade	Age, birthplace, relation	78, born England, "Father" in James M. Wade's household	born 6 April 1781, New York City	conflicts (see notes)
Edward Wade (1828–1908)	Residence	very probably the Edward Wade, 26, carpenter, two dwellings away	born 1828, New York	context (probable)