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Certificate of death of James M. Wade, City of Brooklyn, no. 3172, 1 April 1876

1 April 1876 · City of Brooklyn, Board of Health, certificates of death; New York City Municipal Archives, D-K-1876-0003172

Named here: James M Wade, James Duncan Wade, Geo. S. Kendricks [?], undertaker, 241 Broadway

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Transcription

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. [No.] 3172

  1. Full name of the Deceased: James M Wade
  2. Age, 60 years, 1 month, 12 days.
  3. [Single,] Married, [Widow, or Widower: the others struck through]
  4. Occupation: None
  5. Birthplace: U S
  6. How long resident in this City: 30 years
  7. Father's Birthplace: New York
  8. Mother's Birthplace: " "
  9. Place of Death, No. 252 South 9th Street, 13 Ward.
  10. Number of Families in House: one
  11. I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Jan[?] 1876 to April 1 1876 that I last saw him alive on the 1 day of April 1876, that he died on the 1 day of April 1876, about 9 A M o'clock, and that the Cause of his Death was:
    First, Pneumonia [Time from attack till death:] 20 days
    Second (Remote and complicating), Phthisis — one year
    Place of Burial, Cypress Hill
    Date of Burial, April 3d 1876
    Undertaker, Geo. S. Kendricks [?] · Place of Business, 241 Broadway
    Signed by J D Wade M. D., Medical Attendant. (Address,) 252 South 9th

A clerk's red crayon strokes run across the middle of the form. The reverse is the printed list "the following additional information is requested in relation to the causes of death", with no entries.

Citation: City of Brooklyn, Board of Health, certificate of death no. 3172, James M. Wade, 1 April 1876; New York City Municipal Archives, Brooklyn deaths, certificate D-K-1876-0003172; image (two pages, the second the printed reverse) 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).

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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 Death 1 April 1876, about 9 a.m., 252 South Ninth Street, 13th Ward, Brooklyn 1 April 1876, Brooklyn agrees; new: the hour and address
James M Wade Age 60 years, 1 month, 12 days (born 19 February 1816) born 12 February 1816 conflicts: the obituary also gives 19 February 1816
James M Wade Birthplace U.S.; father born New York, mother born New York New York agrees
James M Wade Cause of death pneumonia, 20 days; phthisis (tuberculosis), one year — new
James M Wade Burial Cypress Hill[s Cemetery], 3 April 1876 Cypress Hills Cemetery, no date agrees; new: the date
James M Wade Residence in Brooklyn 30 years (since about 1846) — new (see notes)
James Duncan Wade Physician attended his father from January 1876; of 252 South Ninth Street — context