Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887: the Wade brothers and E. B. Goodrich & Son
1887 · Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887 (Brooklyn: Lain and Company); Brooklyn Public Library copy
Citation: Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887 (Brooklyn: Lain and Company), p. 426, Goodrich entries, and p. 1185, Wade entries; digitized by the Brooklyn Public Library, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/1887BPL, scans n479 and n1251), accessed 9 November 2026.
Transcription
Only the entries that concern the family are given, as printed (abbreviations: h = house, av = avenue, pl = place, bkbinder = bookbinder). The OCR's misreadings are corrected from the passage, with the OCR in brackets where the reading is not certain.
p. 1185 (scan n1251):
Wade Durling, bkbinder, h 975 Laf av
Wade Edward, carpenter, 194 Meserole, h 127 George
Wade James D. physician, 252 S. 9th
Wade John E. physician, 6 [OCR "€"] Kossuth pl, office hours 8 to 9, 1 to 2 & 6 to 8
Wade William H. carpenter, h 63 Bleecker
p. 426 (scan n479):
Goodrich Elisha B. grocer, 82 Union av, h 86 Union av
Goodrich Elisha B. jr. grocer, 82 Union av, h 86 Union av
Goodrich E. B. & Son, grocer, 82 Union av
Goodrich John O. grocer, 82 Union av, h 86 Union av
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Henry Wade (1848–1908) | Occupation, residence | Carpenter; house 63 Bleecker [Street], Brooklyn | Occupation carpenter (1900 census); residences in Brooklyn 1880, 1900 | agrees (medium confidence) |
| James Duncan Wade (1838–1902) | Occupation, residence | Physician, 252 South 9th [Street] | Physician; biography: lived for some years at 252 South Ninth Street | agrees |
| John Edward Wade (1847–1919) | Occupation, residence | Physician, 6 Kossuth Place, office hours 8–9, 1–2 and 6–8 | Physician; biography: new house on Kossuth Place, 1876 | agrees |
| Durlyn Wade (1853–1907) | Occupation, residence | Bookbinder, house 975 Lafayette Avenue | No occupation | new |
| Elisha Bates Goodrich (1809–1891) | Occupation, residence | Grocer, 82 Union Avenue; house 86 Union Avenue; firm E. B. Goodrich & Son | Biography: store at Stagg Street and Union Avenue, E. B. Goodrich & Son, from 1857 | agrees, with addresses |
| Elisha Bates Goodrich (1842–1918) | Occupation | Grocer, 82 Union Avenue, with his father | — | new |
| John Oscar Goodrich (1843–1900) | Occupation | Grocer, 82 Union Avenue, with his father | Biography of his father: grocery, hay and grain business | agrees |