Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday
2 March 1915 · The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York)
Citation: "Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 2 March 1915, p. 7, with a photograph captioned "Mrs. E. A. Wade"; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 5 July 2019).
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MRS. WADE, 99, HAPPY WITH 4 GENERATIONS. Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday. READS THE EAGLE REGULARLY. Gifts and Congratulations Showered On Venerable Woman at Greene Avenue Home.
Four generations were represented at a reception held yesterday afternoon at the home of Dr. John E. Wade, 908 Greene avenue, to commemorate the birthday of his mother, Mrs. Eliza A. Wade, who had reached the age of 99 years. The guests numbered about 100, and there was not a happier person there than Mrs. Wade. Assisted by her granddaughter, Miss Adele Wade, Mrs. Wade received the guests. All day gifts of flowers and dainties […] and letters and telegrams had been delivered to the house […]. [Her] pastor, the Rev. Lew Wallace of Trinity Baptist Church, which she attends quite regularly, was one of the early arrivals, and his coming pleased her greatly.
The four generations were represented by Mrs. Wade, her son, Dr. John E. Wade; Frank E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade, children of Dr. Wade; Dr. H. Albert Wade, William H. Wade, Harry E. Wade, Mrs. Arthur Fyfe, Durlyn Wade Jr., Wilbur Wade, grandchildren, and Frank E. Wade, Miss Ethel Wade and Miss Evelyn Wade, great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wade was born in New York City and married James M. Wade. To them were born four sons, of whom Dr. Wade is the only one living. She is possessed of all her faculties, although rather deaf. She sews, knits, quilts and reads much. She never fails to read a Baptist publication each week, and always reads The Eagle sermon page on Mondays.
Among those who attended the reception yesterday were: Dr. John E. Wade, Frank E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade, Dr. and Mrs. H. Albert Wade, […] Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade, Miss [Ethel] Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fyfe, Durlyn Wade Jr., Durlyn Wade Sr. [sic], Wilbur Wade, Miss Evelyn Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wadsworth, […] the Rev. and Mrs. Lewis F. Wallace.
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Ann Marvin | Birthday | 99 on 1 Mar 1915; reception at 908 Greene Ave, about 100 guests | Born 1 Mar 1816 | agrees |
| Eliza Ann Marvin | Children | "Four sons, of whom Dr. Wade is the only one living" | Six children | context: the 1914 article explains two died in early childhood |
| Eliza Ann Marvin | Pastime | Sews, knits, quilts, reads a Baptist weekly and the Eagle's Monday sermon page | — | new |
| Nella Augusta Wade | Married name | "Mrs. Arthur Fyfe," a grandchild | Married Arthur William R Fyfe 1903 | agrees |
| Frank Edward Wade (1896), Ethel Ellen Wade | Family | Great-grandchildren of Eliza Ann, present | — | agrees |