Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Dies in 100th Year: Born in New York City When All Above Canal Street Was Farming Land; Shook Hands With Lafayette

Citation: "Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Dies in 100th Year," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 16 December 1915, p. 1, with a photograph captioned "Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade"; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 4 July 2019).

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MRS. ELIZA ANN WADE DIES IN 100TH YEAR. Born in New York City When All Above Canal Street Was Farming Land. SHOOK HANDS WITH LAFAYETTE. Was Bright and Active Until a Week Ago, When She Was Stricken With Pneumonia.
Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade who, had she lived until March 1 next, would have been 100 years old, died yesterday afternoon, from pneumonia, at the residence of her son, Dr. John E. Wade, 908 Greene avenue. Mrs. Wade had been ill only a week, and displayed wonderful vitality until within a few hours of her death, when she sank rapidly. The funeral services will be held at her son's home, tomorrow evening, conducted by the Rev. Maurice Ambrose Levy, pastor of the Greene Avenue Baptist Church. The interment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery on Saturday.
Mrs. Wade was born in Gold street, New York City, on March 1, 1816, when that section of the city north of Canal street was all farming land. She was the daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth Wade, both dead more than half a century, and was the widow of James M. Wade, who died nearly forty years ago. For the past fifteen years she had made her home with her only surviving son, Dr. Wade. Mrs. Wade was a devout Christian, and in early life, with her parents, attended the old Gold Street Baptist Church in New York City, and later the old Oliver Street Baptist Church. She lived many years in Williamsburg, where her late husband was a well-known builder and real estate broker. Mrs. Wade's ancestors were of old English stock.
Until her last illness, Mrs. Wade had been bright intellectually, and very active. She was somewhat deaf, […] the sermons with members of [her] family. She was active in church work all her lifetime, and was a consistent member of Trinity Baptist Church, Greene and Patchen avenues, which is now in process of amalgamation with the Greene Avenue Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wade often entertained her friends with her recollections of New York City in its early days. One of the things that she remembered quite vividly was the reception in old Castle Garden to General Lafayette on his visit here from France. She attended the reception, and shook hands with General Lafayette. She was able to describe minutely everything that happened at that occasion. She often told, also, of crossing the East River on one of the first ferryboats, and said that the Brooklyn Anniversary Day Parade was antedated by a similar parade in New York City, only on a much smaller scale.
Mrs. Wade is survived, besides her son, by several grandchildren, including Frank E. Wade and Miss Adele Wade, children of Dr. Wade, and William H. Wade, Dr. H. Albert Wade, Harry E. Wade, Mrs. Arthur Fyfe, Durlyn Wade, Jr., and Wilbur Wade, and six great-grandchildren, Frank E. Wade, Miss Ethel Wade, Miss Evelyn Wade, Arthur Fyfe, Harold Fyfe and William Fyfe.