Headstone of William H. Wade, Ellen M. Wade, Frank E. Wade and Ethel E. Wade, Maple Grove Cemetery
22 June 2019 · Photograph by Matt Wade
Named here: Frank Edward Wade, Ellen Mathilda Marritt, Ethel Ellen Wade, William Henry Wade Jr
Transcription
A rough-faced granite die on a base, carved with oak leaves along the top, a column at the right-hand corner and, on the top at the right, a Masonic square and compasses with the letter G in a circle. A polished panel on the face, in incised capitals now weathered and partly filled with lichen:
WILLIAM H. WADE / 186[9] — 194[?] / ELLEN M. WADE / 1875 — 1906 / FRANK E. WADE / 1896 — 1976 / ETHEL E. WADE / 1894 — 19[8]5
On the base, in raised letters:
WADE
The last figure of William H. Wade's year of death cannot be read in the photographs (the date of his death, 4 November 1945, is not in question: the lot book and the 1977 lot sheet give his interment on 6 November 1945, undated-maple-grove-lot-279-prospect-wade); the third figure of Ethel's year of death is worn.
Citation: Photograph of the headstone of William H. Wade, Ellen M. Wade, Frank E. Wade and Ethel E. Wade, Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, taken by Matt Wade on 22 June 2019 (three views: the monument, the inscribed panel close up, and the Masonic emblem on its top). Two more views of the monument from the side (Desktop/Wade Webb research/20190622_114349.jpg and 20190622_114352.jpg) add nothing and are not stored.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Henry Wade Jr | Birth year | 186[9] | 30 June 1869 | agrees |
| William Henry Wade Jr | Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery, the family monument (lot 279, Prospect) | burial 6 Nov 1945, no place | new: the cemetery (FS-016 step 2) |
| William Henry Wade Jr | Freemasonry | Masonic square and compasses on the monument | — | agrees with his lodge membership (funeral report, 1945) |
| Ellen Mathilda Marritt | Years | 1875 — 1906 | 8 July 1875 – July 1906 | agrees |
| Ellen Mathilda Marritt | Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery | Kew Gardens, Queens (no cemetery) | new: the cemetery (FS-009, FS-095) |
| Frank Edward Wade | Years | 1896 — 1976 | 12 April 1896 – 15 July 1976 | agrees |
| Ethel Ellen Wade | Years | 1894 — 19[8]5 | 17 August 1894 – April 1985 | agrees |
| Ethel Ellen Wade | Burial | Maple Grove Cemetery | Kew Gardens, Queens (no cemetery) | new: the cemetery (FS-034) |