Wade & Webb Family History

Adele Wade1882–1929

Brooklyn · New York City

Adele Wade, the daughter of Dr. John E. Wade of Greene Avenue, lost her mother at eleven and grew up in a Brooklyn household that came to include her grandmother Eliza Ann Wade, whom she helped to receive a hundred guests on her 99th birthday. She married Stephen Norton, probably after her father's death in 1919, and died in Brooklyn in April 1929.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (10)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. Jun 1882 Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Stephen Norton

Death and burial

  1. 20 Apr 1929 Death: Brooklyn, Kings, New York 15
  2. 22 Apr 1929 Burial: place not recorded 14

Family

Parents
John Edward Wade 1847–1919
Hester Maria Rogers 1856–1893
Spouse
Stephen Norton ?–1929

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Adele Wade
  2. Niece of William Henry Wade
  3. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  4. Frank Edward Wade, son
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

1st cousin twice removed of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Adele Wade was born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in June 1882, the daughter of Dr. John Edward Wade, a physician, and Hester Maria Rogers.1 The month and year are those of the FamilySearch tree, which attaches no birth record.1 Her name is written Adela in the census of 1900 and Adelaide in her father's obituary, and her married name was Norton.2 Her only brother, Frank Edward Wade, was four years older.3 Her mother died on 11 October 1893, when Adele was eleven.4

Greene Avenue

She grew up in her father's house in Brooklyn, where the federal census of 1900, the state census of 1905, the federal census of 1910 and the state census of 1915 all list her with her father and her brother.5 From about 1900 her grandmother, Eliza Ann Wade, also made her home with them, and by 1914 the house was at 908 Greene Avenue.6 In October 1900 "Dr. John E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade" were among the family at the wedding of her cousin Harry E. Wade.7 She travelled with her brother and father to summer resorts: in July 1910 "Frank E. Wade and Miss Adele Wade" of Brooklyn were guests at the Tuthill Point House at East Moriches, Long Island, and in August 1913 the three were at the Bryant Villa in Pike County, Pennsylvania.8

She was at her grandmother's 98th birthday reception at 908 Greene Avenue in February 1914, and at the 99th, on 1 March 1915, when about a hundred guests came, "assisted by her granddaughter, Miss Adele Wade, Mrs. Wade received the guests."9 Her grandmother died at the house on 15 December 1915, survived among others by "Frank E. Wade and Miss Adele Wade, children of Dr. Wade."10 Her father died suddenly at home on 10 January 1919, survived by "a son, Frank E. Wade ... and a daughter, Miss Adelaide Wade."11

Marriage and death

She married Stephen Norton, at a date not yet found.12 Inference Since her father's obituary of January 1919 still calls her "Miss," the marriage was probably between 1919 and 1929.12 She died on Saturday 20 April 1929, "Adele Wade Norton of 479 Greene ave., Brooklyn, beloved wife of Stephen Norton and daughter of Dr. John E. Wade."13 The funeral was held at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts Place, near Grand Avenue, on Monday 22 April 1929, and the tree records her burial that day without a place; a Find a Grave index entry for Adele Wade Norton is attached.14 The New York City record of her death, indexed under Adele Norton, names her father as John Edward Wade and her mother as "Heser Rogers".15

Her estate was valued at $10,000 when her will was filed in June 1929.16 She left jewellery to her aunt, "Catherine Wade, aunt, 87-78 112th st., Richmond Hill," the widow of her uncle Durlyn Wade, and jewellery and personal effects to a "Mary Drive" of Woodhaven, a name that may be misprinted; about $5,000 went to her husband, Stephen Norton, of 479 Greene Avenue, and about $4,300 to "Frank E. Wade, brother, same address."16 The tree gives Stephen Norton a death in 1929, but the estate notice shows him alive in June of that year.17 Inference His 1929 death date in the tree was probably copied from Adele's own.17

Documents

  1. 5 November 1900 Wade—Lynas Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  2. 1902 A History of Long Island, vol. 2: biographies of Dr. John E. Wade and Dr. James D. Wade Peter Ross, A History of Long Island, from its earliest settlement to the present time, vol. 2 (New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1902) · book
  3. 18 July 1910 Good Times at East Moriches: Tuthill Point Guests Are Enjoying July Days to the Full The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  4. 17 August 1913 In Pike County, Pa. (resort arrivals: Bryant Villa) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  5. 3 March 1914 Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  6. 2 March 1915 Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  7. 16 December 1915 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 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  8. 11 January 1919 Dr. John E. Wade Dies The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  9. 21 April 1929 Norton—Adele Wade (death notice) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  10. 13 June 1929 Norton, Adele (estate; wills filed) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1882–1929Brooklyn
  2. 1915New York City

Timeline

  1. Jun 1882BirthBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  2. 1900ResidenceED 406 Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 26 New York City Ward 23, Kings, New York
  3. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 01, Kings, New York
  5. 1910ResidenceBrooklyn Ward 23, , New York
  6. 1915ResidenceNew York City, New York
  7. 20 Apr 1929DeathBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  8. 22 Apr 1929Burial

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree9 document(s) name this person; see Documents above. Conflicts and new facts are in each document record and in research/sources/document-review-2026-11-08.md
  2. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Adele Wade", New York64 pages; first: [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1944-04-05, 1944, p. ](https://archive.org/details/per_gl9scsg3k-gc_pittsburgh-post-gazette_1944-04-05?q=%22Adele%20Wade%22); [Salem News (1966-04-18), 1966, p. ](https://archive.org/details/salem-news-1966-04-18?q=%22Adele%20Wade%22); [The phantom cottage, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/phantomcottage00john?q=%22Adele%20Wade%22)
  3. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Adelaide Wade", New York169 pages; first: [Opinion 357 Designation under the Plenary Powers (a) of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage, for the genus Chortoicetes Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893, and (B) of the gender to be attributed to the name of that Genus and to the name Austroicetes Uvarov, 1925 (class Insecta, order Orthoptera), 1955, p. ](https://archive.org/details/biostor-146317?q=%22Adelaide%20Wade%22); [Australian and British Soccer Weekly newspaper, 1994, 1994, p. ](https://archive.org/details/australian-and-british-soccer-weekly-1994?q=%22Adelaide%20Wade%22); [Register of the North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1912, p. ](https://archive.org/details/registerofnorthc00nort?q=%22Adelaide%20Wade%22)
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Adela Norton", New York4 pages; first: [Illustrated London News 1852-06-12: Vol 20 Iss 563, 1852, p. ](https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1852-06-12_20_563?q=%22Adela%20Norton%22); [Illustrated London News 1850-1859, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/illustrated-london-news-1850-1859?q=%22Adela%20Norton%22); [Fantasy & Science Fiction v026n03 (1964 03) (PDF), n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v026n03_1964-03_PDF?q=%22Adela%20Norton%22)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside 1887BPL21 pages; first: [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 143](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n143/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 310](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n310/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 1051](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n1051/mode/1up?q=Wade); 0 with the given name (Adele)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside brooklyn-city-directory-1858-1859-lain-yale-university-librarynot searchable: brooklyn-city-directory-1858-1859-lain-yale-university-library: No hOCR or Abbyy file present
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Adele Wade", New York (64 pages)First 20 reviewed: Salem (Ohio) News 1961-66 (a Mrs. Adele Wade there), a 1944 Pittsburgh paper, a novel (*The Phantom Cottage*), the University of Nebraska register (an Adele Wade, art, Lincoln, 1870s), medical journals of 1943; all namesakes or later. Not her.
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Adelaide Wade" (169 pages) and "Adela Norton" (4 pages), New York"Adelaide Wade": a 1955 zoological opinion, an Australian soccer weekly, the North Carolina Colonial Dames register (1912); "Adela Norton": the Illustrated London News 1852 and a 1964 science-fiction magazine. None her.
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: Ross, *History of Long Island* (1902), found under LVPD-1F4MATCH (high): her father's biography names his two children, "Frank Edward ... and Adele Wade", by his wife Hester Rogers. Record [1902](../documents/1902-ross-history-of-long-island-wade-physicians.md).
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Wade" inside 1887BPLShe (aged 4) is not listed; her father is (6 Kossuth pl).
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 5 searchesNo match by name; named in her father's 1902 biography (record written).
  12. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Adele Wade"no matches
  13. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Adelaide Wade", New Yorkno matches
  14. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Adele Norton", 1929–1930no matches
  15. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Adele Wade", 1897–1930no matches
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 2 searchesNo match: no hits.
  17. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 2 searchesNo match: no hits.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9: birth Jun 1882, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; parents John Edward Wade and Hester Maria Rogers; no source attached to the birth Norton—Adele Wade (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): daughter of Dr. John E. Wade back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Adela Wade in entry for John Wade, 1900. Record: Adela Wade in the entry for John Wade, 1900 Dr. John E. Wade Dies, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): a daughter, Miss Adelaide Wade FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9: other names Adelaide Wade, Adela Norton (married) back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MYXR-W2H (their page): Frank Edward Wade, born 3 Dec 1877 back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R (their page): death 11 Oct 1893, Brooklyn back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Adela Wade in entry for John Wade, 1900. Record: Adela Wade in the entry for John Wade, 1900 "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Adele Wade in entry for John E Wade, 1905. Record: Adele Wade in the entry for John E Wade, 1905 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Adele Wade in entry for John E Wade, 1910. Record: Adele Wade in the entry for John E Wade, 1910 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, Adele Wade in entry for John E Wade, 1915. Record: Adele Wade in the entry for John E Wade, 1915 back to the text
  6. 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, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): For the past fifteen years she had made her home with her only surviving son, Dr. Wade Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): the home of her son, Dr. John E. Wade, 908 Greene avenue, where she lives back to the text
  7. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Dr. John E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade back to the text
  8. Good Times at East Moriches: Tuthill Point Guests Are Enjoying July Days to the Full, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): From Brooklyn ... Frank E. Wade and Miss Adele Wade In Pike County, Pa. (resort arrivals: Bryant Villa), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Bryant Villa—Frank E. Wade, Dr. J. E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade back to the text
  9. Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Dr. John E. Wade, Frank E. Wade, Miss Adele Wade Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): The guests numbered about 100 ... Assisted by her granddaughter, Miss Adele Wade, Mrs. Wade received the guests back to the text
  10. 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, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): several grandchildren, including Frank E. Wade and Miss Adele Wade, children of Dr. Wade back to the text
  11. Dr. John E. Wade Dies, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): John E. Wade, M. D., died suddenly yesterday at his home ... survived by a son, Frank E. Wade of Richmond Hill, and a daughter, Miss Adelaide Wade back to the text
  12. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9: spouse Stephen Norton; no marriage date Dr. John E. Wade Dies, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Miss Adelaide Wade Norton—Adele Wade (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): beloved wife of Stephen Norton back to the text
  13. Norton—Adele Wade (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): On Saturday, April 20, 1929, ADELE WADE NORTON of 479 Greene ave., Brooklyn, beloved wife of Stephen Norton and daughter of Dr. John E. Wade back to the text
  14. Norton—Adele Wade (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Services at the Fairchild Chapel, 86 Lefferts pl., near Grand ave., on Monday, April 22, at 2 p.m. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9: burial 22 Apr 1929, no place "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Adele Wade Norton. Record: Adele Wade Norton, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  15. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929. Record: Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Edward Wade in entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929. Record: John Edward Wade in the entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Heser Rogers in entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929. Record: Heser Rogers in the entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Stephen Norton in entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929. Record: Stephen Norton in the entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929 back to the text
  16. Norton, Adele (estate; wills filed), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): NORTON, ADELE (April 20). Estate, $10,000. To Catherine Wade, aunt, 87-78 112th st., Richmond Hill, jewelry; Mary Drive, Woodhaven, jewelry, personal effects; Stephen Norton, husband, 479 Greene st., about $5,000; Frank E. Wade, brother, same address, about $4,300 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3 (their page): Catherine Watson Guillan, widow of Durlyn Wade back to the text
  17. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9: spouse Stephen Norton (?–1929) Norton, Adele (estate; wills filed), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Stephen Norton, husband, 479 Greene st. Norton—Adele Wade (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): notes: his 1929 death may be copied from Adele's back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Adele Wade (7)
  1. 1900Adela Wade, "United States, Census, 1900"
  2. 1905Adele Wade, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  3. 1910Adele Wade, "United States, Census, 1910"
  4. 1915Adele Wade, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  5. 20 Apr 1929Adele Norton, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  6. Adele Wade Norton, "Find a Grave Index"
  7. 20 Apr 1929Stephen Norton, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"