Wade & Webb Family History

Frank Edward Wade1896–1976

Long Island builder, Cornell graduate and naval officer in both world wars. Richmond Hill · New York · Maple Grove Cemetery

Frank Edward Wade grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens, the son of a builder, and went into his father's firm, William H. Wade, Inc., as a director in 1922. He built houses on Long Island, first in the family business and after the Second World War in partnership with Albert Wichard, and he served in the Navy in both world wars, the second time as executive officer of a construction battalion. He married three times, in 1933, 1957 and 1973, and died in Queens in 1976.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (19)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 12 Apr 1896 Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City, New York 1, 2

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Hilda Webb
  2. 1973 Dorothea Odlum, at Queens, New York City, New York
  3. 1957 Katherine Rebecca Carrier, at Queens, New York City, New York

Death and burial

  1. 15 Jul 1976 Death: Queens, New York 35
  2. Date unknown Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York

Family

Parents
William Henry Wade Jr 1869–1945
Marriage 1
Hilda Webb 1908–1986
Children
William Henry Wade 1939–1939
Marriage 2, 1973
Dorothea Odlum
Marriage 3, 1957
Katherine Rebecca Carrier 1909–1972

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Frank Edward Wade
  2. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Father of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Frank Edward Wade was born at Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York, on 12 April 1896, a son of William Henry Wade Jr. and Ellen Mathilda Marritt.1 His birth is indexed in the New York births and christenings collection under the name Frank Edwin Wade, with the same date, William Wade as father and Nellie Thompson Wade as mother; Nellie was the name his mother went by in the 1890s.2 Inference The middle name Edwin in the index is probably a clerk's or indexer's slip, since every later record that gives his middle name or initial has Edward or E.3 His father was a carpenter who became a builder and developer in Queens, and his mother, born in England, had come to the United States at the age of eight.4 He had one sister, Ethel Ellen, born in August 1894.5

Richmond Hill

The family moved to Richmond Hill in 1894, according to his mother's obituary, and lived on Lefferts Avenue near Jamaica Avenue.6 His mother died at Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, on Monday 16 July 1906, after an illness of a year and a half; her obituary gives his age as nine.7 His father remarried in 1909, to Josephine Lynas.8 Frank was enumerated in his father's household in Queens at every census from 1900 to 1930: the federal censuses of 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 and the New York State census of 1915.9 The state census of 1925 indexes him under his own name in the 4th Assembly District of Queens.10 He was among the relatives at the 98th and 99th birthday receptions of his great-grandmother Eliza Ann Wade, held at the Brooklyn home of her son Dr. John E. Wade in 1914 and 1915, and he is named among her surviving great-grandchildren when she died in December 1915.11

Cornell and the Navy in the First World War

His wedding notice of 1933 describes him as "a graduate of Cornell University, class of 1919; a member of Chi Psi fraternity, and an ensign in the Naval Aviation Service during the World War."12 An ensign is the lowest commissioned rank in the United States Navy.12 He is indexed in the Veterans Administration master index, the government's file of veterans who had claims or benefits, as Frank Edward Wade.13 The FamilySearch tree records a military service fact at St. Louis, Missouri, without a date or a source.14 Inference St. Louis is the home of the National Personnel Records Center, which holds military service files, so the tree's place may describe where his record is kept rather than where he served; the file itself has not been seen.15

William H. Wade, Inc.

On 7 March 1922 the New York Secretary of State chartered William H. Wade, Inc., of Hewlett, Long Island, "formed to deal in real estate, etc.," with a capital of $25,000; the directors were William H. Wade and F. E. Wade, both of 434 Birch Street, and H. R. Williams of Richmond Hill.16 Inference The F. E. Wade who shared William H. Wade's address is identified as Frank, then 25, and the charter is the first record of him in the family firm.16 In December 1931 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle quoted "Frank Wade of William W. Wade, Inc., Long Island builders," a misprint for William H. Wade, Inc., at length on the purchase of a home as a remedy for unemployment; he was then developing Kensington Gardens at Hempstead.17 "In the construction of a house alone, consider how many workers are employed," he told the paper, and he listed them: "carpenters, bricklayers, stonemasons, plasterers, painters, electricians, steam-fitters, iron-workers, steel-workers, cement workers, ditch-diggers, plumbers, surveyors, draughtsmen, landscape gardeners and others."17

By the late 1930s the firm was building Wade's Colonial Cottages on Jericho Turnpike at New Hyde Park, a project of 75 brick houses with attached garages and mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration.18 In May 1939 the project's sales director said that 45 houses had been sold in the first four months of the year, and that "Frank Wade, in charge of construction," was building 30 more; the detached cottages, on plots 50 by 100 feet, were priced at $4,350 with a ten per cent down payment.19

First marriage

On Tuesday 8 August 1933 he married Hilda Webb, daughter of James P. Webb of Birmingham, Alabama, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Forest Hills, Queens; the Rev. Philip Davis officiated, his sister Ethel was maid of honour and George W. Rogers was best man.20 The FamilySearch tree records the marriage without a date or a place.21 Their son, William Albert Webb Wade, known as Webb, was born in Brooklyn on 25 February 1938.22 A second son, William Henry Wade, was born in Brooklyn on 6 December 1939 and died there a week later, on 13 December; the New York City death record names Frank E. Wade as his father, and he was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, on 14 December.23

The Second World War

He served in the Navy again in the Second World War.24 In March 1944 a Birmingham newspaper reported that his wife and son were visiting her sister on their way from California, "where Lieutenant Commander Wade is stationed," to Miami.24 His father died at Forest Hills on 4 November 1945, and the obituary and funeral report name among the mourners "a son, Lt. Comm. Frank E. Wade, executive officer of a navy construction battalion, just returned from Okinawa."25 A construction battalion, known from its initials as the Seabees, was a Navy unit of builders and engineers that built bases and airfields in the war zones; the executive officer is the second in command.25 The records in hand do not say when he joined the battalion or where else it served.25

Wade and Wichard

In 1942 he was one of the heirs cited in the Surrogate's Court of Kings County when his father petitioned to prove the will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, his mother's sister; the Surrogate's Court is the New York court that deals with wills and estates.26 After the war he built in partnership with Albert Wichard.27 In November 1948 the Eagle pictured a Cape Cod house, one of a 50-unit project at Wantagh, Long Island, "being built by Frank E. Wade and Abert [sic] Wichard," to be ready by 1 December.27 In May 1950 the two men opened three model houses at Old Mill Village, Wantagh, a "$1,000,000 community" of 70 three-bedroom ranch houses priced at $12,250, from plans by the Jamaica architects Matern & York.28 In October 1954 they previewed Old Chester Hills, a community of 75 houses on lots of about an acre each in the Greenlawn section of Huntington, Long Island, in which "Wade & Wichard aim at recreating the picturesque plan of an early American village with winding country lanes"; the models were priced from $18,990 to $22,990.29

Later marriages and death

The marriage to Hilda ended.30 In April 1950 the federal census indexed a household in Queens under Hilda W. Wade, with her son, and with no Frank in the entry.30 Inference Since both spouses lived until long after he remarried, the marriage most likely ended in divorce between 1945 and 1957, but no divorce record has been found.31 In 1957 the New York City marriage licence index records a licence for Frank Wade and Katherine Kindred, the widow of Dr. John Cramer Kindred of Forest Hills, a psychiatrist who had died in 1953, and the tree records their marriage in Queens that year.32 Katherine died in 1972, and in 1973 a licence was issued in New York City to Frank Wade and Dorothea Odlum, whom the tree records him marrying in Queens that year.33 FamilySearch's index of New York passenger lists, attached to his profile, has entries for a Frank E. Wade in 1927, 1929 and 1957 and for a Frank Wade in 1937, 1952 and 1953, the 1957 entry matched by one for Katherine K. Wade; the index entries in hand give no more than a name and year, so which of these journeys were his is not established.34

Frank Edward Wade died in Queens on 15 July 1976.35 The Social Security Death Index records the death of a Frank Wade in July 1976, and the Find a Grave index places his burial at Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, where his father and his infant son were also buried.36 His son Webb's obituary of 2023 names him as Webb's father.37

Documents

  1. 18 July 1906 Ellen M. Wade (obituary) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 1921 Alumni Record of Wesleyan University (1921): Frank Edward Wade, non-graduate, class of 1919 Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., fifth edition (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University, 1921) · book
  6. 7 March 1922 More L. I. Industries (incorporations: William H. Wade, Inc.) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  7. 13 December 1931 Active Home Building Helping Industries The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  8. 9 August 1933 Wade—Webb (wedding) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  9. 21 May 1939 Nike Heartened at Buying Spurt: Sales Director at Development Says Market Is Gaining The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  10. 1941 Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity (1941): Frank Edward Wade, Builder, Garden City Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity (Chi Psi Fraternity, 1941) · book
  11. 3 August 1942 Citation, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, File No. 4418, 1942: will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  12. 20 March 1944 Mrs. Frank E. Wade (Hilda Webb) and son, Webb, of New York City (social note) The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), from the Birmingham News-Age-Herald · clipping
  13. 5 November 1945 Wade—William H. (death notice) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  14. 5 November 1945 William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  15. 7 November 1945 W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  16. 21 November 1948 Addition to Wantagh Village (photograph) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  17. 14 May 1950 Start New Group of Ranch Houses in Wantagh, L. I. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  18. 10 October 1954 Early American Village Recreated in Home Colony The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  19. 2 January 2019 Find a Grave memorial: Frank Edward Wade Find a Grave · headstone photographed by Athanatos

Places

  1. 1896Richmond Hill
  2. 1910–1976Queens
  3. undatedMaple Grove Cemetery
  4. undatedSt. Louis

Timeline

  1. 12 Apr 1896BirthRichmond Hill, Queens, New York City, New York
  2. 1900ResidenceBorough of Queens, Election District 4 New York City Ward 4, Queens, New York
  3. 1910ResidenceQueens Ward 4, Queens, New York
  4. 1915ResidenceNew York, Queens, New York
  5. 1920ResidenceQueens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
  6. 1925ResidenceNew York, A.D. 04, E.D. 03, Queens, New York
  7. 1930ResidenceQueens (Districts 1501-1575), Queens, New York
  8. 1957Marriage, Katherine Rebecca CarrierQueens, New York City, New York
  9. 1973Marriage, Dorothea OdlumQueens, New York City, New York
  10. 15 Jul 1976DeathQueens, New York

Open questions

Military service (two wars)

  • World War I: ensign, Naval Aviation Service (1933 wedding notice). The tree's military fact (St. Louis, no date) needs detail.
  • World War II: Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, in California in early 1944; executive officer of a naval construction battalion (Seabees), back from Okinawa in November 1945. Look at: Navy officer service records (NPRC, St. Louis, which may explain the tree's "St. Louis") and Cornell's WWI service records.

First marriage: date, place and end

Married Hilda Webb on Tuesday 8 August 1933 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Forest Hills (1933-08-09); the tree has no date. The marriage ended before he married Katherine Carrier Kindred in 1957: find the divorce.

Don't confuse him with his cousin

Several clippings titled "Frank Edward Wade" (1910, 1913, 1917, 1946) are about his first cousin once removed, the Brooklyn lawyer Frank Edward Wade (1877–1946).

College: Wesleyan and Cornell

The Wesleyan Alumni Record (1921) says he entered Wesleyan with the class of 1919 and left at the end of freshman year; the Chi Psi directory (1941) says he transferred to Cornell in 1916 and was "at Cornell 1 yr". The 1933 wedding notice calls him a Cornell graduate, class of 1919. Check Cornell's alumni records (and the Cornell Alumni News, 1916-1920) for a degree.

Birth day: 12 or 13 April 1896?

Tree and birth index: 12 April. His own returns to Wesleyan (1921) and Chi Psi (1941): 13 April. Order the New York City birth certificate (Queens, 1896) to settle it.

Naval Reserve, 1917-1918

Chi Psi (1941): entered the U.S. Naval Reserve Force April 1917, commissioned ensign August 1918. With the wedding notice's "Naval Aviation Service", the WWI navy officer file (NPRC) or the New York WWI service abstracts should give the units.

The Times after 1929 (2026-11-09)

"Frank E Wade", 1911–1963, has 46 hits, but only the first 10 were cached, all of them the Buffalo prison commissioner (died 1929). Hits from the 1930s to the 1960s could be Frank: William H. Wade, Inc., the Wade homes in Garden City and West Hempstead, his death in 1976. A narrower search ("Frank E Wade", 1930–1963) would show them. It uses one of the day's searches, so it waits for Matt. Also open the 1931 Yale wrestling cup article (see the Research log) to settle whose family it is.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree17 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. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Frank Wade, b. 1896 ±3, d. 1976 ±3: 3 resultsbest: [Frank Edward Wade (13 Apr 1896 – 15 Jul 1976), Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195758611/frank-edward-wade); score 17 (high, before review)
  3. 2026-11-09Find a Grave memorial recorded[memorial 195758611](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195758611), high confidence: [record](../documents/findagrave/195758611-frank-edward-wade.md); 1 headstone photo(s)
  4. 2026-11-09Find a Grave headstone photoheadstone photo 180356462 by Athanatos chosen for the website (the memorial's only one)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Frank Edward Wade", New York76 pages; first: [A Sedgwick genealogy : descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick, 1961, p. ](https://archive.org/details/sedgwickgenealog00sedg?q=%22Frank%20Edward%20Wade%22); [Cornell University : a history, 1905, p. ](https://archive.org/details/cornelluniversit03heweuoft?q=%22Frank%20Edward%20Wade%22); [Catalogue, 1821, p. ](https://archive.org/details/catalogue19001902amhe?q=%22Frank%20Edward%20Wade%22)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Frank Wade", New York3973 pages; first: [Southpaw Speed, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/bwb_P9-DQP-008?q=%22Frank%20Wade%22); [the life of benjamin f. wade, 1886, p. ](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781313877770?q=%22Frank%20Wade%22); [The life of Benjamin F. Wade, 1887, p. ](https://archive.org/details/lifeofbenjaminfw00ridd?q=%22Frank%20Wade%22)
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside nybirthindexnot searchable: nybirthindex is not a scanned text
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside nydeathindexnot searchable: nydeathindex is not a scanned text
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside longislandnewyo187889lain2 pages; first: [Long Island, New York, business directory, 1878, p. 633](https://archive.org/details/longislandnewyo187889lain/page/n633/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Long Island, New York, business directory, 1878, p. 645](https://archive.org/details/longislandnewyo187889lain/page/n645/mode/1up?q=Wade); 0 with the given name (Frank, Edward)
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Frank Edward Wade", New York (76 pages)All 76 hit titles reviewed. MATCH (high): *Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity* (1941), p. 352 and p. 145: "FRANK EDWARD WADE, Builder, Garden City, N. Y. b Apr. 13, 1896 at Richmond Hill", Wesleyan 1915, Cornell 1916, U.S.N.R.F.C. April 1917, ensign August 1918, Certainteed Products 1919-22, William H. Wade Inc. 1922-, res 154 Kipburn [Kilburn?] Rd. Record [1941](../documents/1941-chi-psi-directory-frank-edward-wade.md). MATCH (high): *Alumni Record of Wesleyan University* (1921), p. 833: born April 13, 1896, Richmond Hill, Chi Psi, left at the end of freshman year, 235 Elm St., Richmond Hill. Record [1921](../documents/1921-wesleyan-alumni-record-frank-edward-wade.md). Not him: the Amherst catalogues and General Catalogue (his cousin MYXR-W2H, Amherst 1901); *Cornell University: a history* (1905) and the Cornell Ten-Year Book (a Frank Edward Wade of Cornell about 1889); the Sedgwick genealogy, Yale class of 1896 records, Syracuse alumni record, *Encyclopedia of Biography of New York* (1916) and *American Biography* (1918) (Frank Edward Wade, born 1873 at Malta Bend, Missouri, Yale 1896, lawyer of Syracuse); Northwestern 1954 and a 1977 dissertation (later namesakes); Who's Who and Who Was Who volumes (lending-library books, not searchable; proposed to Matt).
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive (assessment follow-up, not via archives.py run): "Wade" inside centennialhistor00chip and alumnirecordofwe00weslrich; full texts readChi Psi directory: 19 Wade pages, his entries at scans n154 and n361; also Hamilton Cawthorn Wade (b. 16 Mar 1912, Richmond Hill) and Howard Winfield Wade (b. 2 Feb 1918, Jamaica), brothers, not in the tree, not placed. Wesleyan: 9 Wade pages, his entry at scan n920 (p. 833).
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Frank Wade", New York (3,973 pages)First 20 hits reviewed: *Southpaw Speed* (a novel), the life of Senator Benjamin F. Wade, a 1978 Supreme Court petition (Frank Wade Holladay), an Australian Apple users' newsletter; all namesakes. Too broad.
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Wade" inside the Queens County booksthe 1878 Long Island business directory (longislandnewyo187889lain) has two Wade pages (scans n633, n645) with no Wade of the family's given names; not the family; nybirthindex, nydeathindex and the 1858-59 Brooklyn directory are not searchable text: nothing assessed.
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: conflict on birth dayBoth the 1921 Wesleyan record and the 1941 Chi Psi directory (self-reported) give 13 April 1896; the tree and the birth index (Frank Edwin Wade) give 12 April. The tree's date stands unless the birth certificate says otherwise.
  15. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 5 searches (+2 follow-up searches inside books)2 matches (high): Chi Psi directory 1941, Wesleyan Alumni Record 1921; records written.
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Frank Edward Wade"no matches
  17. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Frank Wade", New York4 pages; first: [Frank Wade Robertson, M.D., acting general superintendent, Elmira Reformatory, N.Y. (Massachusetts family) (The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. The New York Public Library), 1895, p. ](https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b6d5ed0-e6d3-0132-2ede-58d385a7b928); [Sterilization for the criminal unfit (State Library of Oregon), 1910, p. ](https://digitalcollections.library.oregon.gov/nodes/view/277705); [Leaders of young people (Columbia University), [c1922], p. ](http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008417292)
  18. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Frank Edward Wade", 1976–1977no matches
  19. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Frank Edward Wade", 1911–19631 page; first: [New York Times: Annual Cup Offered by Wade For Yale Varsity Wrestling, 1931-01-17, p. 19](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/17/archives/annual-cup-offered-by-wade-for-yale-varsity-wrestling.html)
  20. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Frank E Wade", 1911–196346 pages; first: [New York Times: DIX GIVES METZ A JOB; Ex-Controller Now a Commissioner of the State Board of Charities, 1911-07-21, p. 3](https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/21/archives/dix-gives-metz-a-job-excontroller-now-a-commissioner-of-the-state.html); [New York Times: Prison Board Re-elects Officers., 1912-01-05, p. 4](https://www.nytimes.com/1912/01/05/archives/prison-board-reelects-officers.html); [New York Times: MISS DAVIS'S PRISON SERMON QUIETS JAIL; Preaches on Laws at Jewish Service -- Will Speak Twice Today., 1914-07-12, p. 1](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/07/12/archives/miss-daviss-prison-sermon-quiets-jail-preaches-on-laws-at-jewish.html)
  21. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: "Frank Wade", New York (4 hits)All namesakes: Frank Wade Robertson, M.D., Elmira Reformatory (1895); *Sterilization for the criminal unfit* (1910, an author or subject named Frank Wade); *Leaders of young people* by Frank Wade Smith (c1922); *Parkett* no. 83 (2008). Not him. "Frank Edward Wade": no hits.
  22. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 2 searchesNo match.
  23. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 17 Jan 1931, p. 19, [Annual Cup Offered by Wade For Yale Varsity Wrestling](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/17/archives/annual-cup-offered-by-wade-for-yale-varsity-wrestling.html)POSSIBLE (low). The index summary reads "W H Wade offers cup for varsity team". The phrase searches "Frank Edward Wade" and "William Henry Wade" both found it, so the text names men of both names, the same pair as him and his father. Against: he went to Wesleyan (1915) and Cornell (1916), and no Yale tie is known for him or his father. A Frank Edward Wade of Syracuse, born 1873 at Malta Bend, Missouri, was Yale 1896 (Internet Archive assessment above), so his family is the likelier one (inference). The article was not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen. It is for Matt to open (1931 needs a Times subscription or ProQuest Historical Newspapers).
  24. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: "Frank E Wade", 1911–1963 (46 hits; 10 cached, 21 Jul 1911 to 2 Dec 1915)Not him. All ten are about the State Board of Charities, the State Commission of Prisons and probation: Metz named a commissioner, the Prison Board re-electing its officers, Miss Davis's sermon at the jail, a city prison programme, prison smuggling, the Blackwell's Island inquiry and report, a probation board meeting, the commission siding with Osborne. The Frank E. Wade in them is Frank E. Wade of Buffalo (1864/5–1929), a Buffalo lawyer (Cornell 1889) who sat on the State Probation Commission and the State Commission of Prisons and was Superintendent of State Prisons 1916–1921 ([Wikipedia, "Frank E. Wade (prison commissioner)"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Wade_(prison_commissioner)), citing his Times obituary of 11 April 1929). Frank was a schoolboy of 15 to 19 in Richmond Hill. Hits 11–46 were not cached. The Buffalo man was in the news until 1929, so only the later hits could be Frank.
  25. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 4 searchesNo match among the hits seen. One possible (1931, for Matt to open). "Frank Edward Wade" 1976–1977: no hits, so no Times obituary under his full name.
  26. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Frank E Wade", 1930–197612 pages; first: [New York Times: FRANK E. WADE DIES IN SLEEP ON TRAIN; Syracuse Piano Manufacturer and Lawyer and Former Yale Football Player., 1930-03-04, p. 23](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/04/archives/frank-e-wade-dies-in-sleep-on-train-syracuse-piano-manufacturer-and.html); [New York Times: NOTABLES IN SPORT DIED DURING 1930; H.P. Whitney, Cochran, Segrave and Eckersall AmongThose Who Succumbed.BOXING FIGURES PASSED Flynn, Manager, and Gallagher,Dempsey-Firpo Referee, Included--13 Deaths in Football., 1930-12-28, p. 7](https://www.nytimes.com/1930/12/28/archives/notables-in-sport-died-during-1930-hp-whitney-cochran-segrave-and.html); [New York Times: Heavy Summer Demand Reported For Suburban Home Properties; South Shore Activity. HOMES IN SUBURBS IN ACTIVE DEMAND, 1931-07-05, p. 117](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/05/archives/heavy-summer-demand-reported-for-suburban-home-properties-south.html)
  27. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: "Frank E Wade", 1930–1976 (12 hits)Probable: the Times of 18 July 1976, p. 40, "Deaths" (https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/18/archives/obituary-4-no-title.html), found also by the search for his son "Webb Wade": very probably his death notice (he died July 1976). Not read (nytimes.com refuses scripted reading): for Matt to open. Not him: Frank E. Wade of Syracuse, piano manufacturer, lawyer and Yale football player, died 4 March 1930 (p. 23), whose family gave Yale's Wade wrestling cup (1931, 1932): so the 1931 cup article is not ours. Other hits are Long Island building news 1955–1957 and two wedding notices.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: birth 12 Apr 1896, Richmond Hill, Queens, parents William Henry Wade Jr and Ellen Mathilda Marritt "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch, Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896. Record: Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896 back to the text
  2. "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch, Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896. Record: Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896 "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", , FamilySearch, Frank Edwin Wade, 1896. Record: Frank Edwin Wade, 1896 "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", , FamilySearch, William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 1896. Record: William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 1896 "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch, Nellie Thompson Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896. Record: Nellie Thompson Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896 1891-11-07-wade-thompson-social-item: Edith and Nellie Thompson back to the text
  3. "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch, Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896. Record: Frank Edwin Wade Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank E. Wade—Webb (wedding), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank E. Wade "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade. Record: Frank Edward Wade "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade. Record: Frank Edward Wade back to the text
  4. 1893-10-18-ellen-thompson-wade-marriage-certificate: groom a carpenter William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): entering the building construction business, he developed large areas of Richmond Hill, Hollis and Queens Village Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): born in England and came to this country when 8 years old back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-9PH (their page): born 17 Aug 1894 Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): two children, Ethel E. and Frank E. back to the text
  6. Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): in 1894 went with her family to live in Richmond Hill, residing on Lefferts, near Jamaica avenue back to the text
  7. Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): died on Monday, at Liberty, N. Y., after a lingering illness of a year and a half, Frank E., aged 9 back to the text
  8. 1909-08-06-william-h-wade-josephine-lynas-marriage-license: William H. Wade, 40, of Richmond Hill, and Josephine Lynas, 31 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M (their page): marriage 1909 back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade in entry for William Wade, 1900. Record: Frank E Wade in entry for William Wade, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1910. Record: Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1910 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1915. Record: Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1915 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1920. Record: Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1920 "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1930. Record: Frank E Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1930 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: residences in Queens, 1900 to 1930 back to the text
  10. "New York, State Census, 1925", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade, 1925. Record: Frank E Wade, 1925 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: residence 1925, A.D. 04, E.D. 03, Queens back to the text
  11. Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank Wade, Miss Ethel Wade among the relatives Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank E. Wade, Miss Ethel Wade and Miss Evelyn Wade, great-grandchildren 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): six great-grandchildren, Frank E. Wade, Miss Ethel Wade back to the text
  12. Wade—Webb (wedding), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): a graduate of Cornell University, class of 1919; a member of Chi Psi fraternity, and an ensign in the Naval Aviation Service during the World War back to the text
  13. "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade. Record: Frank Edward Wade, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 back to the text
  14. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: military service, St. Louis, Missouri, no date, no source attached back to the text
  15. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: military service, St. Louis, Missouri Research log, searches made: open question: Navy officer service records (NPRC, St. Louis, which may explain the tree's St. Louis) back to the text
  16. More L. I. Industries (incorporations: William H. Wade, Inc.), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, Inc., Hewlett, capital $25,000, directors William H. Wade and F. E. Wade, 434 Birch st., and H. R. Williams, Richmond Hill back to the text
  17. Active Home Building Helping Industries, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank Wade of William W. [sic] Wade, Inc., Long Island builders, at present developing Kensington Gardens, Hempstead back to the text
  18. 1938-12-11-wade-builders-news-article: William H. Wade, builders of Wade's Colonial Cottages on Jerico Turnpike, 75 homes, FHA mortgages back to the text
  19. Nike Heartened at Buying Spurt: Sales Director at Development Says Market Is Gaining, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Forty-five houses have been sold in this project during the first four months of this year, Frank Wade, in charge of construction, is now building 30 more houses, plots 50x100, priced at $4,350 with a 10 percent down payment back to the text
  20. Wade—Webb (wedding), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Miss Hilda Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Webb, of Birmingham, Ala., was married to Frank E. Wade yesterday in St. Luke's P. E. Church, Forest Hills, the Rev. Philip Davis officiated, Miss Ethel E. Wade maid of honor, George W. Rogers best man back to the text
  21. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: marriage to Hilda Webb, no date or place back to the text
  22. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMSR-L94 (their page): born 25 Feb 1938, Brooklyn, parents Frank Edward Wade and Hilda Webb "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, W Webb Wade in entry for Hilda W Wade, 1 April 1950. Record: W Webb Wade in entry for Hilda W Wade, 1950 back to the text
  23. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-68H (their page): born 6 Dec 1939, Brooklyn, died 13 Dec 1939, Brooklyn, burial 14 Dec 1939, Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Frank E. Wade in entry for William Henry Wade, 13 Dec 1939. Record: Frank E. Wade in entry for William Henry Wade, 13 Dec 1939 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, William Henry Wade, 13 Dec 1939. Record: William Henry Wade, 13 Dec 1939 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, William Henry Wade. Record: Find a Grave Index back to the text
  24. Mrs. Frank E. Wade (Hilda Webb) and son, Webb, of New York City (social note), The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), from the Birmingham News-Age-Herald: Mrs. Frank E. Wade (Hilda Webb) and son, Webb, of New York City, en route from California, where Lieutenant Commander Wade is stationed, to Miami, Fla. back to the text
  25. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): a son, Lt. Comm. Frank E. Wade, executive officer of a navy construction battalion, just returned from Okinawa W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): among those who attended, Lt. Comm. Frank E. Wade back to the text
  26. Citation, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, File No. 4418, 1942: will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): To Frank E. Wade, ..., William H. Wade has presented a petition, last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, Surrogate's Court of the County of Kings 1942-06-02-elizabeth-marritt-death-certificate: Elizabeth J. Marritt, informant Ethel E. Wade, niece back to the text
  27. Addition to Wantagh Village (photograph), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): one of a 50-unit project in Wantagh, L. I., being built by Frank E. Wade and Abert [sic] Wichard, ready for occupancy by Dec. 1 back to the text
  28. Start New Group of Ranch Houses in Wantagh, L. I., The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): a new $1,000,000 community of three-bedroom ranch homes, builders Frank Wade and Al Wichard, three model homes, 70 units, Old Mill Village, $12,250, Matern & York back to the text
  29. Early American Village Recreated in Home Colony, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank E. Wade and Albert Wichard, builders, Old Chester Hills, a new 75-home community in the Greenlawn section of Huntington, approximately one acre each, priced from $18,990 to $22,990 back to the text
  30. "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, Hilda W Wade, 1 April 1950. Record: Hilda W Wade, 1 April 1950 "United States, Census, 1950", FamilySearch, W Webb Wade in entry for Hilda W Wade, 1 April 1950. Record: W Webb Wade in entry for Hilda W Wade, 1 April 1950 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-QPY (their page): residence 1 Apr 1950, Queens Wade—Webb (wedding), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): notes: Hilda and Webb were living in Queens in April 1950 without Frank in the household back to the text
  31. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-QPY (their page): died 16 Sep 1986 "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1957. Record: Frank Wade, marriage licence, 1957 Research log, searches made: open question: the marriage ended before he married Katherine Carrier Kindred in 1957: find the divorce back to the text
  32. "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1957. Record: Frank Wade, 1957 "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch, Katherine Kindred in entry for Frank Wade, 1957. Record: Katherine Kindred in entry for Frank Wade, 1957 1953-10-26-katherine-kittie-kindred-death-of-first-husband: Dr. John Cramer Kindred, associate psychiatrist, died at his home, Forest Hills, surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katherine Carrier Kindred FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: marriage 1957, Queens back to the text
  33. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMQP-FXL (their page): death 16 Jul 1972 "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1973. Record: Frank Wade, 1973 "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch, Dorothea Odlum in entry for Frank Wade, 1973. Record: Dorothea Odlum in entry for Frank Wade, 1973 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: marriage 1973, Queens back to the text
  34. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade, 1927. Record: Frank E Wade, 1927 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade, 1929. Record: Frank E Wade, 1929 "New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1937. Record: Frank Wade, 1937 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1952. Record: Frank Wade, 1952 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Frank Wade, 1953. Record: Frank Wade, 1953 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Frank E Wade, 1957. Record: Frank E Wade, 1957 "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958", FamilySearch, Katherine K Wade, 1957. Record: Katherine K Wade, 1957 back to the text
  35. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: death 15 Jul 1976, Queens back to the text
  36. "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, Frank Wade, Jul 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Record: Frank Wade, Jul 1976 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade. Record: Frank Edward Wade, Find a Grave Index FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M: burial Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Interment Maple Grove Cemetery FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-68H (their page): burial Maple Grove Cemetery back to the text
  37. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade in entry for William Albert Webb Wade, 28 March 2023. Record: Frank Edward Wade in entry for William Albert Webb Wade, 28 March 2023 "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023", FamilySearch, Frank Edward Wade in entry for William Albert Webb Wade, 28 March 2023. Record: Frank Edward Wade in entry for William Albert Webb Wade, 28 March 2023 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Frank Edward Wade (23)
  1. 1896Frank Edwin Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  2. 12 Apr 1896Frank Edwin Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  3. 1900Frank E Wade, "United States, Census, 1900"
  4. from 1906 to 1942Frank Wade, "New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942"
  5. 1910Frank E Wade, "United States, Census, 1910"
  6. 1915Frank E Wade, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  7. 1920Frank E Wade, "United States, Census, 1920"
  8. 1925Frank E Wade, "New York, State Census, 1925"
  9. 1927Frank E Wade, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958"
  10. 1929Frank E Wade, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958"
  11. 1930Frank E Wade, "United States, Census, 1930"
  12. 1937Frank Wade, "New York, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942"
  13. 13 Dec 1939Frank E. Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  14. 1952Frank Wade, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958"
  15. 1953Frank Wade, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958"
  16. 1957Frank E Wade, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1958"
  17. 1957Frank Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995"
  18. 1973Frank Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995"
  19. Jul 1976Frank Wade, "United States, Social Security Death Index"
  20. 28 March 2023Frank Edward Wade, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  21. 28 March 2023Frank Edward Wade, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
  22. Frank Edward Wade, "Find a Grave Index"
  23. Frank Edward Wade, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"