Wade & Webb Family History

Catherine Alice Marritt1870–1921

Loughton · New York City

The eldest of the Marritt daughters at home in Loughton, Essex, in 1881, Catherine Alice Marritt later settled in Brooklyn. In 1905 she married Isaac Hoage, who had been born in England, and their son Harold William was born in 1906. She died in New York City in January 1921.

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

Birth

  1. 1 Apr 1870 Essex, England, United Kingdom 2

Marriages

  1. 30 Sep 1905 Isaac Hoage, at Brooklyn, New York City, New York 7

Death and burial

  1. 30 Jan 1921 Death: New York City, New York 11
  2. 2 Feb 1921 Burial: place not recorded 11

Family

Parents
William Marritt 1826–?
Eliza Keel 1840–1925
Spouse, 30 Sep 1905
Isaac Hoage 1854–1910
Children
Harold William Hoage 1906–1978

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Catherine Alice Marritt
  2. Sister of Ellen Mathilda Marritt
  3. Frank Edward Wade, son
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Catherine Alice Marritt was a daughter of William Marritt and Eliza Keel, who had married in the parish church of Hendon, Middlesex, on Christmas Day 1857, when her father was a shepherd.1 The FamilySearch tree gives her birth as 1 April 1870, in Essex, England, without an attached source.2 The census of England and Wales taken in April 1871 lists her as Catherine Merritt, as the index spells the name, in the household of William Merritt at Loughton, Essex.3

Her age

The census of 1881 conflicts with the tree's date of birth.4 In April of that year she was living at Easton Cottage, Loughton, with her mother, who was described as married, the head of the household and a shopkeeper, and her sisters Ada Eliza, Edith Alice and Ellen Mathilda, and her age is given as 14; a girl born on 1 April 1870 would have been 11.4 Her sister Ada was baptised on 5 February 1871 and was 10 at the same census.5 Inference The census age, which points to a birth in about 1866 or 1867, sits more easily with Ada's birth in 1870 or early 1871 than the tree's date does, but the source of the tree's date is not known and a baptism record would settle the question.5 Like all her sisters at home in 1881, she was recorded as born at Loughton, and her father was not in the household.4

Brooklyn

Her mother and younger sisters were living in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, by 1891.6 Inference A "Kate and Ada Mernt" at an Ocean Hill Baptist Church sociable there in November 1891, listed with Edith and Nellie Thompson, may be a misprint for Catherine and Ada Marritt, but the reading is unconfirmed.6

On 30 September 1905, in Brooklyn, she married Isaac S. Hoage; the New York City marriage record indexes her as "Catherine or Katherine A Marritt" and names her parents as William Marritt and Eliza Keel.7 Isaac Hoage, born in England on 25 April 1854, had married Mary Frances Fender in New York in 1876; the tree records Mary's death in 1903.8 A son, Harold William Hoage, was born on 26 August 1906, and the New York City birth record names his mother as Katharine Marritt Hoage.9 The tree records Isaac Hoage's death on 31 January 1910, in New York City, without an attached source.10

Death

The tree gives her death as 30 January 1921, in New York City, and her burial as 2 February 1921, at a place it does not record.11 The New York City death index, under the name Catherine A. Hoage, dates her death a day later, 31 January 1921, and names her parents as William Marritt and Eliza Keel.12 Inference The index is the nearer to the original certificate and is to be preferred, unless the certificate itself shows otherwise.12 Inference The index date, 31 January, is also the day and month the tree gives for her husband's death in 1910; the coincidence may be chance, but it may also mean that one of the two dates was transferred to the other in compiling the tree, and his death record should be checked.10 The Find a Grave index lists her as Catherine Marritt Hoage.13 When her eldest sister, Elizabeth Jane Marritt, died in 1942, only two sisters, Edith Frost and Ada Darrow, were named as surviving her.14

Documents

  1. 1881 1881 census of England: Eliza Marritt household, Easton Cottage, Loughton, Essex 1881 Census of England and Wales, RG 11/1735 · image

Places

  1. 1870Essex
  2. 1871–1881Loughton
  3. 1905Brooklyn
  4. 1921New York City

Timeline

  1. 1 Apr 1870BirthEssex, England, United Kingdom
  2. 1871ResidenceLoughton, Essex, England, United Kingdom
  3. 1881ResidenceLoughton, Essex, England, United Kingdom
  4. 30 Sep 1905Marriage, Isaac HoageBrooklyn, New York City, New York
  5. 30 Jan 1921DeathNew York City, New York
  6. 2 Feb 1921Burial

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 tree1 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

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-DQ2: parents William Marritt and Eliza Keel 1857-12-25-marritt-keel-marriage: William Marrott, bachelor, shepherd; Eliza Keel, spinster; Parish Church of Hendon, December 25th back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-DQ2: birth 1 Apr 1870, Essex, England, no source attached back to the text
  3. "England and Wales, Census, 1871", FamilySearch, Catherine Merritt in entry for William Merritt, 1871. Record: Catherine Merritt in entry for William Merritt, 1871 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-DQ2: residence 1871, Loughton, Essex back to the text
  4. 1881 census of England: Eliza Marritt household, Easton Cottage, Loughton, Essex, 1881 Census of England and Wales, RG 11/1735: Easton Cottage, Loughton; Eliza Marritt, Head, Mar, Shop Keeper; Catherine Alice Marritt, Daur, Unm, 14, born Essex, Loughton; notes: Catherine's age conflicts with the tree "England and Wales, Census, 1881", FamilySearch, Catherine Alice Marritt in entry for Eliza Marritt, 1881. Record: Catherine Alice Marritt in entry for Eliza Marritt, 1881 back to the text
  5. "England, Essex, Parish Registers, 1538-1997", FamilySearch, Ada Eliza Marritt, 5 Feb 1871. Record: Ada Eliza Marritt, christening 5 Feb 1871 1881 census of England: Eliza Marritt household, Easton Cottage, Loughton, Essex, 1881 Census of England and Wales, RG 11/1735: Ada Eliza Marritt, Daur, 10 back to the text
  6. 1891-11-07-wade-thompson-social-item: Edith and Nellie Thompson ... Kate and Ada Mernt; notes: possibly a misprint of Marritt back to the text
  7. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt, 30 September 1905. Record: Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt, 30 September 1905 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, William in entry for Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt, 30 September 1905. Record: William in entry for Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Keel in entry for Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt, 30 September 1905. Record: Eliza Keel in entry for Isaac S Hoage and Catherine or Katherine A Marritt FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-DQ2: marriage 30 Sep 1905, Brooklyn back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-D7T (their page): born 25 Apr 1854, England; spouse Mary Frances Fender (1853-1903) "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Isaac Hoage and Mary Francis Fender, 30 January 1876. Record: Isaac Hoage and Mary Francis Fender, 30 January 1876 back to the text
  9. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Katharine Marritt Hoage in entry for Harold William Hoage, 26 Aug 1906. Record: Katharine Marritt Hoage in entry for Harold William Hoage, 26 Aug 1906 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Isaac Hoage in entry for Harold William Hoage, 26 Aug 1906. Record: Isaac Hoage in entry for Harold William Hoage, 26 Aug 1906 back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-D7T (their page): death 31 Jan 1910, New York City, no source attached "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Catherine A Hoage, 31 Jan 1921. Record: Catherine A Hoage, 31 Jan 1921 back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS4J-DQ2: death 30 Jan 1921, New York City; burial 2 Feb 1921, no place back to the text
  12. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Catherine A Hoage, 31 Jan 1921. Record: Catherine A Hoage, New York City Municipal Deaths, 31 Jan 1921 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, William Marritt in entry for Catherine A Hoage, 31 Jan 1921. Record: William Marritt in entry for Catherine A Hoage "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Eliza Keel in entry for Catherine A Hoage, 31 Jan 1921. Record: Eliza Keel in entry for Catherine A Hoage back to the text
  13. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Catherine Marritt Hoage. Record: Catherine Marritt Hoage, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  14. 1942-06-03-obituary-for-elizabeth-j-marritt: beloved sister of Mrs. Edith A. Frost and Mrs Ada M. Darrow back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Catherine Alice Marritt (8)
  1. 1871Catherine Merritt, "England and Wales, Census, 1871"
  2. 1881Catherine Alice Marritt, "England and Wales, Census, 1881"
  3. 30 September 1905Catherine or Katherine A Marritt, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  4. 26 Aug 1906Katharine Marritt Hoage, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  5. 31 Jan 1921Catherine A Hoage, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  6. 1891 England and Wales Census
  7. Catherine Marritt Hoage, "Find a Grave Index"
  8. 30 September 1905Isaac S Hoage, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"