Wade & Webb Family History

Joseph Gilbert Darrow1874–1948

Waterford · Brooklyn · New York City · Jordan

Born at Waterford, Connecticut, in December 1874, Joseph Gilbert Darrow spent his early married life in Brooklyn, where he married Ada Eliza Marritt in 1904. By 1930 the couple had moved to Waterford, and he died at New London on 11 March 1948.

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. Dec 1874 Waterford, New London, Connecticut

Marriages

  1. 14 Aug 1904 Ada Eliza Marritt, at Kings, New York 3, 4

Death and burial

  1. 11 Mar 1948 Death: New London, New London, Connecticut 10
  2. Date unknown Burial: Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, New London, Connecticut

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 14 Aug 1904
Ada Eliza Marritt 1873–1953
Children
Joseph Gilbert Darrow 1910–?
Kenneth G Darrow 1906–1926

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Joseph Gilbert Darrow
  2. Husband of Ada Eliza Marritt
  3. Ellen Mathilda Marritt
  4. Frank Edward Wade, son
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Joseph Gilbert Darrow was born at Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, in December 1874, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives the month and place without citing the record they come from.1 The federal census of 1900 lists him as Joseph Darrow in the household of Gilbert Darrow in the eighth ward of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, and the New York state census of 1905 again places a Joseph Darrow in Gilbert Darrow's household in Brooklyn.2 Inference Gilbert Darrow, whose name Joseph carried as his middle name, was probably his father, but the tree names no parents for him and the census entries have not been examined.2

On 14 August 1904, in Kings County, he married Ada Eliza Marritt; the marriage was recorded on certificate no. 5969.3 Ada had been baptised in Essex, England, in February 1871, a daughter of William Marritt and Eliza Keel, and had grown up at Loughton, Essex, before coming to Brooklyn.4 The tree records two sons, Kenneth G. Darrow, born in 1906, and Joseph Gilbert Darrow, born in 1910.5

The state census of 1905 also lists Joseph G. Darrow at the head of his own household, with Ada, in Brooklyn; the federal census of 1910 places the couple in the third ward of Brooklyn, and the state census of 1915 in New York City.6 Inference The two entries of 1905, one in Gilbert Darrow's household and one in his own, may reflect two enumerations of the same man or a second Joseph Darrow; they have not been compared.6 He registered for the draft in New York City in 1917 or 1918, when every man of military age was required to register for possible service in the First World War, and named Ada E. Darrow on his card.7

Their elder son, Kenneth G. Darrow, died in Connecticut in 1926; the Connecticut record of his death names his father as Joseph G.8 By 1930 the family was living at Waterford, Connecticut, Joseph's birthplace, and the census of 1940 enumerated Joseph and Ada at Jordan, in Waterford.9

Joseph Gilbert Darrow died at New London, Connecticut, on 11 March 1948 and was buried in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford; the Find a Grave index lists him as Joseph Gilbert Darrow, Sr.10 His wife survived him and died in 1953, according to the tree.11

Documents

  1. 14 August 1904 Index entry: Ada Marritt and Joseph G Darrow, 1904 (Extracted Marriage Index) Ancestry, New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 · image

Places

  1. 1874–1930Waterford
  2. 1900–1910Kings
  3. 1904Kings
  4. 1915–1917New York City
  5. 1940Jordan
  6. 1948New London
  7. undatedJordan Cemetery

Timeline

  1. Dec 1874BirthWaterford, New London, Connecticut
  2. 1900ResidenceBorough of Brooklyn, Election District 20 New York City Ward 8, Kings, New York
  3. 14 Aug 1904Marriage, Ada Eliza MarrittKings, New York
  4. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  5. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  6. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 07, E.D. 19, Kings, New York
  7. 1910ResidenceBrooklyn Ward 3, Kings, New York
  8. 1915ResidenceNew York City, New York
  9. from 1917 to 1918Military Draft RegistrationNew York City, New York
  10. 1930ResidenceWaterford, New London, Connecticut
  11. 1940ResidenceJordan, Waterford, New London, Connecticut
  12. 11 Mar 1948DeathNew London, New London, Connecticut

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 GWNV-DKT: birth Dec 1874, Waterford, New London, Connecticut; no source attached to the event back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1900. Record: Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1900 "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1905. Record: Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1905 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: residence 1900, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 20, New York City Ward 8; no parents recorded back to the text
  3. Index entry: Ada Marritt and Joseph G Darrow, 1904 (Extracted Marriage Index), Ancestry, New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937: Ada Marritt, 14 Aug 1904, Kings, New York, Spouse: Joseph G Darrow, Certificate Number: 5969 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt, 14 August 1904. Record: Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt, 14 August 1904 back to the text
  4. "England, Essex, Parish Registers, 1538-1997", FamilySearch, Ada Eliza Marritt, 5 Feb 1871. Record: Ada Eliza Marritt, Essex parish registers, 5 Feb 1871 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, William Marritt in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt, 14 August 1904. Record: William Marritt in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Keel in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt, 14 August 1904. Record: Eliza Keel in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow and Ada Eliza Marritt 1881-census-eliza-marritt-household: Ada Eliza Marritt, 10, Loughton back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: children Kenneth G Darrow (1906-1926) and Joseph Gilbert Darrow (1910) back to the text
  6. "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Joseph G Darrow, 1905. Record: Joseph G Darrow, 1905 "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph G Darrow, 1905. Record: Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph G Darrow, 1905 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Joseph G Darrow, 1910. Record: Joseph G Darrow, 1910 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, Joseph G Darrow, 1915. Record: Joseph G Darrow, 1915 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: residence 1910, Brooklyn Ward 3; 1915, New York City "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1905. Record: Joseph Darrow in entry for Gilbert Darrow, 1905 back to the text
  7. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Joseph Gilbert Darrow, from 1917 to 1918. Record: Joseph Gilbert Darrow, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow, from 1917 to 1918. Record: Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph Gilbert Darrow FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: draft registration 1917-1918, New York City back to the text
  8. "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", FamilySearch, Joseph G in entry for Kenneth G Darrow, 1926. Record: Joseph G in entry for Kenneth G Darrow, Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1926 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: Kenneth G Darrow, 1906-1926 back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Joseph G Darrow, 1930. Record: Joseph G Darrow, 1930 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Joseph G Darrow, 1940. Record: Joseph G Darrow, 1940 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph G Darrow, 1940. Record: Ada E Darrow in entry for Joseph G Darrow, 1940 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: residence 1930, Waterford, New London, Connecticut; 1940, Jordan, Waterford back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GWNV-DKT: died 11 Mar 1948, New London, New London, Connecticut; burial Jordan Cemetery, Waterford "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Joseph Gilbert Darrow, Sr. Record: Joseph Gilbert Darrow, Sr., Find a Grave Index back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GDXK-XQP (their page): death 1953, Connecticut, no source attached back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Joseph Gilbert Darrow (12)
  1. 1900Joseph Darrow, "United States, Census, 1900"
  2. 14 August 1904Joseph Gilbert Darrow, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  3. 1905Joseph Darrow, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  4. 1905Joseph G Darrow, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  5. 1910Joseph G Darrow, "United States, Census, 1910"
  6. 1915Joseph G Darrow, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  7. from 1917 to 1918Joseph Gilbert Darrow, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  8. 1926Joseph G, "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  9. 1930Joseph G Darrow, "United States, Census, 1930"
  10. 1940Joseph G Darrow, "United States, Census, 1940"
  11. Joseph Gilbert Darrow, Sr, "Find a Grave Index"
  12. 14 August 1904Ada Eliza Marritt, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"