Wade & Webb Family History

Hester Maria Rogers1856–1893

Madison · Iowa · Brooklyn · Kew Gardens

Born in Iowa in about 1856, Hester Maria Rogers grew up in Brooklyn and in 1876 married John Edward Wade, a young physician who had just moved into a new house on Kossuth Place. She was the mother of Frank Edward and Adele Wade, and she died in Brooklyn in October 1893, when her children were still young.

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

Birth

  1. 1856 Iowa

Marriages

  1. 30 Aug 1876 John Edward Wade, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York 5, 6

Death and burial

  1. 11 Oct 1893 Death: Brooklyn, Kings, New York 9
  2. 14 Oct 1893 Burial: Kew Gardens, Queens, New York 9

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 30 Aug 1876
John Edward Wade 1847–1919
Children
Adele Wade 1882–1929
Frank Edward Wade 1877–1946

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Hester Maria Rogers
  2. Wife of John Edward Wade
  3. William Henry Wade
  4. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  5. Frank Edward Wade, son
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Hester Maria Rogers was born in Iowa in about 1856, according to the FamilySearch tree, which also records the family at Madison, Polk County, Iowa, in 1856, from an Iowa state census return found on Ancestry.1 Inference A child born in 1856 and listed in Iowa the same year suggests that she was born there, perhaps in Polk County, but the return has not been examined for this research.1 By 1865 she was in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, where the state census listed "Ester M Rogers" in the household of Charles A. H. Rogers.2 The federal census of 1870 again found her in Brooklyn, as Hester Rogers in the household of "Chas H Rogers", and the tree attaches a second 1870 entry, for a "Hettie Rogers" in the household of Charles Rogers, with a note that the name and approximate birth year and place match.3 Inference Charles A. H. Rogers, at the head of both households, was probably her father, though none of the index entries attached to the tree states the relationship; and the two 1870 entries suggest that the family was counted twice that year.3 In 1875 the state census listed Hester Rogers in Brooklyn in the household of Richard Embleton.4

On 30 August 1876 she married John Edward Wade, a Brooklyn physician, in a marriage recorded in the New York City marriage series and placed by the tree in Brooklyn.5 Seven weeks earlier he had moved into a new house on Kossuth Place, "a substantial token of the doctor's success," built by William H. Wade, and the couple began their married life there.6 Inference That they lived on Kossuth Place is an inference from the date of the house; no record places her there by name.6 Their son Frank Edward Wade was born on 3 December 1877, and their daughter Adele in June 1882.7 The federal census of 1880 listed Hester Wade in her husband's household in Brooklyn, and the state census of 1892, as Hester R. Wade.8

She died in Brooklyn on 11 October 1893.9 An obituary appeared on 13 October, and she was buried on 14 October 1893, the burial date coming from a death index.9 The tree places the burial at Kew Gardens, Queens, and a Find a Grave index entry for Hester Maria Rogers Wade is attached.10 Inference The cemetery was very probably Maple Grove, where her husband was buried in 1919 and her son in 1946; the name Kew Gardens belongs to the later suburb around the cemetery.10 Her son was fifteen and her daughter eleven, and the tree records no second marriage for her husband.11 The New York City death records of both her children name her as their mother, as "Heser Rogers" for Adele in 1929 and Hester Rogers for Frank in 1946, and Frank's obituary calls her "Mrs. Hester Rogers Wade."12

Documents

  1. 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
  2. 6 August 1946 Frank E. Wade, 68, Borough Attorney The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1856Madison
  2. 1865–1893Brooklyn
  3. 1893Kew Gardens

Timeline

  1. 1856ResidenceMadison, Polk, Iowa
  2. 1856BirthIowa
  3. 1865ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 1870ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  5. 1875ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  6. 30 Aug 1876Marriage, John Edward WadeBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  7. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  8. 1892ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  9. 11 Oct 1893DeathBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  10. 13 Oct 1893ObituaryBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  11. 14 Oct 1893BurialKew Gardens, Queens, New York

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 KZ92-D5R: birth 1856, Iowa; residence 1856, Madison, Polk, Iowa Iowa State Census Record: Iowa State Census, Ancestry image back to the text
  2. "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, Ester M Rogers in entry for Charles A H Rogers, 1865. Record: Ester M Rogers in the entry for Charles A H Rogers, 1865 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: residence 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Hester Rogers in entry for Chas H Rogers, 1870. Record: Hester Rogers in the entry for Chas H Rogers, 1870 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Hettie Rogers in entry for Charles Rogers, 1870. Record: Hettie Rogers in the entry for Charles Rogers, 1870 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: note: Name Hattie Rogers matches. Approx birth year and place matches. back to the text
  4. "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Hester Rogers in entry for Richard Embleton, 1875. Record: Hester Rogers in the entry for Richard Embleton, 1875 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: residence 1875, Brooklyn back to the text
  5. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John Edward Wade and Hester Rogers, 30 August 1876. Record: John Edward Wade and Hester Rogers, 30 August 1876 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: marriage 30 Aug 1876, Brooklyn, Kings, New York 1876-07-10-william-h-wade-built-house-for-brother-john-e-wade: Dr. John E. Wade back to the text
  6. 1876-07-10-william-h-wade-built-house-for-brother-john-e-wade: Dr. John E. Wade has taken possession of his new residence on Kossuth Place ... Mr. William H. Wade was the architect and builder; notes: Dr. John E. Wade married Hester Maria Rogers on 30 August 1876, seven weeks after moving into the new house back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MYXR-W2H (their page): birth 3 Dec 1877, Brooklyn FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9 (their page): birth Jun 1882, Brooklyn back to the text
  8. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Hester Wade in entry for John E. Wade, 1880. Record: Hester Wade in the entry for John E. Wade, 1880 "New York, State Census, 1892", FamilySearch, Hester R Wade, 1892. Record: Hester R Wade, 1892 back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: death 11 Oct 1893, Brooklyn; obituary 13 Oct 1893; burial 14 Oct 1893; note: Burial date on death index is 14 Oct 1893 ancestry.com Record: Death Index, Ancestry ancestry.com Record: Obituary, Ancestry back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZ92-D5R: burial Kew Gardens, Queens, New York "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Hester Maria Rogers Wade. Record: Hester Maria Rogers Wade, Find a Grave Index Frank E. Wade, 68, Borough Attorney, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens 1919-01-11-dr-john-e-wade-obit: The burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Richmond Hill back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile KZG4-F2N (their page): one marriage, to Hester Maria Rogers FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MYXR-W2H (their page): born 3 Dec 1877 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 94NJ-GT9 (their page): born Jun 1882 back to the text
  12. "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 death entry for Adele Norton, 20 Apr 1929 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Hester Rogers in entry for Frank Edward Wade, 4 Aug 1946. Record: Hester Rogers in the death entry for Frank Edward Wade, 4 Aug 1946 Frank E. Wade, 68, Borough Attorney, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): the son of the late Dr. John E. Wade, Brooklyn physician, and Mrs. Hester Rogers Wade back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Hester Maria Rogers (14)
  1. 1865Ester M Rogers, "New York, State Census, 1865"
  2. 1870Hester Rogers, "United States, Census, 1870"
  3. 1870Hettie Rogers, "United States, Census, 1870"
  4. 1875Hester Rogers, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  5. 30 August 1876Hester Rogers, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  6. 1880Hester Wade, "United States, Census, 1880"
  7. 1892Hester R Wade, "New York, State Census, 1892"
  8. 20 Apr 1929Heser Rogers, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  9. 4 Aug 1946Hester Rogers, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  10. Death Index
  11. Hester Maria Rogers Wade, "Find a Grave Index"
  12. Hester Rogers, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  13. Iowa State Census
  14. Obituary