Wade & Webb Family History

Durlyn Wade1853–1907

Brooklyn · New York City

Durlyn Wade, the youngest son of James M. and Eliza Ann Wade, was a schoolboy in Brooklyn while two of his brothers were at the war, and in 1874 he was among the founders of Trinity Baptist Church. He married Catherine Watson Guillan in 1879, lost two of their four children young, and died at his home in East New York in February 1907, after two years' illness.

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

Birth

  1. 4 Jan 1853 Brooklyn, Kings, New York 1

Marriages

  1. 14 Sep 1879 Catherine Watson Guillan, at Kings, New York 9, 10

Death and burial

  1. 24 Feb 1907 Death: Brooklyn, Kings, New York 18
  2. 27 Feb 1907 Burial: New York City 20

Family

Parents
James M Wade 1816–1876
Eliza Ann Marvin 1816–1915
Spouse, 14 Sep 1879
Catherine Watson Guillan 1853–1933
Children
William Wade 1884–1884
Durlyn B. Wade Jr. 1880–1942
Edna May Wade 1889–1901
Wilbur Wade 1888–1936

Line of descent Wade line

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

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

Life

Durlyn Wade was born on 4 January 1853, the youngest son of James M. Wade and his wife Eliza Ann.1 His obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle says he was born in Manhattan; the FamilySearch tree, without a source, gives Brooklyn.2 Inference The obituary, which agrees with those of his brothers James and John in placing their births in New York City, is the better evidence, though neither is a record of the birth.2 The state census of 1855 lists him in his father's household in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Brooklyn, indexed as "Darling Wade", with a note on the tree that the census-taker seems to have recorded the wrong sex; the census of 1865 lists him in the Thirteenth Ward, and that of 1875 again in his father's household.3

He was a schoolboy during the Civil War, when his brothers James and William were in the army, and their letters home mention him often.4 Willie added a line to a letter from Fort McHenry in July 1862, "Durlyn is a Bully writer"; in June 1863 he was very glad to hear "that Durlyn is permoted," and in October he sent word, "I am please to hear that he is geting along with his studies"; in February 1864 James was glad to have Durlyn's account of a visit to Barnum's, which he seemed to have enjoyed very much.5 On a Saturday night in June 1863, picturing the family at home, Willie wrote, "then Durlyn I dont know where to place perhaps he was wraped in peaceful slumbers."6 James asked repeatedly for letters from him ("I have not heard from Durlyn for some time let him write," in October 1863), was "much pleased with John's and Durlyn letters" in January 1864, and in April found that "Durlyn is rather improving in his writing."7 On 31 October 1874 Durlyn Wade was among those, with his parents and his brother John, who met at the house of David Hathaway in Dodworth Street to prepare for the founding of the Trinity Baptist Church, organised that December in his father's house.8

On 14 September 1879 he married Catherine Watson Guillan, who was born in New York in September 1853 and had grown up, like him, in Brooklyn.9 The marriage is recorded in the New York City marriage series, with his parents named as James M. Wade and Eliza Ann Wade.10 The federal census of 1880 found the couple in Brooklyn, indexed as "Durlong" and Catherine Wade.11 Their first son, Durlyn, was born on 15 September 1880, and a second, William, on 15 October 1884; William died four days later, on 19 October 1884.12 A third son, Wilbur, was born in 1888, and a daughter, Edna May, in 1889; Edna May died on 3 June 1901, and the record of her death names her parents as Durlyn and Kate Wade.13

The state census of 1892 recorded the family in Brooklyn, and the federal census of 1900 in the Twenty-sixth Ward, which included East New York.14 In October 1900 "Durlyn Wade and son" were among the family at the wedding of his nephew Harry E. Wade.15 The state census of 1905 again found the family in Brooklyn, indexed as "Durlin Wade".16 His obituary says he had once been a member of the old Lee Avenue Baptist Church, and that he "had been a resident of the Nineteenth Ward for twenty-five years."17 Inference The Nineteenth Ward, in the Eastern District, does not match the Twenty-sixth Ward of the 1900 census or his last address in East New York, so the twenty-five years may refer to an earlier period of his life or be a mistake.17

He died on Sunday 24 February 1907 at his home, 24 Schenck Avenue, East New York, of "an affection of the hip joint after an illness of two years."18 He was survived by his widow, two sons, two brothers and his mother, "Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade, a nonogenarian."18 The obituary calls him "a son of the late James D. Wade," but Dr. James D. Wade was his elder brother, who had died in 1902; his father was James M. Wade, as the 1867 police reports and his own marriage record show.19 The tree gives his burial as 27 February 1907 at "New York City", and a Find a Grave index entry is attached.20 He is named as father in the New York City records of his sons' marriages: Durlyn Jr.'s in 1904 and 1934, and Wilbur's, as "Duryln", in 1922.21

Documents

  1. 1862 Brothers at the Front: American Civil War Letters & Documents of James D. Wade and William H. Wade, 1862–1864 Transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey & David M. Jones, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 (unpublished, for Webb Wade) · letter
  2. 1887 Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887: the Wade brothers and E. B. Goodrich & Son Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887 (Brooklyn: Lain and Company); Brooklyn Public Library copy · book
  3. 5 November 1900 Wade—Lynas Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  4. 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
  5. 26 February 1907 Durlyn Wade (obituary) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  6. 10 October 1912 Dedicatory Feast by Uptown Baptists: Trinity Church Has Dinner in Gymnasium of New Building (with a brief history) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  7. 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
  8. 16 December 1915 Ann E. Wade Dies in Her 100th Year: Husband Was Builder of Many Landmarks in Eastern District The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1853–1907Brooklyn
  2. 1879–1892Kings
  3. 1907New York City

Timeline

  1. 4 Jan 1853BirthBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  2. 1855ResidenceE.D. 1, Ward 15, Brooklyn City, Kings, New York
  3. 1865ResidenceWard 13, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 1875ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  5. 14 Sep 1879Marriage, Catherine Watson GuillanKings, New York
  6. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  7. 1892ResidenceKings, New York
  8. 1900ResidenceED 467 Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 14 New York City Ward 26, Kings, New York
  9. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 30, Kings, New York
  10. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  11. 24 Feb 1907DeathBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  12. 27 Feb 1907BurialNew York City

Open questions

New York Times death notice, 27 February 1907 (2026-11-09)

The Times of 27 Feb 1907, p. 9, "DEATH LIST OF A DAY", names a Durlyn Wade; almost certainly his notice. nytimes.com refuses our fetches, so Matt should open it (free before 1923): https://www.nytimes.com/1907/02/27/archives/death-list-of-a-day.html. Look for his birthplace (the Eagle says Manhattan, the tree Brooklyn), his father's name (the Eagle's "James D." is an error for James M.), his age, cause of death, survivors, church and burial place.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree5 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. 2026-11-09Civil War letters: the biography's quotations checked against the scans of the originals (research agents, reviewed by Claude; table in research/documents/civil-war-letters/brothers-at-the-front.md)Quotations restored: "Durlyn is a Bully writer" (27 Jul 1862), "permoted" (4 Jun 1863), his studies (25 Oct 1863)
  3. 2026-11-09Civil War letters, detailed read of all 33 items from the scans (three research agents, one per period; digests reviewed by Claude, readings spot-checked against the scans)New for him, all small: Willie's Saturday-night picture of home, "then Durlyn I dont know where to place perhaps he was wraped in peaceful slumbers" (12 Jun 1863); James asked for his letters (19 Oct and 20 Nov 1863), was "much pleased with John's and Durlyn letters" (18 Jan 1864) and found "Durlyn is rather improving in his writing" (13 Apr 1864). No new facts on his schooling or the "promotion" of June 1863. Nothing contradicts the tree. Biography revised; new quotations listed.
  4. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment (found by the archive search for his son, LVPX-N54: "Durlyn Wade", 1895–1943, 1 hit): 27 Feb 1907, p. 9, [DEATH LIST OF A DAY.](https://www.nytimes.com/1907/02/27/archives/death-list-of-a-day.html)PROBABLE MATCH (high on identity, not read). The Times's daily obituary column, three days after he died (Sunday 24 Feb 1907, at 24 Schenck Avenue, East New York: [1907-02-26](../documents/1907-02-26-durlyn-wade-obit.md)) and on the day of his burial (27 Feb), names a "Durlyn Wade". Durlyn is a rare given name, and the only other Durlyn Wade, his son, lived until 1942. There is no index summary. not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen, so there is no document record yet. For Matt (1907, free).

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: birth 4 Jan 1853; parents James M Wade and Eliza Ann Durlyn Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): He was born in Manhattan, January 4, 1853 back to the text
  2. Durlyn Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): He was born in Manhattan FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: birth place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; no source attached 1919-01-11-dr-john-e-wade-obit: born, in old New York City 1902-10-20-dr-james-duncan-wade-obit: born in New York City back to the text
  3. "New York, State Census, 1855", FamilySearch, Darling Wade in entry for James M Wade, 1855. Record: Darling Wade in the entry for James M Wade, 1855 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: note on the 1855 residence: all evidence suggests the census worker recorded the wrong gender "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for Chas M Wade, 1865. Record: Durlyn Wade in the entry for Chas M Wade, 1865 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for James Wade, 1875. Record: Durlyn Wade in the entry for James Wade, 1875 back to the text
  4. Brothers at the Front: American Civil War Letters & Documents of James D. Wade and William H. Wade, 1862–1864, Transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey & David M. Jones, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 (unpublished, for Webb Wade): letters of James D. and William H. Wade, 1862–1864 back to the text
  5. Brothers at the Front: American Civil War Letters & Documents of James D. Wade and William H. Wade, 1862–1864, Transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey & David M. Jones, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 (unpublished, for Webb Wade): Willie, 27 July 1862, postscript, page 2 (Folder12b): Durlyn is a Bully writer dont play to hard; Willie to Family, 4 June 1863, page 1 (Folder15a): very glad to hear that you are all well and that Durlyn is permoted; Willie to Parents, 22 and 25 October 1863, page 4 (Folder25d): tell Durlyn that I am please to hear that he is geting along with his studies; James to Parents, 21 February 1864, page 1 (Folder34a): I was glad to hear from Durlyn of his visit to Barnums he seemed to enjoy his visit very much back to the text
  6. Brothers at the Front: American Civil War Letters & Documents of James D. Wade and William H. Wade, 1862–1864, Transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey & David M. Jones, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 (unpublished, for Webb Wade): Willie to Mother, Brashear City, 12 and 13 June 1863, page 3 (Folder16c): then Durlyn I dont know where to place perhaps he was wraped in peaceful slumbers back to the text
  7. Brothers at the Front: American Civil War Letters & Documents of James D. Wade and William H. Wade, 1862–1864, Transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey & David M. Jones, Jacksonville, Florida, 2007 (unpublished, for Webb Wade): James to Mother, New Orleans, 19 October 1863, page 4 (Folder26d): I have not heard from Durlyn for some time let him write And John also; James to Parents, Point Isabel, 20 November 1863, page 4 (Folder28d): Tell John and Durlyn to write to me; James to Parents, 18 January 1864, page 4 (Folder33d): I was much pleased with John's and Durlyn letters; James to Parents, 13 April 1864, page 4 (Folder36c): John's writing is improving in appearance — and Durlyn is rather improving in his writing back to the text
  8. Dedicatory Feast by Uptown Baptists: Trinity Church Has Dinner in Gymnasium of New Building (with a brief history), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): attended by ... James M. Wade, Eliza Ann Wade, John E. Wade, Durlyn Wade ... Church organized December 18, 1874, at the home of James M. Wade, 10 Kossuth place back to the text
  9. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3 (their page): birth Sep 1853, New York; residences 1855, 1865 and 1875, Brooklyn back to the text
  10. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, James M Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: James M Wade in the same entry "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Ann Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: Eliza Ann Wade in the same entry back to the text
  11. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Durlong Wade, 1880. Record: Durlong Wade, 1880 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade in entry for Durlong Wade, 1880. Record: Catherine Wade in the entry for Durlong Wade, 1880 back to the text
  12. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, 15 Sep 1880. Record: Durlyn Wade in the birth entry for Durlyn Wade, 15 Sep 1880 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Denlyn Wade in entry for William Wade, 15 Oct 1884. Record: Denlyn Wade in the birth entry for William Wade, 15 Oct 1884 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for William Wade, 19 Oct 1884. Record: the death entry for William Wade, 19 Oct 1884 back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: children Wilbur (1888–1936) and Edna May (1889–1901) "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901. Record: Durlyn Wade in the death entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Kate Wade in entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901. Record: Kate Wade in the death entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901 back to the text
  14. "New York, State Census, 1892", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade, 1892. Record: Durlyn Wade, 1892 "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade, 1900. Record: Durlyn Wade, 1900 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: residence 1900, ED 467 Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 14, New York City Ward 26 1899-04-09-durlyn-and-nellie-wade-social-event: notes: East New York (Twenty-sixth Ward) back to the text
  15. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Durlyn Wade and son back to the text
  16. "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Durlin Wade, 1905. Record: Durlin Wade, 1905 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: residence 1905, Brooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 30 back to the text
  17. Durlyn Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): had been a resident of the Nineteenth Ward for twenty-five years. He was once a member of old Lee Avenue Baptist Church back to the text
  18. Durlyn Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): died Sunday at his residence, 24 Schenck avenue, East New York ... survived by a widow, two sons, two brothers and his mother, Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade, a nonogenarian. Mr. Wade died of an affection of the hip joint after an illness of two years "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade, 24 Feb 1907. Record: Durlyn Wade, 24 Feb 1907, New York City Municipal Deaths back to the text
  19. Durlyn Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): a son of the late James D. Wade; notes: almost certainly the paper's error 1867-10-05-wade-brothers-police: the head of the family, James M. Wade "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, James M Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: James M Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 1879 1902-10-20-dr-james-duncan-wade-obit: Dr. James D. Wade back to the text
  20. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK: burial 27 Feb 1907, New York City "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade. Record: Durlyn Wade, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  21. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr and Ida Evelyn Shelland, 23 November 1904. Record: Durlyn Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr and Ida Evelyn Shelland, 23 November 1904 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn in entry for Durlyn Wade and Helen A McKinley, 27 Jan 1934. Record: Durlyn in the entry for Durlyn Wade and Helen A McKinley, 27 Jan 1934 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Duryln in entry for Wilbur Wade and Elizabeth Meigs, 16 Sep 1922. Record: Duryln in the entry for Wilbur Wade and Elizabeth Meigs, 16 Sep 1922 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Durlyn Wade (22)
  1. 1855Darling Wade, "New York, State Census, 1855"
  2. 1865Durlyn Wade, "New York, State Census, 1865"
  3. 1875Durlyn Wade, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  4. 14 September 1879Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  5. 14 September 1879Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  6. 1880Durlong Wade, "United States, Census, 1880"
  7. 1880Durlyn Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  8. 15 Sep 1880Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  9. 19 Oct 1884<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  10. 15 Oct 1884Denlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  11. 1892Durlyn Wade, "New York, State Census, 1892"
  12. 1892Durlyn Wade, "New York, State Census, 1892"
  13. 1900Durlyn Wade, "United States, Census, 1900"
  14. 3 Jun 1901Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  15. 23 November 1904Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  16. 1905Durlin Wade, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  17. 24 Feb 1907Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  18. 16 Sep 1922Duryln, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  19. 27 Jan 1934Durlyn, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  20. 23 April 1942D Wade, "Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1943"
  21. Durlyn Wade, "Find a Grave Index"
  22. 14 September 1879Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"