Wade & Webb Family History

Eliza Van Velsor1809–1883

New York · Brooklyn · Riverside Cemetery

Eliza Van Velsor, born in 1809 and, by one record, on Long Island, married Elisha Bates Goodrich and raised six children, first in New York City and by 1855 in the Eastern District of Brooklyn, where her husband kept a store at Stagg Street and Union Avenue. She died on 5 March 1883. Her surname survives in her children's records in at least six spellings, from Van Velsor to Velser.

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. 1809 New York

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Elisha Bates Goodrich

Death and burial

  1. 5 Mar 1883 Death: place not recorded 14
  2. Date unknown Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse
Elisha Bates Goodrich 1809–1891
Children
Emma May Goodrich 1846–1888
John Oscar Goodrich 1843–1900
Elisha Bates Goodrich 1842–1918
Leonard Goodrich 1833–?

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Eliza Van Velsor
  2. Emma May Goodrich, daughter
  3. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  4. Frank Edward Wade, son
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Eliza Van Velsor was born in New York in 1809, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the year or the place and does not name her parents.1 The return filed at the death of her daughter Emma in 1888 gives the mother's birthplace more exactly, as "Long Island."2 Inference Since the return was completed in New Jersey, five years after Eliza's death, by someone reporting a dead woman's mother, its "Long Island" is useful but not conclusive.2

Marriage and family

She married Elisha Bates Goodrich, who was born in New Jersey on 27 March 1809; no record of the marriage has been found, and the tree gives no date or place for it.3 The tree records six children: Ann Maria (born March 1832), Leonard (1833), Elisha Bates (30 September 1842), John Oscar (1843), Emma May (1846) and Phebe Augusta (1849).4

The family lived in New York City in 1840, when the federal census listed Elisha B. Goodrich there, and in 1850 the census recorded Eliza Goodrich in her husband's household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) in the city's 13th Ward.5 Their eldest daughter, Anna Maria, married Peter A. Weeks at Williamsburgh, Long Island, in the summer of 1852, the Brooklyn Evening Star calling her the "eldest daughter of Elisha B. Goodrich."6 By 1855 the Goodriches had moved across the East River to the 16th Ward of Brooklyn, in the city's Eastern District, where the state census of that year, the federal census of 1860 and the state census of 1865 all found Eliza in her husband's household.7 In 1857 her husband opened a store at the corner of Stagg Street and Union Avenue, which traded for forty-two years as E. B. Goodrich & Son; her son John Oscar spent more than forty years in the grocery, hay and grain business.8

Brooklyn

On 10 August 1868 her daughter Emma May Goodrich married William H. Wade, a son of James M. Wade of the Eastern District; the New York City record of the marriage names the bride's mother, its index reading only "Eliza Van ...".9 The census of 1870 indexed her as "Elise Godrich" in the household of Elisha Godrich, and the state census of 1875 found Eliza Goodrich in her husband's household in Brooklyn.10 In May 1871 her daughter Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes married John Barry in New York City, and in April 1875 her son John Oscar married Emma Woodward Wright; both records name the parents.11 The census of 1880 entry attached to her in the tree is indexed under the name Emily Goodrich, with Elisha Goodrich in the same entry, in Brooklyn.12 Inference Since no Emily is known in the family and the entry includes her husband, "Emily" is most likely a misreading of Eliza, but the original page has not been examined.12

A New Jersey record of the marriage of John Asa Struble on 26 July 1862, which names an "Eliza" and an "H. Goodrich", is also attached to her and to her husband in the tree.13 Inference The index does not say who the bride was, the father's initial is H. rather than E., and no Struble appears among the family's known marriages, so the record cannot yet be taken as hers.13

Death and burial

Eliza Goodrich died on 5 March 1883; the tree gives no place of death and no source for the date.14 Her husband survived her by eight years and died in Brooklyn on 13 June 1891.15 The tree places her burial at "Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony," a standardised place that cannot be right for a Brooklyn woman who died in 1883; the Find a Grave index records her as Eliza Van Velor Goodrich.16 Her husband was buried in Riverhead Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York, and in 1900 her son John Oscar was taken to Riverhead, Long Island, for burial.17 Inference Her grave is therefore most likely in Riverhead Cemetery on Long Island, the Suffolk County of the tree's entry, with "Riverside" a misreading of Riverhead and the Massachusetts place a mistaken match for it.17

Her name in the records

Her children's records spell her surname in many ways, and a searcher may meet any of them.18 The marriage record of her son John Oscar in 1875 has "Eliza Vanvalsor"; Anna Maria's in 1871 has "Ann Eliza Velson"; Emma's death return in 1888 has "Eliza Van Velzer"; the death record of her son Elisha in 1918 has "Eliza Velser"; and that of her daughter Phebe in 1920 has "Eliza Van Velsor", the form the tree uses.18 The tree also lists "Eliza Velser" as another name for her.19

Documents

  1. 6 March 1888 Return of death: Mary Emma Wade, Morristown, N.J., 1888 New Jersey, return of death (State of New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics) · vital record
  2. 22 July 2015 Find a Grave memorial: Eliza Van Velor Goodrich Find a Grave · memorial

Places

  1. 1850New York
  2. 1855–1880Kings
  3. undatedRiverside Cemetery

Timeline

  1. 1809BirthNew York
  2. 1850ResidenceNew York City, ward 13, New York, New York
  3. 1855ResidenceE.D. 1, Ward 16, Brooklyn City, Kings, New York
  4. 1860Residence1st District 16th Ward Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  5. 1865ResidenceWard 16, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  6. 1870ResidenceNew York
  7. 1875ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  8. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  9. 5 Mar 1883Death

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
  2. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Eliza Van Velsor, b. 1809 ±3, d. 1883 ±3: 0 results; Eliza Goodrich, b. 1809 ±3, d. 1883 ±3: 5 resultsbest: [Eliza Van Velor Goodrich (1808 – 15 Mar 1883), Riverhead Cemetery, Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149641916/eliza-goodrich); score 13 (high, before review)
  3. 2026-11-09Find a Grave memorial recorded[memorial 149641916](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149641916), high confidence: [record](../documents/findagrave/149641916-eliza-van-velor-goodrich.md); 0 headstone photo(s)
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Eliza Van Velsor", New Yorkno matches
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Eliza Velser", New Yorkno matches
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside 1887BPL1813 pages; first: [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 32](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n32/mode/1up?q=Van%20Velsor); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 46](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n46/mode/1up?q=Van%20Velsor); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 140](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n140/mode/1up?q=Van%20Velsor); 6 with the given name (Eliza)
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside brooklyn-city-directory-1858-1859-lain-yale-university-librarynot searchable: brooklyn-city-directory-1858-1859-lain-yale-university-library: No hOCR or Abbyy file present
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside bostonbirthsfrom24bostno matches; 0 with the given name (Eliza)
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside recordsrelatingt28bostno matches; 0 with the given name (Eliza)
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside volumeofrecordsr30bostno matches; 0 with the given name (Eliza)
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Van Velsor", inside bostonbirthsbapt00bostono matches; 0 with the given name (Eliza)
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Eliza Van Velsor" and "Eliza Velser", New YorkNo matches for either form.
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Van Velsor" inside 1887BPL (1,813 pages; 6 with "Eliza")The search inside the book matched "Van" alone, so the count is meaningless; the directory's only Van Velsor is Theodore, musician, 108 Milton. She died in 1883, before this directory; her husband Elisha B. Goodrich is on p. 426 (see LVPF-7HF). Not her.
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Van Velsor" inside the Boston births and records volumes (4 books)No matches. Nothing to assess. The 1858-59 Brooklyn directory is not searchable text.
  15. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 8 searchesNo match.
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Eliza Van Velsor"no matches
  17. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Eliza Velser", New Yorkno matches
  18. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Eliza Goodrich", 1883–1884no matches
  19. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Eliza Van Velsor", 1851–1884no matches
  20. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 2 searchesNo match: no hits.
  21. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 2 searchesNo match: no hits.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: birth 1809, New York, no source attached; no parents in the tree back to the text
  2. Return of death: Mary Emma Wade, Morristown, N.J., 1888, New Jersey, return of death (State of New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics): Mother's name: Eliza Van Velzer. Country of birth: Long Island back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: spouse Elisha Bates Goodrich, no marriage event FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): birth 27 Mar 1809, New Jersey back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: children Ann Maria (1832), Leonard (1833), Elisha Bates (1842), John Oscar (1843), Emma May (1846), Phebe Augusta (1849) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L266-VMG (their page): birth Mar 1832 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L266-V8T (their page): birth 30 Sep 1842 back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1840", FamilySearch, Elisha B Goodrich, 1840. Record: Elisha B Goodrich, 1840 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): residence 1840, New York City "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: residence 1850, New York City, ward 13 back to the text
  6. 1852-07-15-elisha-bates: At Williamsburgh, Long Island, Peter A. Weeks to Miss Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Elisha B. Goodrich back to the text
  7. "New York, State Census, 1855", FamilySearch, Elisa Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855. Record: Elisa Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha Goodrich, 1860. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha Goodrich, 1860 "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: residences 1855 E.D. 1, Ward 16, Brooklyn City; 1860 1st District 16th Ward Brooklyn; 1865 Ward 16, Brooklyn back to the text
  8. 1900-04-28-goodrich-john-o: In 1857 his father opened a store at the corner of Stagg street and Union avenue, E. B. Goodrich & Son, grocery, hay and grain business for over forty years back to the text
  9. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Van ... in entry for William H Wade and Emma May Goodrich, 10 August 1868. Record: Eliza Van ... in entry for William H Wade and Emma May Goodrich, 10 August 1868 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-PCM (their page): parents James M. Wade and Eliza Ann Marvin back to the text
  10. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Elise Godrich in entry for Elisha Godrich, 1870. Record: Elise Godrich in entry for Elisha Godrich, 1870 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisia Goodrich, 1875. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisia Goodrich, 1875 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: residence 1875, Brooklyn back to the text
  11. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Ann Eliza Velson in entry for John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871. Record: Ann Eliza Velson in entry for John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Elisha B. Goodrich in entry for John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871. Record: Elisha B. Goodrich in entry for John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Vanvalsor in entry for John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875. Record: Eliza Vanvalsor in entry for John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Elisha B. Goodrich in entry for John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875. Record: Elisha B. Goodrich in the same entry back to the text
  12. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Emily Goodrich, 1880. Record: Emily Goodrich, 1880 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Elisha Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880. Record: Elisha Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: residence 1880, Brooklyn back to the text
  13. "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985", FamilySearch, Eliza in entry for John Asa Struble, 26 Jul 1862. Record: Eliza in entry for John Asa Struble, 26 Jul 1862 "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985", FamilySearch, H. Goodrich in entry for John Asa Struble, 26 Jul 1862. Record: H. Goodrich in entry for John Asa Struble, 26 Jul 1862 back to the text
  14. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: death 5 Mar 1883, no place, no source attached back to the text
  15. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891. Record: Elisha B Goodrich, 13 Jun 1891 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): death 13 Jun 1891, Brooklyn back to the text
  16. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: burial Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Eliza Van Velor Goodrich. Record: Eliza Van Velor Goodrich, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  17. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): burial Riverhead Cemetery, Suffolk, New York "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Elisha B Goodrich, 1891. Record: Elisha B Goodrich, Find a Grave Index, 1891 1900-04-28-goodrich-john-o: The interment will be in Riverhead, L. I., to-day back to the text
  18. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Vanvalsor in entry for John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875. Record: Eliza Vanvalsor, 1875 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Ann Eliza Velson in entry for John Barry and Anna Maria Goodrich Weekes, 28 May 1871. Record: Ann Eliza Velson, 1871 Return of death: Mary Emma Wade, Morristown, N.J., 1888, New Jersey, return of death (State of New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics): Eliza Van Velzer "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Eliza Velser in entry for Elisha Bates Goodrich, 7 Feb 1918. Record: Eliza Velser in entry for Elisha Bates Goodrich, 7 Feb 1918 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Eliza Van Velsor in entry for Phoebe A Goodrich, 4 Feb 1920. Record: Eliza Van Velsor in entry for Phoebe A Goodrich, 4 Feb 1920 back to the text
  19. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7ZS: other name Eliza Velser back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Eliza Van Velsor (15)
  1. 1850Eliza Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1855Elisa Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1855"
  3. 1860Eliza Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1860"
  4. 26 Jul 1862Eliza, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985"
  5. 1865Eliza Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1865"
  6. 10 August 1868Eliza Van ..., "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  7. 1870Elise Godrich, "United States, Census, 1870"
  8. 28 May 1871Ann Eliza Velson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  9. 1875Eliza Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  10. 4 Apr 1875Eliza Vanvalsor, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  11. 1880Emily Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1880"
  12. 26 Apr 1900Eliza Goodrich, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  13. 7 Feb 1918Eliza Velser, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  14. 4 Feb 1920Eliza Van Velsor, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  15. Eliza Van Velor Goodrich, "Find a Grave Index"