Wade & Webb Family History

William Henry Wade Jr1869–1945

Richmond Hill builder, Baptist church founder and Queens Republican county chairman. Yonkers · Brooklyn · Forest Hills

Born at Yonkers and raised in Brooklyn, William Henry Wade Jr. spent his working life building in Queens: a carpenter turned developer whose houses spread from Richmond Hill to Garden City, one of the founders of the Richmond Hill Baptist Church, and for a year and a half chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee. Widowed in 1906, he married again in 1909, and when he died at Forest Hills in 1945 some three hundred people came to his funeral at the church he had helped to found.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (42)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 30 Jun 1869 Yonkers, Westchester, New York 1

Marriages

  1. 18 Oct 1893 Ellen Mathilda Marritt, at Kings, New York 9
  2. 1909 Josephine Lynas, at New York

Death and burial

  1. 4 Nov 1945 Death: New York City, Queens, New York 59
  2. 6 Nov 1945 Burial: place not recorded

Family

Parents
William Henry Wade 1848–1908
Emma May Goodrich 1846–1888
Marriage 1, 18 Oct 1893
Ellen Mathilda Marritt 1875–1906
Children
Frank Edward Wade 1896–1976
Ethel Ellen Wade 1894–1985
Marriage 2, 1909
Josephine Lynas 1877–1965

Line of descent Wade line

  1. William Henry Wade Jr
  2. Frank Edward Wade, son
  3. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

William Henry Wade Jr. was born at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, on 30 June 1869, a son of William Henry Wade and Emma May Goodrich.1 The day of birth rests on the FamilySearch tree alone, but his marriage certificate of October 1893 gives his age as 24 and his birthplace as Yonkers, and his obituary, which makes him 76 at his death in November 1945, agrees on the year.2 His father was a carpenter and builder in Brooklyn, Kings County, named in 1876 as "the architect and builder" of a new house for his brother Dr. John E. Wade.3 The federal censuses of 1870 and 1880 place the family in Brooklyn, and his obituary says he came there "as a small boy" and was educated in the public schools.4 His mother died at Morristown, New Jersey, on 6 March 1888, aged 42, three weeks after arriving there from Brooklyn.5

Ocean Hill and a first marriage

By 1891 the Wades belonged to the Ocean Hill Baptist Church in Brooklyn, whose young people's society listed William H. Wade Sr., William H. Wade Jr. and Harry E. Wade among the company at a "basket sociable" that November, along with "Edith and Nellie Thompson" and Martha Lynas.6 Earlier that year a "W. H. Wade, Jr." and "H. E. Wade" were among those at a Young People's Baptist Union social at the First Baptist Church, Clinton and Pierrepont Streets; the list gives initials only, so the identification with the two brothers is reasonable but not certain.7 In May 1892 a "William Wade" sang tenor and Miss Nellie Thompson soprano in the Ocean Hill church's double quartet at a temperance entertainment.8 Inference Since the tenor is named only as William Wade, he may be either the father or the son; the son is the likelier, given his marriage to Nellie the following year.8

He married Ellen M. Thompson on 18 October 1893 in the City of Brooklyn, before the Rev. George F. Warren, pastor of the Ocean Hill Baptist Church; the certificate records him as a carpenter, aged 24, and her as 17, born in England, and the two fathers, W. H. Wade and W. Thompson, signed as witnesses.9 It was a double wedding: Ellen's sister Edith married Matthew P. Frost the same day before the same pastor.10 Ellen's surname needs a word of explanation, because the records appear to disagree.11 The FamilySearch tree names her Ellen Mathilda Marritt, while the marriage certificate calls her Ellen M. Thompson, daughter of William Thompson and Eliza Keel.11 The 1881 census of England shows her, aged 5, as Ellen Mathilda Marritt at Loughton, Essex, with her married mother Eliza Marritt and three Marritt sisters, and FamilySearch records William Thompson as her adoptive father, that is, the man who raised her rather than the man she was born to.12 Inference The two names are consistent rather than contradictory: she was born a Marritt and carried the Thompson name after her mother's later marriage, so the certificate's "Thompson" and the tree's "Marritt" describe the same woman at different points in her life.13

Two children were born: Ethel Ellen on 17 August 1894, a date the tree gives without an attached source, and Frank Edward on 12 April 1896 at Richmond Hill, Queens County, whose birth is indexed under the name Frank Edwin Wade with William Wade as father.14 His obituary dates the family's move to Queens to 1893; his wife's obituary says they went to Richmond Hill in 1894, after eleven years at Ocean Hill, and lived on Lefferts Avenue near Jamaica Avenue; the two reports differ by a year and neither is a contemporary record.15 The federal censuses from 1900 to 1940 and the New York State census of 1915 enumerate him in Queens throughout.16

Ellen died on Monday 16 July 1906 at Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, aged 31, "after a lingering illness of a year and a half," leaving her husband and the two children, then 11 and 9.17 Inference Liberty was a resort for tuberculosis patients, and an illness of eighteen months fits consumption, but the cause of death awaits her death certificate.17 The Find a Grave index places her burial at Kew Gardens, Queens.18

Richmond Hill Baptist Church

In Richmond Hill he helped to found a new congregation.19 His obituary says he was one of the incorporators of the Richmond Hill Baptist Church in 1897, by 1945 "said to be the last surviving" one, and that he had been made chairman emeritus some years before his death.19 The church's own history, as reported at its fifth anniversary in November 1902, dates its organisation as a society to 21 September 1897 and its formal organisation to 27 February 1898 with twenty-nine members; that report names "William H. Wade, jr., clerk" among the church officers, the clerk in Baptist usage being the officer who keeps the minutes and the roll of members, and puts him first on the committee of arrangements for the anniversary.20

The Richmond Hill Republican Club

The earliest report of him in politics is from June 1908, when he was one of three speakers before three thousand people at a combined outing of the Richmond Hill, Third Ward and Theodore Roosevelt Republican clubs at Columbia Park.21 By March 1910 he was president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club, in which capacity he told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle that its new Queens Borough page of "good newsy stuff" met "with his entire approval," and that July he acted as toastmaster at the club's dinner for Assemblyman Theodore P. Wilsnack at Coney Island, where his cousins Durlyn and Wilbur Wade were among the guests.22 In September 1910 the Eagle printed over his name, as club president, a statement on the newly opened Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels to Manhattan: their effect on Long Island's prosperity was "so vast that it is hard to compute," and they gave the island "one of the greatest futures that ever lightened the horizon of any nation, country or city."23 Inference A builder's interest in Long Island's growth probably lies behind the enthusiasm, though the statement itself says nothing of his trade.23

The length of his presidency is reasonably clear, its beginning less so.24 The report of his re-election in December 1913 says he was entering "his seventh term as president," his obituary gives the presidency as 1907 to 1915, and the dinner in his honour in April 1916 was held "in recognition of Mr. Wade's past service as president of the club for seven years."24 One report, from September 1911, called him "first president of the club," which was then marking its tenth anniversary; but at the 1916 dinner it was Theodore P. Wilsnack, "the first president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club," who presented him with a bronze clock on the members' behalf.25 Inference The 1916 account, written with both men in the room and the gift changing hands, is the more specific and the more likely to be right; the 1911 phrase is best read as loose or mistaken, and his presidency taken to run from about December 1907 to December 1915.25

He sat on the arrangements committee and the guest committee for the club's tenth-anniversary banquet on 18 September 1911, at which Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt were announced as the principal speakers; whether they came is not shown by the documents in hand.26 In December 1911 the county chairman, H. Homer Moore, named him to the Queens County Republican executive committee for the Fourth Ward.27 In October 1912, during the Republican–Progressive ("Bull Moose") split, he seconded a motion that the Fourth Assembly District Republicans endorse John Kochendorfer of Richmond Hill, the Progressive candidate for the Assembly, and was one of three who voted for Kochendorfer when Wilsnack was nominated, 25 votes to 3.28

Chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee

By November 1914 he was chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee, the party's governing body in the county, and was to head a Queens delegation to a dinner for Eugene M. Travis, the Comptroller-elect of New York State.29 In September 1915, after he had opened a county committee meeting with a speech on "the necessity for harmony in the Republican ranks," William G. Johnson of Long Island City accused him and the Fourth District members of disloyalty for endorsing County Judge Burt Jay Humphrey, a Democrat, for renomination; Wade answered that he had been openly for the endorsement "from the very first, and that he believed party lines should be forgotten so far as the judiciary is concerned."30 On 5 October 1915 he was re-elected chairman, defeating George W. Vreeland by ten votes on the first ballot; he at first declined the election, and accepted only after Vreeland's candidacy was withdrawn and a second vote stood 219 to 51.31 At the club's last meeting of 1915 he gave up its presidency to John Kochendorfer, the man he had backed in 1912, was made chairman of its political committee, and saw a committee appointed to plan a dinner in his honour.32 On 11 April 1916 he "retired gracefully from the chair" of the county committee when Joseph H. De Bragga was elected without opposition on a roll call of 290; the Eagle said Wade had been chairman "for a year and a half."33 His obituary gives the chairmanship as 1914 to 1917 and credits him, in his first year, with spurring efforts "to roll up a large vote in Queens" for Charles S. Whitman's election as governor; the contemporary reports, which end the chairmanship in April 1916, are preferred for the dates.34

The testimonial dinner was held at the Richmond Hill Masonic Temple on 24 April 1916, with Governor Whitman, State Comptroller Travis, the chairman of the Republican State Committee, several judges and "many prominent Democrats" present; the Eagle called it "one of the most noteworthy affairs ever held in Queens" and "a tribute of respect to Mr. Wade's personal standing in the community apart from his influence as a political factor."35 The Governor spoke of "the splendid local work of the Republican party under the leadership of Mr. Wade," Wilsnack presented the clock, and Wade, after applause of several minutes, "briefly expressed his appreciation of the gift and all the kind words."35 He did not withdraw at once: in October 1916 the Richmond Hill Republican campaign headquarters at 3308 Jamaica Avenue were "directed by former County Chairman William H. Wade."36

A William H. Wade also served, from about 1913 to 1915, as one of three condemnation commissioners for the opening of Borden Avenue, Long Island City, a commissioner being an appointee of the court who fixes the compensation owed when private land is taken for a public street.37 Inference The report does not say where this commissioner lived, and the identification rests on his being, in those years, a Queens builder, the county chairman and the only William H. Wade found in the borough's public life; it is probable, not proven.37 He was a member of Richmond Hill Lodge No. 892, Free and Accepted Masons.38

Josephine Lynas and the wider family

On Wednesday 31 October 1900 his brother Harry E. Wade had married Martha H. Lynas at her parents' home, 100 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn; "Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade" were among the guests, and the bride was attended by her sister, Miss Josephine Lynas.39 On or about 5 August 1909 a marriage licence was issued to William H. Wade, 40, of Richmond Hill, and Josephine Lynas, 31, of 100 Rockaway Avenue.40 The tree records the marriage in 1909 without a day or place, citing only the licence notice; the marriage certificate itself has not been found.41 The two Wade brothers had thus married two Lynas sisters.42 Josephine, born in New York in September 1877, died on 15 February 1965 and is buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens.43

His father too was living in Richmond Hill by 1908, when he died suddenly at Ocean Grove, New Jersey; the funeral was held on Friday 31 July 1908 at his late residence, 415 Grant Avenue, Richmond Hill.44 "Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade" were among the family at the 98th and 99th birthday receptions of his grandmother, Eliza Ann Wade, at the Greene Avenue home of her son Dr. John E. Wade in 1914 and 1915, with his children Frank E. and Ethel counted among her great-grandchildren; she died on 15 December 1915, in her hundredth year, and he is named among her surviving grandchildren.45 His brother Harry, "a builder of Queens Boro," died on 22 July 1920 aged 48, survived by his widow Martha and "a brother, William H. Wade, a builder of Queens Boro."46

William H. Wade, Inc.

"Entering the building construction business," his obituary says, "he developed large areas of Richmond Hill, Hollis and Queens Village and in Garden City and elsewhere on Long Island."47 The tree records his occupation simply as "Builder," without a source.48 In 1920 he was among the founders of the Richmond Hill Savings Bank, of which he was a vice president and trustee at his death.49 On 7 March 1922 the Secretary of State chartered William H. Wade, Inc., of Hewlett, "formed to deal in real estate, etc.," with a capital of $25,000; the directors were William H. Wade and F. E. Wade, both of 434 Birch Street, and H. R. Williams of Richmond Hill.50 Inference The F. E. Wade at the same address is identified as his son Frank Edward, then 25, which would make this the start of Frank's career in the family firm.50

By 1931 the firm, styled William Wade, Inc., in the news column and William H. Wade, Inc., in its advertisements, with an office at 160-16 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, was developing Kensington Gardens at Ardsley Road and Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, adjoining Garden City: houses "of the English Tudor type" on plots 50 by 100 feet, selling at $10,350, several of them bought by Brooklyn families in a single week in March, with a furnished model house for exhibition.51 Its advertisements promised "English & Colonial Homes constructed and appointed in the Wade Manner," with Crane bathrooms, Kelvinator refrigerators and Cretan stone fireplaces, and explained the price by "the present unusual economic situation," under which the houses had been built "at far less than the cost would be under normal conditions."52 In December 1931 Frank Wade, of "William W. Wade, Inc.," as the Eagle misprinted the firm's name, was quoted at length on home-building as a remedy for unemployment, and in October 1932 the Eagle pictured a Kensington Gardens house sold by William H. Wade to Charles B. Houch.53 In December 1938 "William H. Wade, builders of Wade's Colonial Cottages" on Jericho Turnpike at Hyde Park, Long Island, were hurrying six model homes to completion in a project of 75 brick houses with attached garages, carrying mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration; 18 had been sold in the first month.54

His obituary says he was president of William H. Wade, Inc., "until about 15 years ago," that is about 1930, "when he retired both from business and politics."55 Inference That date sits uneasily with the firm's activity under his name through 1938; the likeliest reading is that his son ran the business under the family name while the father withdrew, but no record in hand says so.55

Forest Hills

By August 1933 he was living at Forest Hills, Queens: the notice of his son Frank's wedding to Hilda Webb at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Forest Hills, on 8 August 1933 names the bridegroom as "son of William H. Wade of Forest Hills," with Ethel E. Wade as maid of honour.56 In 1942, as a resident of 118 Puritan Avenue, Forest Hills, he petitioned the Surrogate's Court of Kings County to admit to probate the will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, his first wife's sister, who had died on 2 June 1942 at Dr. Wade's Hospital, 495 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, with his daughter Ethel, of the same Puritan Avenue address, as informant on the death certificate.57 Probate is the court process by which a will is proved genuine and its executor authorised to act; the Surrogate's Court is the New York court that handles estates, and the citation it published in the Eagle summoned the heirs, among them his son Frank, to show cause why the will should not be admitted.58 Inference That he was the petitioner suggests that Elizabeth Marritt named him executor in her will of 28 October 1941, which the court file would confirm.58

He died at his home, 118 Puritan Avenue, Forest Hills, on Sunday 4 November 1945, aged 76.59 The funeral was held on Tuesday 6 November at the Richmond Hill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Frederick Robert Tiffany, with some three hundred present, among them the church trustees, the trustees of the Richmond Hill Savings Bank, members of the Richmond Hill Republican Club and of his Masonic lodge; he was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens.60 He was survived by his widow Josephine, his daughter Ethel E. Wade, his son Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Wade, "executive officer of a navy construction battalion, just returned from Okinawa," his grandson Webb Wade and his sister Mrs. Nella Fyfe.61

Documents

  1. 20 March 1891 Young People's Union: Pleasant Social Meeting at the First Baptist Church The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  2. 7 November 1891 A Basket Sociable (Ocean Hill Baptist Church) Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  3. 20 May 1892 "For Mother's Sake": Presented Under the Auspices of the Bethel Branch, W.C.T.U. Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  4. 18 October 1893 Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage · vital record
  5. 5 November 1900 Wade—Lynas Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  6. 10 November 1902 Richmond Hill Baptists: Fifth Anniversary of the Church The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  7. 18 July 1906 Ellen M. Wade (obituary) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  8. 26 June 1908 Republicans Have an Outing The Long Island Farmer (Jamaica, New York) · image
  9. 6 August 1909 Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · image
  10. 2 March 1910 Triple Celebration: Mr. and Mrs. William A. Beadle of Richmond Hill Commemorate Three Important Events The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  11. 16 March 1910 Queens Page Delights Him: Praise From W. H. Wade The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  12. 13 July 1910 Loeb at Wilsnack Dinner Defines His Position The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  13. 8 September 1910 Hard to Compute: Effect of Tunnel Opening on Island's Prosperity Will Be Vast, Says W. H. Wade The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  14. 8 September 1911 Sherman and Roosevelt Will Attend Banquet of Richmond Hill Republican Club The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  15. 17 December 1911 No Paper Designated: Queens Republican Committee Leaves That to Executive Committee The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  16. 14 October 1912 Wilsnack Named by Republicans: Efforts to Make Bull Moose Combination in Fourth All Fail The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  17. 15 December 1913 Republicans Re-elect: Wade Begins Seventh Year as President at Richmond Hill The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  18. 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
  19. 28 November 1914 Name Travis Dinner Board: Men Prominent in Borough for Reception Board at Feast on December 9 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  20. 2 March 1915 Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  21. 10 August 1915 2-Year-Old Decision Duel: Calvary Cemetery Claim Will Be Decided Soon The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  22. 18 September 1915 Johnson Attacks 4th A. D. Leaders: L. I. City Man Resents Their Indorsement of Humphrey for County Judge The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  23. 6 October 1915 W. H. Wade Wins in Queens G.O.P. Fight: Defeats George W. Vreeland by Ten-Vote Margin for County Chairmanship The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  24. 16 December 1915 Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Dies in 100th Year: Born in New York City When All Above Canal Street Was Farming Land; Shook Hands With Lafayette The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  25. 30 December 1915 Young Men to Help in G. O. P. Affairs: Richmond Hill Republican Club Officials Give Them "a Chance" The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  26. 12 April 1916 Harmony in Queens at G. O. P. Election: De Bragga Gets Every Vote The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  27. 25 April 1916 Governor Honors Chairman Wm. Wade: Declares State Administration Has Kept All of Its Promises The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  28. 10 October 1916 "Good Apple Crop Means G. O. P. Year": Wilsnack Opens Queens Headquarters The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  29. 23 July 1920 Harry E. Wade Dies; Queens Boro Builder The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  30. 7 March 1922 More L. I. Industries (incorporations: William H. Wade, Inc.) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  31. 29 March 1931 Attractive Colony in West Hempstead (Kensington Gardens, William Wade, Inc.) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  32. 1 April 1931 Kensington Gardens: Wade Manner homes (advertisement, Wm. H. Wade, Inc.) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  33. 12 April 1931 National Reputation: High Grade Materials Have Made Wade Homes the Most Desirable Dwellings of Smart Long Island (advertisement) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  34. 13 December 1931 Active Home Building Helping Industries The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  35. 30 October 1932 In the Kensington Gardens section of Garden City (photograph of a house sold by William H. Wade) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  36. 9 August 1933 Wade—Webb (wedding) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  37. 11 December 1938 Look for Busy Home Shopping Over Holidays (Wade's Colonial Cottages) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  38. 1941 Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity (1941): Frank Edward Wade, Builder, Garden City Centennial History and Biographical Directory of the Chi Psi Fraternity (Chi Psi Fraternity, 1941) · book
  39. 3 August 1942 Citation, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, File No. 4418, 1942: will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  40. 5 November 1945 Wade—William H. (death notice) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  41. 5 November 1945 William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  42. 7 November 1945 W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1869Yonkers
  2. 1870–1880Brooklyn
  3. 1893Kings
  4. 1900–1945Queens
  5. undatedForest Hills

Timeline

  1. 30 Jun 1869BirthYonkers, Westchester, New York
  2. 1870ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  3. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 18 Oct 1893Marriage, Ellen Mathilda MarrittKings, New York
  5. 1900ResidenceBorough of Queens, Election District 4 New York City Ward 4, Queens, New York
  6. 1909Marriage, Josephine LynasNew York
  7. 1910ResidenceQueens Ward 4, Queens, New York
  8. 1915ResidenceQueens, New York City, New York
  9. 1920ResidenceQueens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
  10. 1930ResidenceQueens (Districts 1501-1575), Queens, New York
  11. 1935ResidenceSame Place
  12. 1940ResidenceAssembly District 6, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York
  13. 4 Nov 1945DeathNew York City, Queens, New York
  14. 6 Nov 1945Burial

Open questions

Richmond Hill Republican Club: first president?

The 1911 report calls him "first president of the club"; the 1916 testimonial-dinner report says Theodore P. Wilsnack was the first president. Club records or a founding report (about 1901) would settle it.

Condemnation commissioner (1913–1915)?

A William H. Wade served as a condemnation commissioner for Borden Avenue, Long Island City (1915-08-10). Probably him (medium confidence); look for the appointing order.

235 Elm Street, Richmond Hill (1921)?

His son Frank gave 235 Elm St., Richmond Hill, as his address to the Wesleyan Alumni Record in 1921 (1921). Check whether it was this family's house (1920 census, clippings).

New York Times articles to read (2026-11-09)

The Times archive search found a William H. Wade in Queens real estate (1920), in the Borden Avenue condemnation case (1918, probably the 1913–1915 commission above) and in Republican politics (1910–1917). nytimes.com refuses our fetches, so none has been read. Matt can open the articles from before 1923 free; the links are in the Research log rows of 2026-11-09. Hits 11–24 of the "William H Wade" search were not cached.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree41 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: William Wade, b. 1869 ±3, d. 1945 ±3: 47 resultsbest: [William Wade (1866 – 11 Feb 1945), Nichols Point Cemetery, Nichols Point, Rural City of Mildura, Victoria, Australia](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211566355/william-wade); score 7 (medium, before review)
  3. 2026-11-09Assessment of the Find a Grave batch candidates (2026-11-09)Rejected: William Wade (1866-1945), Nichols Point, Victoria, Australia. No memorial recorded.
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "William Henry Wade", New York55 pages; first: [The North Carolinian : a Quarterly Journal of Genealogy and History 1958-06: Vol 4 Iss 2, 1958, p. ](https://archive.org/details/north-carolina-genealogy_1958-06_4_2?q=%22William%20Henry%20Wade%22); [Proceedings of commencement, 1914, p. ](https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofcom1914univ?q=%22William%20Henry%20Wade%22); [Sedalia Evening Democrat (1893-07-13), 1893, p. ](https://archive.org/details/sedalia-evening-democrat-1893-07-13?q=%22William%20Henry%20Wade%22)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "William Wade", New York20115 pages; first: [The Wade genealogy : being some account of the origin of the name, and genealogies of the families of Wade of Massachusetts and New Jersey. [pt. 1-4], 1900, p. ](https://archive.org/details/wadegenealogybei1900wade?q=%22William%20Wade%22); [The Wade genealogy, being some account of the origin of the name, and genealogies of the families of Wade of Massachusetts and New Jersey. [pt. 1-4] Comp. by Stuart Charles Wade, 1900, p. ](https://archive.org/details/wadegenealogybei00wade?q=%22William%20Wade%22); [United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit, 1947, p. ](https://archive.org/details/govuscourtsca9briefs2468?q=%22William%20Wade%22)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside nybirthindexnot searchable: nybirthindex is not a scanned text
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside nydeathindexnot searchable: nydeathindex is not a scanned text
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside longislandnewyo187889lain2 pages; first: [Long Island, New York, business directory, 1878, p. 633](https://archive.org/details/longislandnewyo187889lain/page/n633/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Long Island, New York, business directory, 1878, p. 645](https://archive.org/details/longislandnewyo187889lain/page/n645/mode/1up?q=Wade); 0 with the given name (William, Henry)
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", inside 1887BPL21 pages; first: [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 143](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n143/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 310](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n310/mode/1up?q=Wade); [Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887, 1887, p. 1051](https://archive.org/details/1887BPL/page/n1051/mode/1up?q=Wade); 9 with the given name (William, Henry)
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Wade", 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
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "William Henry Wade", New York (55 pages)All 55 titles reviewed: a William Henry Wade Sr. born 1799 in Screven County, Georgia; a Lehigh engineering graduate of 1914; Sedalia, Missouri papers; a Helena, Montana cadet; a Texas marriage of 1894; a New South Wales constable; none in Brooklyn or Queens. Not him.
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "William Wade", New York (20,115 pages)First 20 hits reviewed (Wade genealogy of 1900, court briefs, namesakes); too broad, none him.
  13. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Wade" inside 1887BPL (Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887)21 pages; the Wade list (p. 1185) has "Wade William H. carpenter, h 63 Bleecker", probably his father (LVPD-PCM, medium confidence); he himself (aged 17) is not listed. Record [1887](../documents/1887-lains-brooklyn-directory-wade-goodrich.md).
  14. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: his firm in the Chi Psi directory (1941)His son Frank's entry names "builder William H. Wade Inc. 1922-" (found under 9N2F-N1M). Record [1941](../documents/1941-chi-psi-directory-frank-edward-wade.md).
  15. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Wade" inside the Queens County booksthe 1878 Long Island business directory (longislandnewyo187889lain) has two Wade pages (scans n633, n645) with no Wade of the family's given names; not the family; nybirthindex, nydeathindex and the 1858-59 Brooklyn directory are not searchable text: nothing assessed.
  16. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 7 searchesNo direct match for him; the family firm named in his son's 1941 entry.
  17. 2026-11-09DPLA: "William Henry Wade"no matches
  18. 2026-11-09DPLA: "William Wade", New York20 pages; first: [Dyar, William Wade (Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library), 1904, p. ](https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61968660-b0e8-0133-9ed8-00505686d14e); [Carty, William Wade (National Archives at Philadelphia), n.d., p. ](http://catalog.archives.gov/id/62167250); [Enlistment Card for William Wade, 15th NY National Guard in 1940 (New York State Military Museum), 1940, p. ](http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/nysmm/id/13802)
  19. 2026-11-09New York Times: "William Henry Wade", 1945–1946no matches
  20. 2026-11-09New York Times: "William Henry Wade", 1884–19461 page; first: [New York Times: Annual Cup Offered by Wade For Yale Varsity Wrestling, 1931-01-17, p. 19](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/17/archives/annual-cup-offered-by-wade-for-yale-varsity-wrestling.html)
  21. 2026-11-09New York Times: "William H Wade", 1884–194624 pages; first: [New York Times: ARREST BROOKLYN INSPECTORS.; Four Charged with Depositing "Cannon" Ballots There., 1910-09-14, p. 2](https://www.nytimes.com/1910/09/14/archives/arrest-brooklyn-inspectors-four-charged-with-depositing-cannon.html); [New York Times: REPUBLICANS MEET AT SARATOGA SEPT. 25; State Committee Decides This, but Fails to Choose a Temporary Chairman., 1912-07-21, p. 4](https://www.nytimes.com/1912/07/21/archives/republicans-meet-at-saratoga-sept-25-state-committee-decides-this.html); [New York Times: PRIMARIES INDORSE THE MACHINE'S LIST; Manhattan Republicans O.K. Hand-Picked Delegates for Saratoga. FEW CONTESTS IN STATE Mills and Griscom from Battery, Ivins from "de Ate," Seth Low from Murphy's District., 1914-08-07, p. 18](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/08/07/archives/primaries-indorse-the-machines-list-manhattan-republicans-ok.html)
  22. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: "William Wade", New York (20 hits; 10 cached)All namesakes: Dyar, William Wade (NYPL, 1904); Carty, William Wade (naturalized 1943, aged 33); a William Wade of the 15th New York National Guard (1940 enlistment card); Major William Wade, U.S.A., of the New Jersey family (plate from Stuart C. Wade's *Wade Genealogy*, 1900); William Wade, engraver of the 1847 Hudson River panorama; William Wade, author of *The blind-deaf* (1902). Hits 11–20 not cached. Not him. "William Henry Wade": no hits.
  23. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 2 searchesNo match.
  24. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 3 Jul 1918, p. 9, [SAVES $144,738 TO OWNERS; Justice Denies Cemetery's Claim to Street in Use for Years](https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/03/archives/saves-144738-to-owners-justice-denies-cemeterys-claim-to-street-in.html)PROBABLE (medium) that he is the William H. Wade named. Index summary: "Claim to title of Borden Av denied by Justice L. B. Faber in favor of the Courtnay Development Co". This is the Borden Avenue (Long Island City) condemnation in which Frank Entwistle, George W. Pople and "William H. Wade" were commissioners ([1915-08-10](../documents/1915-08-10-william-h-wade-commission-unsure-if-this-is-our-wh-wade.md)). The name search found it, so the article names a William H. Wade, probably as a commissioner. If it calls him "of Richmond Hill" or a builder, it answers the open question on the commission. not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen. For Matt (1918, free).
  25. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 18 Feb 1920, p. 25, [Queens Borough Trading.](https://www.nytimes.com/1920/02/18/archives/queens-borough-trading.html) and 4 Sep 1920, p. 19, [Queens Borough Transactions.](https://www.nytimes.com/1920/09/04/archives/queens-borough-transactions.html)PROBABLE (medium). Real-estate columns naming a William H. Wade in Queens. He was a Richmond Hill builder (William H. Wade, Inc. was formed in 1922), and no other William H. Wade is known in Queens property in these years. There is no index summary. not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen. For Matt (1920, free): look for the property, the street and the other party.
  26. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: Republican politics, 1910–1917: 14 Sep 1910, p. 2, [ARREST BROOKLYN INSPECTORS](https://www.nytimes.com/1910/09/14/archives/arrest-brooklyn-inspectors-four-charged-with-depositing-cannon.html) (index: "Bklyn, Queens results detailed"); 21 Jul 1912, p. 4, [REPUBLICANS MEET AT SARATOGA SEPT. 25](https://www.nytimes.com/1912/07/21/archives/republicans-meet-at-saratoga-sept-25-state-committee-decides-this.html); 7 Aug 1914, p. 18, [PRIMARIES INDORSE THE MACHINE'S LIST](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/08/07/archives/primaries-indorse-the-machines-list-manhattan-republicans-ok.html) (delegates to the Saratoga convention, list); 25 Oct 1914, p. 4, [CITIZENS' UNION LISTS DELEGATES](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/10/25/archives/citizens-union-lists-delegates-questions-candidates-as-to-their.html); 29 Oct 1914, p. 6, [NON-PARTISANSHIP IN THE CONSTITUTION](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/10/29/archives/nonpartisanship-in-the-constitution-elihu-root-would-keep-municipal.html); 8 Oct 1917, p. 3, [WHITMAN EXPECTED TO INDORSE MITCHEL](https://www.nytimes.com/1917/10/08/archives/whitman-expected-to-indorse-mitchel-governor-said-to-have-refused-a.html)POSSIBLE (medium as a group). He was president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club from 1907 and Queens Republican county chairman in 1915–1916, and the Eagle names him in these same contests ([1911-12-17](../documents/1911-12-17-william-h-wade-executive-committee.md), [1915-10-06](../documents/1915-10-06-wh-wade-re-elected.md)). But the index entries do not show the name in context, and William H. Wade is a common name. If the Citizens' Union list of 25 Oct 1914 names him, he stood for delegate to the 1915 State Constitutional Convention, which would be new. not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen. For Matt (all free).
  27. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 5 Oct 1920, p. 18, [100,000 TENANTS CAN ATTACK LEASES](https://www.nytimes.com/1920/10/05/archives/100000-tenants-can-attack-leases-commissioner-hirshfield-says-many.html)POSSIBLE (low). The new rent laws; a William H. Wade is named, perhaps as a landlord or builder. Nothing ties it to him yet. For Matt (free).
  28. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 17 Jan 1931, p. 19, [Annual Cup Offered by Wade For Yale Varsity Wrestling](https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/17/archives/annual-cup-offered-by-wade-for-yale-varsity-wrestling.html)POSSIBLE (low). Index summary: "W H Wade offers cup for varsity team". The text names a "William Henry Wade" and a "Frank Edward Wade" (both phrase searches found it), the same pair as him and his son. But no Yale tie is known: Frank went to Wesleyan and Cornell. A Frank Edward Wade of Syracuse (born 1873, Yale 1896) is a likelier family (inference). not read: nytimes.com refused the fetch, so only the headline and index entry were seen. For Matt (1931: subscription or ProQuest).
  29. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 3 searches ("William Henry Wade" 1884–1946 and 1945–1946, "William H Wade" 1884–1946)No match read. 2 probable (1918, 1920) and 7 possible, all for Matt to open. Hits 11–24 of "William H Wade" were not cached. "William Henry Wade" 1945–1946: no Times obituary under his full name (the Eagle obituaries are recorded).
  30. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: "Frank E Wade", 1930–1976 (found in the search for his son)Match (high): 5 November 1945, p. 19, "WILLIAM H. WADE; Builder of Homes in Several Communities in Queens" (https://www.nytimes.com/1945/11/05/archives/william-h-wade-builder-of-homes-in-several-communities-in-queens.html), his Times obituary (he died 4 November 1945; the Eagle obituaries are already recorded). Not read: for Matt to open, for anything the Eagle lacks.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: birth 30 Jun 1869, Yonkers, parents William Henry Wade and Emma May Goodrich Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: groom born Yonkers, N.Y., father William H. Wade, mother May Emma Goodrich back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: the birth event has no attached source Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: age 24, born Yonkers William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): born in Yonkers, aged 76 back to the text
  3. 1876-07-10-william-h-wade-built-house-for-brother-john-e-wade: Mr. William H. Wade was the architect and builder Harry E. Wade Dies; Queens Boro Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): the late William Wade, who was a builder of Brooklyn FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-PCM (their page): occupation carpenter, 1900 census back to the text
  4. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, William Wade in entry for William Wade, 1870. Record: 1870 census, Brooklyn "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, William Wade in entry for William Wade, 1880. Record: 1880 census, Brooklyn FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: residence Brooklyn, 1870 and 1880 William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): came to Brooklyn with his family as a small boy, educated in the public schools here back to the text
  5. 1888-03-06-mary-emma-wade-death-return: Mary Emma Wade, 42, died 6 March 1888, Morristown, 3 weeks in New Jersey, last residence Brooklyn back to the text
  6. A Basket Sociable (Ocean Hill Baptist Church), Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, Sr., William H. Wade, Jr. ... Harry E. Wade, Edith and Nellie Thompson, Martha Lynas back to the text
  7. Young People's Union: Pleasant Social Meeting at the First Baptist Church, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): W. H. Wade, Jr., H. E. Wade, identification by initials only back to the text
  8. "For Mother's Sake": Presented Under the Auspices of the Bethel Branch, W.C.T.U., Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Messrs. William Wade and W. Thompson, tenors, Miss Nellie Thompson, soprano back to the text
  9. Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: certificate no. 4669, witnesses W. H. Wade, W. Thompson, groom carpenter, 24, bride 17, born England "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, William H Wade, Jr and Ellen M Thompson, 18 October 1893. Record: William H Wade, Jr and Ellen M Thompson, 18 October 1893 back to the text
  10. Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: notes: a double wedding with Edith Thompson and Matthew P. Frost, certificate 4656 back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-6LB (their page): Ellen Mathilda Marritt Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: Ellen M. Thompson, father William Thompson, mother's maiden name Eliza Keel back to the text
  12. 1881-census-eliza-marritt-household: Ellen Mathilda Marritt, daughter, 5, Loughton, Eliza Marritt, head, married "England and Wales, Census, 1881", FamilySearch, Ellen Mathdola Marritt in entry for Eliza Marritt, 1881. Record: 1881 census of England and Wales FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-6LB (their page): William Thompson recorded as adoptive father (research/relationships.toml) back to the text
  13. 1881-census-eliza-marritt-household: notes: born and raised a Marritt, Eliza's marriage to William Thompson must be after April 1881 Certificate of marriage no. 4669: William H. Wade Jr. and Ellen M. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: the adoptive father named as father back to the text
  14. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-9PH (their page): Ethel Ellen Wade, born 17 Aug 1894, no source attached "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Ethel E Wade in entry for William Wade, 1900. Record: Ethel E Wade, 1900 census "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch, William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896. Record: Frank Edwin Wade, 12 Apr 1896, William Wade father "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", , FamilySearch, William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 1896. Record: William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, 1896 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M (their page): Frank Edward Wade, born 12 Apr 1896, Richmond Hill back to the text
  15. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): moved to Queens in 1893 Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): eleven years a resident of Ocean Hill, in 1894 went with her family to live in Richmond Hill, residing on Lefferts, near Jamaica avenue back to the text
  16. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, William Wade, 1900. Record: 1900 census, Queens Ward 4 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, William H Wade, 1910. Record: 1910 census, Queens Ward 4 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, William H Wade, 1915. Record: 1915 state census, Queens "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, William H Wade, 1920. Record: 1920 census, Queens "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, William H Wade, 1930. Record: 1930 census, Queens "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, William H Wade, 1940. Record: 1940 census, Queens FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: residence events 1900–1940 back to the text
  17. Ellen M. Wade (obituary), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Ellen M. Wade, aged 31, died on Monday at Liberty, N.Y., after a lingering illness of a year and a half, leaves William H. Wade, jr., and Ethel E. and Frank E., aged 11 and 9, notes on Liberty as a tuberculosis resort back to the text
  18. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Ellen M. Thompson Wade. Record: Ellen M. Thompson Wade, Find a Grave Index FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-6LB (their page): burial Kew Gardens, Queens back to the text
  19. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): said to be the last surviving incorporator of the Richmond Hill Baptist Church, which he helped to found in 1897, several years ago made chairman emeritus back to the text
  20. Richmond Hill Baptists: Fifth Anniversary of the Church, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): organised as a society 21 September 1897, church formally organised 27 February 1898 with twenty-nine members, William H. Wade, jr., clerk, committee of arrangements, William H. Wade, jr. back to the text
  21. Republicans Have an Outing, The Long Island Farmer (Jamaica, New York): addresses made in the evening by W. H. Wade, Jr., Anthony Moore and L. B. Franklin, three thousand people at Columbia Park back to the text
  22. Queens Page Delights Him: Praise From W. H. Wade, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club ... meets with his entire approval Loeb at Wilsnack Dinner Defines His Position, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): acted as toastmaster, Durlyn Wade, Wilbur Wade among the guests back to the text
  23. Hard to Compute: Effect of Tunnel Opening on Island's Prosperity Will Be Vast, Says W. H. Wade, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): signed William H. Wade, President of the Richmond Hill Republican Club back to the text
  24. Republicans Re-elect: Wade Begins Seventh Year as President at Richmond Hill, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): will enter upon his seventh term as president William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club from 1907 to 1915 Governor Honors Chairman Wm. Wade: Declares State Administration Has Kept All of Its Promises, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): past service as president of the club for seven years back to the text
  25. Sherman and Roosevelt Will Attend Banquet of Richmond Hill Republican Club, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): President William H. Wade, first president of the club, tenth anniversary Governor Honors Chairman Wm. Wade: Declares State Administration Has Kept All of Its Promises, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Theodore P. Wilsnack, the first president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club, presented Mr. Wade ... with a handsome bronze clock back to the text
  26. Sherman and Roosevelt Will Attend Banquet of Richmond Hill Republican Club, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): banquet Monday 18 September at Dauer's Hall, Messrs. Moore, DeBragga, Dolan and Wade compose the guest committee, notes: a report of the banquet itself is still to find back to the text
  27. No Paper Designated: Queens Republican Committee Leaves That to Executive Committee, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, jr., Fourth Ward back to the text
  28. Wilsnack Named by Republicans: Efforts to Make Bull Moose Combination in Fourth All Fail, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): seconded by William H. Wade, president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club, the three who voted for Kochendorfer were John Dolan ... and Messrs. Wade and Phillips back to the text
  29. Name Travis Dinner Board: Men Prominent in Borough for Reception Board at Feast on December 9, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee, will head a big delegation back to the text
  30. Johnson Attacks 4th A. D. Leaders: L. I. City Man Resents Their Indorsement of Humphrey for County Judge, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Chairman Wade retorted that he had been openly in favor of Judge Humphrey's indorsement by the Republicans from the very first back to the text
  31. W. H. Wade Wins in Queens G.O.P. Fight: Defeats George W. Vreeland by Ten-Vote Margin for County Chairmanship, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): defeated George W. Vreeland by ten votes, second vote 219 to 51 back to the text
  32. Young Men to Help in G. O. P. Affairs: Richmond Hill Republican Club Officials Give Them "a Chance", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Kochendorfer, recently elected president, Political—William H. Wade, chairman, dinner in honor of the retiring president, William H. Wade back to the text
  33. Harmony in Queens at G. O. P. Election: De Bragga Gets Every Vote, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): county chairman for a year and a half, unanimous vote for Mr. De Bragga on a roll call of 290 votes back to the text
  34. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee from 1914 to 1917, notes: contemporary reports preferred Harmony in Queens at G. O. P. Election: De Bragga Gets Every Vote, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) back to the text
  35. Governor Honors Chairman Wm. Wade: Declares State Administration Has Kept All of Its Promises, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): dinner at Richmond Hill Masonic Temple, 24 April 1916, Governor Whitman arrived at 7:45 back to the text
  36. "Good Apple Crop Means G. O. P. Year": Wilsnack Opens Queens Headquarters, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Richmond Hill quarters, at 3308 Jamaica avenue, are directed by former County Chairman William H. Wade back to the text
  37. 2-Year-Old Decision Duel: Calvary Cemetery Claim Will Be Decided Soon, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): the commissioners are Frank Entwistle, George W. Pople and William H. Wade, more than two years, assessment: probably him, medium confidence back to the text
  38. W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): members of Richmond Hill Lodge 892 of the Masons, of which he was a member back to the text
  39. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Wednesday evening, October 31, attended by her sister, Miss Josephine Lynas, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade among those present back to the text
  40. Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, 40, of Richmond Hill, and Josephine Lynas, 31, of 100 Rockaway avenue The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 6, 1909 Record: newspaper clipping, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 6 Aug 1909 back to the text
  41. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: marriage 1909, New York, no day or place The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 6, 1909 Record: the only source attached Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): lead: the marriage certificate, August 1909 back to the text
  42. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Josephine, sister of the bride Martha Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): 100 Rockaway Avenue, the Lynas family home back to the text
  43. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J (their page): born Sep 1877, New York, died 15 Feb 1965 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas in entry for James G. Lynas, 1880. Record: Josephine Lynas, 1880 census "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas Wade. Record: Josephine Lynas Wade, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  44. 1908-07-30-william-h-wade-sr-obit: Suddenly, at Ocean Grove, William H. Wade, Sr., funeral Friday, July 31, at his late residence, 415 Grant av, Richmond Hill FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-PCM (their page): death 28 Jul 1908, Ocean Grove back to the text
  45. Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade, Frank Wade, Miss Ethel Wade Mrs. Wade, 99, Happy With 4 Generations: Her Offspring and Guests, Numbering 100, Extend Love on Birthday, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, grandchild, Frank E. Wade, Miss Ethel Wade, great-grandchildren Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Dies in 100th Year: Born in New York City When All Above Canal Street Was Farming Land; Shook Hands With Lafayette, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): died yesterday afternoon (15 December 1915), survived by grandchildren including William H. Wade back to the text
  46. Harry E. Wade Dies; Queens Boro Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Harry E. Wade, 48 years old, of Richmond Hill, a builder of Queens Boro, died on Thursday [22 July 1920] back to the text
  47. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): entering the building construction business, he developed large areas back to the text
  48. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M: occupation Builder, no source attached back to the text
  49. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): one of the founders of the Richmond Hill Savings Bank in 1920, and at his death was a vice president and trustee W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): trustees of the Richmond Hill Savings Bank of which he was a founder in 1920 back to the text
  50. More L. I. Industries (incorporations: William H. Wade, Inc.), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, Inc., Hewlett, capital $25,000, directors William H. Wade and F. E. Wade, 434 Birch st., and H. R. Williams FamilySearch Family Tree, profile 9N2F-N1M (their page): Frank Edward Wade, born 1896 back to the text
  51. Attractive Colony in West Hempstead (Kensington Gardens, William Wade, Inc.), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Kensington Gardens in West Hempstead developed by William Wade, Inc., of Jamaica, English Tudor type, plots 50 by 100, $10,350 Kensington Gardens: Wade Manner homes (advertisement, Wm. H. Wade, Inc.), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Wm. H. Wade Inc., office 160-16 Jamaica Ave. back to the text
  52. Kensington Gardens: Wade Manner homes (advertisement, Wm. H. Wade, Inc.), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): English & Colonial Homes constructed and appointed in the Wade Manner National Reputation: High Grade Materials Have Made Wade Homes the Most Desirable Dwellings of Smart Long Island (advertisement), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Crane, Kelvinator, Cretan stone fireplaces, the present unusual economic situation back to the text
  53. Active Home Building Helping Industries, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank Wade of William W. Wade, Inc., Long Island builders In the Kensington Gardens section of Garden City (photograph of a house sold by William H. Wade), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): purchased by Charles B. Houch ... from William H. Wade back to the text
  54. Look for Busy Home Shopping Over Holidays (Wade's Colonial Cottages), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, builders of Wade's Colonial Cottages on Jerico Turnpike near Merrick Road, Hyde Park, 75 homes, eighteen sold, FHA mortgages back to the text
  55. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): president of William H. Wade, Inc., until about 15 years ago, when he retired both from business and politics, notes on the 1938 report Look for Busy Home Shopping Over Holidays (Wade's Colonial Cottages), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) back to the text
  56. Wade—Webb (wedding), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Frank E. Wade, son of William H. Wade of Forest Hills, St. Luke's P. E. Church, Forest Hills, Miss Ethel E. Wade maid of honor back to the text
  57. Citation, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, File No. 4418, 1942: will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): William H. Wade, who resides at 118 Puritan Ave., Forest Hills, has presented a petition ... last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Jane Marritt 1942-06-02-elizabeth-marritt-death-certificate: died 2 June 1942, Dr. Wade's Hospital, 495 Greene Ave, informant Ethel E. Wade, niece, 118 Puritan Ave. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMST-6LB (their page): Ellen Mathilda Marritt, daughter of Eliza Keel back to the text
  58. Citation, Surrogate's Court, Kings County, File No. 4418, 1942: will of Elizabeth Jane Marritt, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): File No. 4418, 1942, instrument dated 28 October 1941, Frank E. Wade among those cited, Surrogate's Court, Kings County back to the text
  59. Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): on November 4, 1945, at his home, 118 Puritan Avenue, Forest Hills William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): died yesterday, he was 76 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, William Henry Wade, 4 Nov 1945. Record: William Henry Wade, 4 Nov 1945, New York City Municipal Deaths back to the text
  60. W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): three hundred persons, the Rev. Frederick Robert Tiffany, interment Maple Grove Cemetery Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): services Tuesday, November 6, at the Richmond Hill Baptist Church "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, William Henry Wade, ; Burial, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, United States of America, Maple Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 198654110, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Record: Find a Grave Index: Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens back to the text
  61. William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): surviving are his widow, Mrs. Josephine Lynas Wade, a daughter, Ethel E. Wade, a son, Lt. Comm. Frank E. Wade ..., a grandson, Webb Wade, and a sister, Mrs. Nella Fyfe Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to William Henry Wade Jr (15)
  1. 1870William Wade, "United States, Census, 1870"
  2. 1880William Wade, "United States, Census, 1880"
  3. 18 October 1893William H Wade, Jr, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  4. 1896William Wade in entry for Frank Edwin Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  5. 12 Apr 1896William Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  6. 1900William Wade, "United States, Census, 1900"
  7. 1910William H Wade, "United States, Census, 1910"
  8. 1915William H Wade, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  9. 1920William H Wade, "United States, Census, 1920"
  10. 1930William H Wade, "United States, Census, 1930"
  11. 1940William H Wade, "United States, Census, 1940"
  12. 4 Nov 1945William Henry Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  13. Newspaper clipping - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 6, 1909
  14. William Henry Wade, "Find a Grave Index"
  15. William Henry Wade, Jr, "Find a Grave Index"