Wade & Webb Family History

Josephine Lynas1877–1965

New York · Brooklyn · Maple Grove Cemetery

Josephine Lynas, one of the daughters of James G. Lynas of 100 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, was bridesmaid to her sister Martha at her wedding to Harry E. Wade in 1900. In 1909 she married his widowed brother, the Richmond Hill builder William H. Wade, and she survived him, a widow from 1945 until her death in 1965.

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

Birth

  1. Sep 1877 New York

Marriages

  1. 1909 William Henry Wade Jr, at New York

Death and burial

  1. Feb 1965 Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York
  2. 15 Feb 1965 Death: New York 19

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 1909
William Henry Wade Jr 1869–1945

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Josephine Lynas
  2. Wife of William Henry Wade Jr
  3. Frank Edward Wade, son
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Josephine Lynas was born in New York in September 1877, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives the month and year without a source and records no parents for her.1 Her age of 31 in August 1909 agrees with a birth in 1877 or 1878.2 The census of 1880 lists her in the household of James G. Lynas, with her elder sister Martha H. Lynas.3 James G. Lynas was Martha's father, as her wedding notice shows, and the two girls were sisters, so he was Josephine's father too.4 The state census of 1892 found Josephine and Martha in Brooklyn's 25th Ward, Kings County, and the federal census of 1900 lists Josephine in the household of James Lynas there.5 Her other sisters, as named in 1928, were Margaret L. Tiffany, Edith Cronin and Sarah Brown, and her brother was Charles Lynas.6

Two sisters, two brothers

On Wednesday 31 October 1900 Josephine attended her sister Martha at her wedding to Harry E. Wade at the family home, 100 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn; among the guests were Harry's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade.7 The state census of 1905 again found her in James G. Lynas's household, indexed as "Josephine Lyans".8 In July 1906 William H. Wade's wife, Ellen, died at Liberty, New York, leaving him with two children, Ethel E. and Frank E., then aged 11 and 9.9 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.2 The tree records the marriage in 1909, in New York, without a day or place, and the marriage certificate has not been found.10 The two Wade brothers had now married two Lynas sisters.11

Richmond Hill and Forest Hills

Her husband was a builder in Richmond Hill, Queens, president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club, and later, from 1914 to 1916, chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee.12 The federal and state censuses list Josephine in his household in Queens in 1910, 1915, 1920, 1930 and 1940.13 "Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade" were among the family at her husband's grandmother Eliza Ann Wade's 98th and 99th birthday receptions in 1914 and 1915.14 When her sister Martha died in 1928, Josephine, then of 85-11 120th Street, Richmond Hill, was named executrix of the will, the person appointed to carry it out, and was one of the five brothers and sisters among whom the estate was divided.15 By 1933 the Wades were living at Forest Hills, Queens, and in 1942 at 118 Puritan Avenue there.16

William H. Wade died at their home, 118 Puritan Avenue, Forest Hills, on 4 November 1945, "beloved husband of Josephine."17 She was at his funeral at the Richmond Hill Baptist Church on 6 November, with his daughter Ethel and his son, Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Wade, and his New York City death record names her as his wife.18 The tree records no children of her own; her stepchildren Ethel and Frank are the family named with her in 1945.18

Death

Josephine Wade died on 15 February 1965, in New York, and was buried that month in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Kew Gardens, Queens, where her husband and her sister Martha were also buried; the Find a Grave index lists her as Josephine Lynas Wade.19 No death record or obituary of her is yet attached to her profile.20

Documents

  1. 5 November 1900 Wade—Lynas Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  2. 6 August 1909 Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · image
  3. 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
  4. 17 July 1928 Wade, Martha H. (estate; wills filed) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  5. 5 November 1945 Wade—William H. (death notice) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  6. 5 November 1945 William H. Wade Dies at 76; Ex-G.O.P. Chief and Builder The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  7. 7 November 1945 W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1880New York
  2. 1892–1905Brooklyn
  3. 1910–1940Queens
  4. 1965Maple Grove Cemetery

Timeline

  1. Sep 1877BirthNew York
  2. 1880ResidenceNew York, New York, New York
  3. 1892Event TypeBrooklyn, Ward 25, E.D. 36
  4. 1892ResidenceBrooklyn, Ward 25, E.D. 36, Kings, New York
  5. 1900ResidenceBorough of Brooklyn, Election District 11 New York City Ward 25, Kings, New York
  6. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 11, Kings, New York
  7. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  8. 1909Marriage, William Henry Wade JrNew York
  9. 1910ResidenceQueens Ward 4, Queens, New York
  10. 1915ResidenceQueens, New York City, New York
  11. 1930ResidenceQueens (Districts 1501-1575), Queens, New York
  12. 1935ResidenceSame Place
  13. 1940ResidenceAssembly District 6, Queens, New York City, Queens, New York
  14. Feb 1965BurialMaple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York
  15. 15 Feb 1965DeathNew York

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree7 document(s) name this person; see Documents above. Conflicts and new facts are in each document record and in research/sources/document-review-2026-11-08.md

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: birth Sep 1877, New York, no source; no parents recorded back to the text
  2. 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, L. I., 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
  3. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas in entry for James G. Lynas, 1880. Record: Josephine Lynas in entry for James G. Lynas, 1880 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Martha H. Lynas in entry for James G. Lynas, 1880. Record: Martha H. Lynas in entry for James G. Lynas, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: residence 1880, New York, New York back to the text
  4. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): the bride was given away by her father, James G. Lynas; she was attended by her sister, Miss Josephine Lynas back to the text
  5. "New York, State Census, 1892", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas, 1892. Record: Josephine Lynas, New York State Census, 1892 "New York, State Census, 1892", FamilySearch, Martha Lynas, 1892. Record: Martha Lynas, 1892 "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas in entry for James Lynas, 1900. Record: Josephine Lynas in entry for James Lynas, 1900 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: residences 1892 Brooklyn, Ward 25, E.D. 36; 1900 Brooklyn, Ward 25 back to the text
  6. Wade, Martha H. (estate; wills filed), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): To four sisters and a brother, Josephine Wade, executrix; Margaret L. Tiffany, Denver; Edith Cronin, 100 Rockaway ave.; Sarah Brown; Charles Lynas back to the text
  7. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Wednesday evening, October 31, 100 Rockaway avenue; attended by her sister, Miss Josephine Lynas; Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade among those present back to the text
  8. "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Josephine Lyans in entry for James G Lyans, 1905. Record: Josephine Lyans in entry for James G Lyans, New York State Census, 1905 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: residence 1905, Brooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 11 back to the text
  9. 1906-07-18-ellen-m-wade-obit: Ellen M. Wade, aged 31 years, died on Monday, at Liberty, N. Y.; leaves a husband, William H. Wade, jr., and two children, Ethel E. and Frank E., aged 11 and 9 years back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: marriage 1909, New York FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W3M (their page): marriage 1909, New York, no day or place 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
  11. Wade—Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): notes: two Wade brothers married two Lynas sisters Marriage licenses: William H. Wade and Josephine Lynas, Brooklyn Times Union; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) back to the text
  12. 1910-03-16-wh-wade-comments-on-paper: William H. Wade, president of the Richmond Hill Republican Club 1914-11-28-william-h-wade-jr-republican-event: William H. Wade, chairman of the Queens Republican County Committee 1916-04-12-william-h-wade-jr-no-longer-chairman: county chairman for a year and a half 1920-07-23-harry-e-wade-obit: a brother, William H. Wade, a builder of Queens Boro back to the text
  13. "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1910. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1910 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1915. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1915 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1920. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1920 "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1930. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1930 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1940. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William H Wade, 1940 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: residences 1910 Queens Ward 4 to 1940 Assembly District 6, Queens back to the text
  14. 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 1915-03-02-eliza-ann-wade-99th-birthday-celebration: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wade back to the text
  15. Wade, Martha H. (estate; wills filed), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Josephine Wade, executrix, 85-11 120th st., Richmond Hill, Queens; each $3,500 back to the text
  16. 1933-08-09-frank-e-wade-hilda-webb-marriage-announcement: Frank E. Wade, son of William H. Wade of Forest Hills 1942-08-03-william-h-wade-notice-of-will: William H. Wade, who resides at 118 Puritan Ave., Forest Hills back to the text
  17. Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): WADE—WILLIAM H., on November 4, 1945, at his home, 118 Puritan Avenue, Forest Hills, beloved husband of Josephine back to the text
  18. W. H. Wade Funeral Attended by 300, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Among those who attended were Mr. Wade's widow, Mrs. Josephine Lynas Wade; a daughter, Ethel E. Wade; a son, Lt. Comm. Frank E. Wade "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Josephine Wade in entry for William Henry Wade, 4 Nov 1945. Record: Josephine Wade in entry for William Henry Wade, 4 Nov 1945 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: no children recorded 1906-07-18-ellen-m-wade-obit: Ethel E. and Frank E., aged 11 and 9 years in July 1906 back to the text
  19. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: death 15 Feb 1965, New York; burial Feb 1965, Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Josephine Lynas Wade. Record: Josephine Lynas Wade, Find a Grave Index Wade—William H. (death notice), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Interment Maple Grove Cemetery FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GS8B-MGF (their page): burial Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens back to the text
  20. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-W8J: no death record or obituary attached back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Josephine Lynas (12)
  1. 1880Josephine Lynas, "United States, Census, 1880"
  2. 1892Josephine Lynas, "New York, State Census, 1892"
  3. 1900Josephine Lynas, "United States, Census, 1900"
  4. 1905Josephine Lyans, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  5. 1910Josephine Wade, "United States, Census, 1910"
  6. 1915Josephine Wade, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  7. 1920Josephine Wade, "United States, Census, 1920"
  8. 1930Josephine Wade, "United States, Census, 1930"
  9. 1940Josephine Wade, "United States, Census, 1940"
  10. 4 Nov 1945Josephine Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  11. Josephine Lynas Wade, "Find a Grave Index"
  12. Newspaper clipping - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 6, 1909