Wade & Webb Family History

Catherine Watson Guillan1853–1933

New York · Brooklyn · Queens

Catherine Watson Guillan grew up in Brooklyn and in 1879 married Durlyn Wade, a son of James M. Wade and Eliza Ann Wade. Two of their four children died young, and after her husband's death in 1907 she made her home with her eldest son, Durlyn, in Queens, where she died in March 1933.

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. Sep 1853 New York

Marriages

  1. 14 Sep 1879 Durlyn Wade, at Kings, New York 4

Death and burial

  1. 7 Mar 1933 Death: New York City, Queens, New York 18
  2. 11 Mar 1933 Burial: place not recorded 18

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 14 Sep 1879
Durlyn Wade 1853–1907
Children
William Wade 1884–1884
Durlyn B. Wade Jr. 1880–1942
Edna May Wade 1889–1901
Wilbur Wade 1888–1936

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Catherine Watson Guillan
  2. Wife of Durlyn Wade
  3. William Henry Wade
  4. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  5. Frank Edward Wade, son
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

Catherine Watson Guillan was born in New York in September 1853, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives the month and year without a source.1 The state census of 1855 lists a Catherine Watson, as the index reads her, in the household of James "Quillan" in the Thirteenth Ward of the City of Brooklyn, Kings County.2 Ten years later the census of 1865 found "Catharine Guillan" in the household of James W. Guillan in the same ward, and in 1875 "Kate Guillan" in the household of James Guillan in Brooklyn.3 Inference James W. Guillan was very probably her father, and "Watson" his middle name and hers, but the index entries attached to the tree do not state the relationship, and the tree names no parents for her.3

On 14 September 1879 she married Durlyn Wade, a son of James M. Wade and Eliza Ann Wade, in a marriage recorded in the New York City marriage series.4 The federal census of 1880 listed the couple in Brooklyn, she as Catherine Wade.5 Their son Durlyn was born on 15 September 1880, his birth recorded with his mother's name as Katie Guillan.6 A second son, William, was born on 15 October 1884 and died four days later.7 Two more children followed: Wilbur, born in 1888, and Edna May, born in 1889, who died on 3 June 1901, her mother then recorded as Kate Wade.8 In 1900 the census found the family in the Twenty-sixth Ward of Brooklyn, which included East New York, with Catherine recorded as Catherine W. Wade.9 In 1905 the state census found them in Brooklyn again.10

Her husband died at their home, 24 Schenck Avenue, East New York, on 24 February 1907, after two years' illness, and was survived by "a widow, two sons."11 By 1910 she was living with her son Durlyn in the Fourth Ward of Queens, and the state census of 1915 found her in his household again.12 "Mrs. Durlyn Wade" was among the family at her mother-in-law Eliza Ann Wade's 98th birthday in February 1914, and probably also at the 99th in March 1915, where the guest list names a "Durlyn Wade Sr." although Durlyn Wade had died eight years before.13 Inference The likeliest reading of that name is his widow, Mrs. Durlyn Wade.13

In the federal census of 1920 she appears at the head of a household in the Fifth Assembly District of Queens, with her son Durlyn in it.14 Her son Wilbur's marriage to Elizabeth Meigs on 16 September 1922 names her as his mother, as "Catherine Guillen".15 When her niece by marriage, Adele Wade Norton, died in April 1929, Adele left "jewelry" to "Catherine Wade, aunt, 87-78 112th st., Richmond Hill."16 The census of 1930 again listed her in her son Durlyn's household in Queens.17

She died in Queens, New York City, on 7 March 1933, and the tree gives her burial as 11 March 1933, without a place.18 Her maiden name appears once more in the record of her son Durlyn's second marriage in 1934 and, as "Cathrine Guilland", in his Georgia death record of 1942.19

Documents

  1. 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
  2. 13 June 1929 Norton, Adele (estate; wills filed) The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1855–1905Kings
  2. 1879Kings
  3. 1910–1933Queens

Timeline

  1. Sep 1853BirthNew York
  2. 1855ResidenceE.D. 1, Ward 13, Brooklyn City, Kings, New York
  3. 1865ResidenceWard 13, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 1875ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  5. 14 Sep 1879Marriage, Durlyn WadeKings, New York
  6. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  7. 1900ResidenceED 467 Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 14 New York City Ward 26, Kings, New York
  8. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 21, E.D. 30, Kings, New York
  9. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  10. 1910ResidenceQueens Ward 4, Queens, New York
  11. 1915ResidenceQueens, New York City, New York
  12. 1920ResidenceQueens Assembly District 5, Queens, New York
  13. 1930ResidenceQueens (Districts 0501-0750), Queens, New York
  14. 7 Mar 1933DeathNew York City, Queens, New York
  15. 11 Mar 1933Burial

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 tree2 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 LVPX-NP3: birth Sep 1853, New York; no source attached back to the text
  2. "New York, State Census, 1855", FamilySearch, Catherine Watson in entry for James Quillan, 1855. Record: Catherine Watson in the entry for James Quillan, 1855 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: residence 1855, E.D. 1, Ward 13, Brooklyn City, Kings, New York back to the text
  3. "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, Catharine Guillan in entry for James W Guillan, 1865. Record: Catharine Guillan in the entry for James W Guillan, 1865 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Kate Guillan in entry for James Guillan, 1875. Record: Kate Guillan in the entry for James Guillan, 1875 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: residence 1865, Ward 13, Brooklyn; no parents in the tree back to the text
  4. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879. Record: Durlyn Wade and Catherine Watson Guillan, 14 September 1879 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-MNK (their page): parents James M Wade and Eliza Ann Marvin back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade in entry for Durlong Wade, 1880. Record: Catherine Wade in the entry for Durlong Wade, 1880 back to the text
  6. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Katie Guillan in entry for Durlyn Wade, 15 Sep 1880. Record: Katie Guillan in the birth entry for Durlyn Wade, 15 Sep 1880 back to the text
  7. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Catharine Guillan in entry for William Wade, 15 Oct 1884. Record: Catharine Guillan in the birth entry for William Wade, 15 Oct 1884 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for William Wade, 19 Oct 1884. Record: the death entry for William Wade, 19 Oct 1884 back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: children Wilbur Wade (1888–1936) and Edna May Wade (1889–1901) "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Kate Wade in entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901. Record: Kate Wade in the death entry for Edna May Wade, 3 Jun 1901 back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Catherine W Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, 1900. Record: Catherine W Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade, 1900 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: residence 1900, ED 467 Borough of Brooklyn, New York City Ward 26 1899-04-09-durlyn-and-nellie-wade-social-event: notes: East New York (Twenty-sixth Ward) back to the text
  10. "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Catharin W Wade in entry for Durlin Wade, 1905. Record: Catharin W Wade in the entry for Durlin Wade, 1905 back to the text
  11. 1907-02-26-durlyn-wade-obit: died Sunday at his residence, 24 Schenck avenue, East New York ... survived by a widow, two sons ... after an illness of two years back to the text
  12. "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr, Jr, 1910. Record: Catherine Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr, 1910 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: residence 1910, Queens Ward 4 "New York, State Census, 1915", FamilySearch, Catherine W Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr, 1915. Record: Catherine W Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade, Jr, 1915 back to the text
  13. Her 98th Birthday: Mrs. Eliza Ann Wade Has a Party at Her Son's Home, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): Mrs. Durlyn Wade, Durlyn Wade, jr., Wilbur Wade 1915-03-02-eliza-ann-wade-99th-birthday-celebration: Durlyn Wade Jr., Durlyn Wade Sr. [sic]; notes: probably his widow, Mrs. Durlyn Wade back to the text
  14. "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade, 1920. Record: Catherine Wade, 1920 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Durlyn Wade in entry for Catherine Wade, 1920. Record: Durlyn Wade in the entry for Catherine Wade, 1920 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: residence 1920, Queens Assembly District 5 back to the text
  15. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Catherine Guillen in entry for Wilbur Wade and Elizabeth Meigs, 16 Sep 1922. Record: Catherine Guillen in the entry for Wilbur Wade and Elizabeth Meigs, 16 Sep 1922 back to the text
  16. Norton, Adele (estate; wills filed), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York): To Catherine Wade, aunt, 87-78 112th st., Richmond Hill, jewelry back to the text
  17. "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade in entry for Durlyn Wade, 1930. Record: Catherine Wade in the entry for Durlyn Wade, 1930 back to the text
  18. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Catherine Wade, 7 Mar 1933. Record: Catherine Wade, 7 Mar 1933, New York City Municipal Deaths FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPX-NP3: death 7 Mar 1933, New York City, Queens; burial 11 Mar 1933, no place back to the text
  19. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Catherine Guillan in entry for Durlyn Wade and Helen A McKinley, 27 Jan 1934. Record: Catherine Guillan in the entry for Durlyn Wade and Helen A McKinley, 27 Jan 1934 "Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1943", FamilySearch, Cathrine Guilland in entry for Durlyn Wade, 23 April 1942. Record: Cathrine Guilland in the entry for Durlyn Wade, 23 April 1942 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Catherine Watson Guillan (23)
  1. 1855Catherine Watson, "New York, State Census, 1855"
  2. 1865Catharine Guillan, "New York, State Census, 1865"
  3. 1875Kate Guillan, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  4. 14 September 1879Catherine Watson Guillan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  5. 14 September 1879Catherine Watson Guillan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  6. 1880Catherine Wade, "United States, Census, 1880"
  7. 1880Katie Guillan in entry for Durlyn Wade, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  8. 15 Sep 1880Katie Guillan, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  9. 19 Oct 1884<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  10. 15 Oct 1884Catharine Guillan, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  11. 1900Catherine W Wade, "United States, Census, 1900"
  12. 3 Jun 1901Kate Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  13. 23 November 1904Catherine Guillan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  14. 1905Catharin W Wade, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  15. 1910Catherine Wade, "United States, Census, 1910"
  16. 1915Catherine W Wade, "New York, State Census, 1915"
  17. 1920Catherine Wade, "United States, Census, 1920"
  18. 16 Sep 1922Catherine Guillen, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  19. 1930Catherine Wade, "United States, Census, 1930"
  20. 7 Mar 1933Catherine Wade, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  21. 27 Jan 1934Catherine Guillan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  22. 23 April 1942Cathrine Guilland, "Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1943"
  23. 14 September 1879Durlyn Wade, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"