Wade & Webb Family History

John Oscar Goodrich1843–1900

Grocery, hay and grain merchant of Brooklyn's Eastern District. New York · Brooklyn

John Oscar Goodrich spent more than forty years in the grocery, hay and grain business in Brooklyn, where his father had opened a store at Stagg Street and Union Avenue in 1857. He married Emma Woodward Wright in 1875; three of their sons died young, and when he died in 1900 a wife and four children survived him.

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. 1843 New York

Marriages

  1. 20 Oct 1875 Emma Woodward Wright, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York 7

Death and burial

  1. 26 Apr 1900 Death: Brooklyn, Kings, New York 2, 14
  2. 28 Apr 1900 Burial: New York 16

Family

Parents
Elisha Bates Goodrich 1809–1891
Eliza Van Velsor 1809–1883
Spouse, 20 Oct 1875
Emma Woodward Wright 1856–1917
Children
Oscar Bates Goodrich 1883–1886
Edna May Goodrich 1886–?
Arthur Henry Goodrich 1892–1944
Goodrich 1875–?
John Jay Goodrich 1881–1930
Benjamin Conklin Goodrich 1876–1877
Charles Milton Goodrich 1877–1878
John Goodrich 1873–?
Marion Eliza Goodrich 1879–1913

Line of descent Wade line

  1. John Oscar Goodrich
  2. Brother of Emma May Goodrich
  3. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  4. Frank Edward Wade, son
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

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

Life

John Oscar Goodrich was born in New York in 1843, a son of Elisha Bates Goodrich and Eliza Van Velsor, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the year.1 His New York City death record of 1900 names his parents as Elisha B. Goodrich and Eliza Goodrich.2 The federal census of 1850 found the family in the 13th Ward of New York City, and by 1855 they had moved to the 16th Ward of Brooklyn, Kings County, where the censuses of 1855, 1860 and 1865 listed John in his father's household.3

E. B. Goodrich & Son

In 1857 his father opened a store at the corner of Stagg Street and Union Avenue, Brooklyn, and for forty-two years, his obituary says, "the name of E. B. Goodrich & Son stood for honesty, integrity and sobriety".4 John himself "had been engaged in the grocery, hay and grain business for over forty years".4 Inference He was presumably the "Son" of the firm, which the obituary describes in the same passage as his own working life, though it does not say so in terms.4 He was still living in his parents' household at the census of 1870.5

Marriage and family

On 4 April 1875 he married Emma Woodward Wright, in a New York City marriage record that names his parents as Elisha B. Goodrich and Eliza "Vanvalsor".6 The tree gives the date instead as 20 October 1875, at Brooklyn, without a source.7 Inference The marriage record is to be preferred to the tree's unsourced date, and the state census of 1875 already lists her as Emma Goodrich, in the same household as John.7 That census indexed John and Emma, with his sister Phebe, in the Brooklyn household of an "Elija Goodrich" that also included Annie, the wife of his brother Elisha; his parents appear in a separate entry, under the name "Elisia Goodrich".8 Inference The head of the household was therefore probably his brother Elisha, though the index cannot show how the families shared the dwelling.8

New York City birth records name John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright as the parents of children born on 14 February 1876 and 23 July 1877, and a John Goodrich and an "Emma Rind" as the parents of a child born on 15 October 1881.9 The city's death records include their sons Benjamin, who died on 12 March 1877, Charles Milton, on 24 December 1878, and Oscar Bates, on 3 May 1886.10 In 1880 the federal census listed John in a household indexed under the name "Emily Goodrich", which the tree attaches to his mother, and which also included his father.11 The tree names nine children in all: John (1873), an unnamed child (1875), Benjamin Conklin (1876–1877), Charles Milton (1877–1878), Marion Eliza (1879), John Jay (1881), Oscar Bates (1883–1886), Edna May (1886) and Arthur Henry (1892).12 Inference The first two entries are doubtful.13 A John born in 1873 would predate the marriage by two years, and his brother Elisha had a son John O. Goodrich born that year, so the entry may be his nephew attached in error; the unnamed child of 1875 may be the infant born in February 1876.13

Death

John O. Goodrich, "a highly respected citizen of the Eastern District", died on Thursday morning, 26 April 1900, "about 6 o'clock", his obituary says, having "suffered intense pain at intervals for the past fifteen years".14 It describes him as "a staunch Republican" and says that a wife and four children mourned him.14 Inference The four were probably Marion, John Jay, Edna May and Arthur Henry, the children the tree shows as living in 1900.15 The obituary announced the interment for that day, 28 April, at Riverhead, Long Island, where his father, who died in 1891, is buried; the tree records the burial only as "New York", and a Find a Grave memorial to him is indexed.16 A file on his estate survives among the Kings County estate files for 1900, the records of the Surrogate's Court, the county court that handles the estates of the dead.17

The census of 1900 recorded his widow as "W Emma Goodrich" in Brooklyn.18 His name appears as father in the New York City marriage records of his children Marion E. Goodrich, to Morris Scott, on 21 February 1907; Edna M. Goodrich, to Edward Moore, on 14 September 1911; and John Jay Goodrich, to Sadie Edna Oakley, on 10 September 1913.19 Marion died on 5 December 1913, as Marion Eliza Scott, and John Jay on 3 February 1930.20 Emma Goodrich died on 12 August 1917 and was buried at Riverhead, according to the tree.21

Documents

  1. 1887 Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887: the Wade brothers and E. B. Goodrich & Son Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1887 (Brooklyn: Lain and Company); Brooklyn Public Library copy · book
  2. 28 April 1900 Obituary: John O. Goodrich The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping

Places

  1. 1850New York
  2. 1855–1900Kings

Timeline

  1. 1843BirthNew 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. 20 Oct 1875Marriage, Emma Woodward WrightBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  9. 1880ResidenceBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  10. 26 Apr 1900DeathBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  11. 28 Apr 1900BurialNew 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 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

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: birth 1843, New York, no source attached; parents Elisha Bates Goodrich and Eliza Van Velsor back to the text
  2. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900. Record: John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Elisha B. Goodrich in entry for John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900. Record: Elisha B. Goodrich in entry for John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900 back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1850 "New York, State Census, 1855", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855. Record: John Goodrich in entry for E Goodrich, 1855 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Elisha Goodrich, 1860. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Elisha Goodrich, 1860 "New York, State Census, 1865", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Elisha B Goodrich, 1865 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: residence 1850, New York City, ward 13; 1855, E.D. 1, Ward 16, Brooklyn City; 1860 and 1865, Ward 16, Brooklyn back to the text
  4. Obituary: John O. Goodrich, The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York): He had been engaged in the grocery, hay and grain business for over forty years. In 1857 his father opened a store at the corner of Stagg street and Union avenue, and for the period of forty-two years the name of E. B. Goodrich & Son stood for honesty, integrity and sobriety back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, John Godrich in entry for Elisha Godrich, 1870. Record: John Godrich in entry for Elisha Godrich, 1870 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Elisha Godrich, 1870. Record: Elisha Godrich, 1870 back to the text
  6. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875. Record: 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 entry for John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875 "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 back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: marriage 20 Oct 1875, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, no source attached "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright, 4 Apr 1875. Record: 4 Apr 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Emma Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: Emma Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875 back to the text
  8. "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Emma Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: Emma Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Pheobe Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: Pheobe Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Anna Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: Anna Goodrich in entry for Elija Goodrich, 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Elija Goodrich, 1875. Record: Elija Goodrich, 1875, attached to Elisha Bates Goodrich (1842–1918) "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Elisia Goodrich, 1875. Record: Elisia Goodrich, 1875 "New York, State Census, 1875", FamilySearch, Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisia Goodrich, 1875. Record: Eliza Goodrich in entry for Elisia Goodrich, 1875 back to the text
  9. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 14 Feb 1876. Record: John Oscar Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 14 Feb 1876 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Emma Woodward Wright in entry for Goodrich, 14 Feb 1876. Record: Emma Woodward Wright in entry for Goodrich, 14 Feb 1876 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 23 Jul 1877. Record: John Oscar Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 23 Jul 1877 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Emma Woodhall Wright in entry for Goodrich, 23 Jul 1877. Record: Emma Woodhall Wright in entry for Goodrich, 23 Jul 1877 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 15 Oct 1881. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 15 Oct 1881 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, Emma Rind in entry for Goodrich, 15 Oct 1881. Record: Emma Rind in entry for Goodrich, 15 Oct 1881 back to the text
  10. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for Benjamin Goodrich, 12 Mar 1877. Record: in entry for Benjamin Goodrich, 12 Mar 1877 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for Charles Millon Goodrich, 24 Dec 1878. Record: in entry for Charles Millon Goodrich, 24 Dec 1878 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, <Unknown> in entry for Oscar Bates Goodrich, 3 May 1886. Record: in entry for Oscar Bates Goodrich, 3 May 1886 back to the text
  11. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Emily Goodrich, 1880. Record: Emily Goodrich, 1880, attached to Eliza Van Velsor "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Elisha Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880. Record: Elisha Goodrich in entry for Emily Goodrich, 1880 back to the text
  12. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: children of John Oscar Goodrich and Emma Woodward Wright back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: John Goodrich, 1873; Goodrich, 1875 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L266-V8T (their page): son John O Goodrich, 1873 "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich in entry for Goodrich, 14 Feb 1876. Record: birth 14 Feb 1876 back to the text
  14. Obituary: John O. Goodrich, The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York): a highly respected citizen of the Eastern District, passed painlessly into the great beyond Thursday morning about 6 o'clock. The deceased had suffered intense pain at intervals for the past fifteen years ... In politics he was a staunch Republican. Four children and a wife mourn his demise "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900. Record: John Oscar Goodrich, 26 Apr 1900 back to the text
  15. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: children Marion Eliza 1879–1913, John Jay 1881–1930, Edna May 1886, Arthur Henry 1892–1944 Obituary: John O. Goodrich, The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York): Four children and a wife back to the text
  16. Obituary: John O. Goodrich, The Brooklyn Daily Times (Brooklyn, New York): The interment will be in Riverhead, L. I., to-day FamilySearch Family Tree, profile MWX5-H1H: burial 28 Apr 1900, New York FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPF-7HF (their page): death 13 Jun 1891, Brooklyn; burial Riverhead Cemetery, Suffolk, New York "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, John Oscar Goodrich. Record: John Oscar Goodrich, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  17. "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923", FamilySearch, John O Goodrich, 1900. Record: John O Goodrich, 1900, New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923 back to the text
  18. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, W Emma Goodrich, 1900. Record: W Emma Goodrich, 1900 back to the text
  19. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John in entry for Morris Scott and Marion E Goodrich, 21 February 1907. Record: John in entry for Morris Scott and Marion E Goodrich, 21 February 1907 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John O Goodrich in entry for Edward Moore and Edna M Goodrich, 14 September 1911. Record: John O Goodrich in entry for Edward Moore and Edna M Goodrich, 14 September 1911 "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, John O in entry for John Jay Goodrich and Sadie Edna Oakley, 10 Sep 1913. Record: John O in entry for John Jay Goodrich and Sadie Edna Oakley, 10 Sep 1913 back to the text
  20. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Goodrich in entry for Marion Eliza Scott, 5 Dec 1913. Record: John Goodrich in entry for Marion Eliza Scott, 5 Dec 1913 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Oscar Goodrich in entry for John J. Goodrich, 3 Feb 1930. Record: Oscar Goodrich in entry for John J. Goodrich, 3 Feb 1930 back to the text
  21. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LBC4-P8Z (their page): death 12 Aug 1917; burial Riverhead, Suffolk, New York back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to John Oscar Goodrich (25)
  1. 1850John Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1855John Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1855"
  3. 1860John Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1860"
  4. 1865John Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1865"
  5. 1870John Godrich, "United States, Census, 1870"
  6. 1875John Goodrich, "New York, State Census, 1875"
  7. 4 Apr 1875John Oscar Goodrich, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  8. 14 Feb 1876John Oscar Goodrich, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  9. 12 Mar 1877<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  10. 23 Jul 1877John Oscar Goodrich, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  11. 24 Dec 1878<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  12. 1880John Goodrich, "United States, Census, 1880"
  13. 15 Oct 1881John Goodrich, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
  14. 3 May 1886<Unknown>, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  15. 1900<Unknown>, "United States, Census, 1900"
  16. 1900John O Goodrich, "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923"
  17. 26 Apr 1900John Oscar Goodrich, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  18. 21 February 1907John, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  19. 14 September 1911John O Goodrich, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  20. 14 September 1911John O Goodrich, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  21. 5 Dec 1913John Goodrich, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  22. 10 Sep 1913John O, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  23. 3 Feb 1930Oscar Goodrich, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  24. John Oscar Goodrich, "Find a Grave Index"
  25. John Oscar Goodrich, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"