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This photograph was purchased in Sandwich, Massachusetts in 2021. The name “Jim Wade” was written on the back.
According to Chris Steele and Ronald Polito’s A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900, Online Edition, the photographer, Barton Sprague, operated at 21 Temple Place in Boston from 1866-1868.1
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Description and Acquisition
Item: Barton Sprague, photographer (Boston, Massachusetts), Jim Wade ca. 1867; privately held by the Faulkner–Hull Collection, Massachusetts.
Item acquisition: Sandwich, Massachusetts Bazaar Flea Market, September 2021
Relationship: None found.
James Wades in Boston in 1870
James C. Wade (1835-1903), estimated age in 1867: 31
James C. Wade was born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on 20 Apr 1835 to Nathaniel Wade, born in Ireland, and Jane Smith, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.2 In 1870, James C. Wade was 35, single, and working as a clerk in Boston.3 James died at the age of 67 in 1903 and is buried in North Cemetery in Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.4
James Wade (abt. 1819-1880), estimated age in 1867: 48
James Wade was born about 1819 in Ireland to John and Mary Wade.5 James and Eliza Ford Wade had five known children: John, Anna, James, Eliza, James, Frank, and Mary.6
Endnotes
1. Chris Steele and Ronald Polito, A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900, Online Edition (Boston, Massachusetts : 2018), Boston, p.125, Barton Sprague.
– Barton, Sprague, 1866-1868, 21 Temple Place, Boston, Massachusetts
James C. Wade (1835-1903), estimated age in 1867: 31
2. Birth calculated from age on death certificate.
Boston, Suffolk County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Return of a Death, no. 2302, James C. Wade, 9 Mar 1903. Single. Age: 67 years, 10 months, 19 days. Residence and place of death: 73 Emerald Street, ward 9. Occupation: Retired. Place of birth: Boston. Parents: Nathaniel Wade, born in Ireland. Jane Smith, born in Sudbury. Burial: Wayland. Note: Age calculates to a birth date of 20 April 1835.
3. 1870 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, page 78, dwelling 358, James C. Wade household.
– James C. Wade, age 35, clerk in office, real estate value $1800, born in Massachusetts
4. Boston, Suffolk County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Return of a Death, no. 2302, James C. Wade, 9 Mar 1903.
Also, James C. Wade,” funeral notice, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 11 Mar 1903, p. 11, col. 5.
Also Find A Grave, memorial 234504257, James C. Wade (1835–1903), North Cemetery, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: no headstone photo.
James Wade (abt. 1819-1880), estimated age in 1867: 48
5. Birth year estimate calculated from age on death register.
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1880, p. 265, no. 6842, James Wade, 20 Oct 1880. Age: 61 years, 4 months. Single. Cause of death: Pneumonia. Place of birth: Ireland. Residence and place of death: 237 Shawmut Ave. Occupation: Salesman. Parents: John and Mary, both born in Ireland.
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1878, p. 159, no. 4139, Eliza Ford Ward, 27 July 1878. Married. Age: 53 years, 6 months. Wife of James. Born in England. Parents: John and Elizabeth, both born in England.
1850 U.S. census, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, page 105, dwelling 2154, family 2743, James Wade household.
– James Wade, age 28, born in Ireland
– Eliza Wade, age 26, born in Ireland
– John H. Wade, age 4, born in Massachusetts
– Ann M. Wade, age 2, Massachusetts
– James Wade, age 4 months, Massachusetts
1870 U.S. census, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, ward 10, page 89, dwelling 427, family 685, James Wade household.
– James Wade, age 50, born in Rhode Island, clerk in hotel, personal estate value $200,
– Elisa, age 45, born in Canada
– John H., age 23, born in Massachusetts, clerk in store
– Anna M., age 21, born in Massachusetts, book folder
– James B., age 14, born in Massachusetts
– Frank A., age 11, born in Massachusetts
– Lissie, age 4, born in Massachusetts
Note: Record states
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Deaths Register 1880, p. 265, no. 6842, James Wade, 20 Oct 1880.
“James Wade,” death notice, Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 Oct 1880, p. 4, col. 1.
Find A Grave, memorial 109101491, James Wade (1819–1880), Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, lot 1, West Main Ave-front, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts with headstone photo.
Other Wades buried in same plot:
Ann McSorley Wade (1812-1864), memorial 109101517
Eliza Ford Wade (1822-1878), memorial 109101447 [spouse]
Eliza Wade (1852-1860), memorial 109024163 [daughter]
George H. Wade (1847-1881), memorial 101496422
James E. Wade (1876-1877), memorial 109191409
Jane Noyes Wade (1802-1854), memorial 85239115
Pvt John H. Wade (1847-1881), memorial 150828149 [son]
Nathaniel Wade (1812-1889), memorial 94262148
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, compiler and author, “Jim Wade photograph, ca. 1867, Boston, Massachusetts,” Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/collection/jim-wade-photograph-1867-boston/ : posted 2022).