Myrtle Ella (Mirtie) Burlingame (Wade) BURLINGAME

Hello My name is Thomas Robert Melcher (1945 – Present) I am researching my family heritage for specific details regarding my great grandfather William J. Melcher. I have a photograph taken about 1900 of a river pontoon boat in or around New Boston, Ill, that depicts the large boat with passengers, my grandfather Lee W. Melcher on the roof in short pants, and a reference attached to the back stating the builder of the boat as his grandfather standing on the front of the boat, second from right. I now believe the reference to his grandfather as the builder may be actually his uncle on his mothers side, Leander Derick Wade, A known riverboat captain in New Boston at the time. Leander Derick Wade would have been the husband of Myrtle E. (Mirtie) Burlingame (Wade), the sister of Elizabeth C. Burlingame Melcher (my great grandmother). Melcher Time Lines: Thomas R. Melcher 1945 ~ present John N. Melcher 1915 ~ 1997 Lee W. Melcher 1988 ~ 1971 William J. Melcher 1858 ~ 1890 (his father is unknown) Please contact me if you have any details regarding William J. Melcher, or relationships between the Wade's and Burlingame's. Thanks for you help in advance. I can send photographs of the riverboat and one other photo identified as Elizabeth C Burlingame Melcher on the right and an unknown woman on the left that might be her sister, Myrtle E. Burlingame Wade. Thomas Melcher Asheboro, NC

Fact Details 1910 New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, USA Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son-in-law

Fact Details 1920 New Boston, Mercer, Illinois Leander Wade age 64 head of household occupation River Ferryman; wife Mirtie Wade 47 & mother-in-law Maggie Burlingame age 83 widowed

Leander Derick Wade, b. Apr. 9, 1855, Monson, Piscataquis Co, Maine; d. Mar. 30, 1936, New Boston, Mercer Co, Illinois; m. 1) Oct 24, 1880, Martha Greeley (1856 - 1930); 2) 1887, Etta Spaid; 3) Myrtle E Burlingame, b. 1872.

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