John WADE (1849-1885) was born on November 17 1849 – a year after the family’s arrival in Australia - at Lue. He was the son of Thomas Wade and Elizabeth Carter who arrived in Sydney in 1848 then moved to Lue, Mudgee and Gulgong.
John was a farmer, like most of the Wades. He was unmarried and died aged 34 from Phthisis (Tuberculosis) at Slap Dash Creek, Gulgong on April 5 1885.
At the time of his death, John WADE was living with his brother, William Carter WADE who was the informant on John’s Death Record; both brothers remained single.
