1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Margaret LONG (æ 7, b. NY) is living in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., NY (p. 202B), with her parents, George LONG (æ 35, b. Ireland, "RR Laborer") and Margaret (æ 30, b. Ireland), plus six siblings.

3a.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  There's a William WADE (æ 40, NY/NY/NY, carpenter), who is married, but without a family, and boarding in Manhattan, NY (p. 498A), who may be our subject.

3b.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 37):  21 Matilda Street [now Woodlawn Avenue], Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., NY, Roll T9_929, p. 436C, PN 3, SD 6, ED 86, enumerated 4 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

13

21

24

25

26

*

21

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27

Long George

W

M

75

/

R Road Station Master

Ire

Ire

Ire

Long Margarett

W

F

66

Wife

/

Ire

Ire

Ire

Wade Margarett

W

F

35

Dau

/

NY

Ire

Ire

Wade Grace

W

F

8

GDau

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at School

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NY

NY

NY

Wade George

W

M

6

GSon

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at School

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NY

NY

NY

Wade Magy

W

F

4

GDau

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NY

NY

NY

*Matilda

The LONG's have experienced some age inflation (see 1850 Census).

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 40):  29 Division Street, Saratoga Springs Village (Ward 3), Saratoga Town[ship], Saratoga Co., NY, Roll T623_1159, p. 64B, SN 2, SD 7, ED 130, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	19	20	22	23	24	25	27
*	29	28	47	Stroup Walter M	Head	W	M	Oct 1874	25	M	2			PA	PA	PA	News Agent	0	Y	Y	Y	R	H
				______ Margaret	Wife	W	F	Feb 1876	24	M	2	0	0	NY	NY	NY	Keeping House		Y	Y	Y
				Wade Grace L	Sister-in-law	W	F	Apr 1872	28	S				NY	NY	NY	Shipping Clerk (???)	0	Y	Y	Y
*Division Street

6.  William J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home Records, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York (online at the Saratoga County NYGenWeb site):-

ID:	2214	3096	3084
Surname:	Wade	Wade	Wade
Given Name:	Margret	George W	Frances Barbara
Age:	48y 5m 6d	70y 11m 29d	58y 5m 27d
Where Born:		New York City	Saratoga Springs
DOB:		02 Dec 1873	01 Apr 1886
DOD:	19 Mar 1900	01 Dec 1944	28 Sep 1944
Place of Burial :		St. Peter's	St. Peter's
Place of Death / Last Residence:		Saratoga Hospital	121 Lincoln Ave
Occupation:		retired crossing watchman	Housewife
Rel:		C	C
Mar:		W	M
Book:	1	1943	1943
Pg:	269	98	86
Death Notice:		in city - 65 yrs	in State - life
Notes:		Dr. A.J. Leonard	Dr. F.G. Eaton
Father:		William Wade	Daniel M. Folts
(F) Birth Place:		New York City	Wilton, NY
Mother:		Margaret Long	Barbara Vogel
(M) Birth Place:		Saratoga Springs	Bavaria, Germany
Spouse:		Barbara Folts	George W. Wade
Charge to / Ordered by:		Grace Wade, 121 Lincoln Ave

7.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.

Name	Deathdate	Age at Death	Result
Margret WADE	19 Mar 1900	6d 5m 48y	13 Oct 1851
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

It appears Margret was fibbing about her age, as widows are inclined to do; either that or there's a mistake in the records.

8.  Greenridge Cemetery, City of Saratoga Springs: Catholic Secton (online at the Saratoga County NYGenWeb site):

WADE, William H., died Dec. 7, 1884 WADE, Margaret LONG, wife of William Wade, died Mar. 19, 1900 WADE, Grace L., 1873-1960.

9.  William L. Stone.  1880.  Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston.  R. Worthington, New York.  (online at the Saratoga County NYGenWeb site).

Chapter XVII. Early Railroading... The first conductors were "Bill" Smith, "Cheese" Burtis, Horace Kelly, and George Elsworth; and the two wheel-horses were named "Turk" and "Dick"; Captain Dexter was one of the drivers, and George Long was at this period the "Express," said express consisting of himself and a little leather bag, with which he went daily between Albany and Saratoga.  (George Long, who is yet at his post as chief baggage-master, is a man of an iron frame and withal of great probity of character.  One day preceding Christmas, before the days of railroads, he walked from Albany to Whitehall – a distance seventy-five miles – between 4 A.M. and 8 P.M. to spend the Christmas with his aged mother.  So much for his physique!)