Photo #108647
Last Name: Consoli
First Name: Rita
Middle Name:
Subject's City: Portland
Subject's State: ME
Subject's County: Cumberland
Subject's Country: United States
Date: 1921-1940
Photographer: Ethel Wight
Photographer's City: Portland
Photographer's State: ME
Nee:
Type**: B&W
Comments: Rita Consoli (Nee: ) | Portland ME United States | 1921-1940 | Comments: This photo is from the Ethel Wight Studio, Portland, Maine.
The envelope this negative was in says, “Miss Rita Consoli, 536 Cumberland Ave., Portland, #403.” The photo appears to be of a woman in her 20s.
I was unable to find Rita Consoli in Portland during the mid-1930s. A review of the address, 536 Cumberland, found various people living there during the 1930s, but none had a surname similar to Consoli or Rita’s first name. There was a considerable turnover of the units there, suggesting Rita may well have been there for only a short time.
Alternates
A Filomena Rita Consoli was born 22 May 1905 in Lagonegro, Italy, and immigrated to the United States on 2 August 1926. She is a possible candidate to be the subject of this photo.
A Rita Consoli was born about 1921, who graduated from Wakefield High School (Wakefield, MA) in 1937. The woman in this photo looks considerably older than high school age. She is an unlikely candidate to be the subject of this photo.
The 1930 Census found the 14-year-old Rita Consoli living with her parents, Fred and Josephine Consoli in the Bronx, New York. It also found a 10-year-old Rita Consoli residing with her parents, Samuel and Adeline Consoli, in the Bronx, New York.
I am not convinced that either of these is the correct Rita Consoli.
Digital Image Only? YES
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Rita Consoli
