Photo #116293
Last Name: Peterson
First Name: Louise
Middle Name:
Subject's City: Portland
Subject's State: ME
Subject's County: Cumberland
Subject's Country:
Date: 1921-1940
Photographer: Wight
Photographer's City: Portland
Photographer's State: ME
Nee:
Type**: B&W
Comments: Louise Peterson (Nee: ) | Portland ME | 1921-1940 | Comments: This photo is from the Ethel Wight Studio, Portland, Maine.
This negative envelope says, “Mrs Louise Peterson, 18 Smith St #122.”
What I learned while researching this individual.
• Search for Louise Peterson in the Portland City Directories yielded no one.
• A review of the Portland City Directories for 1934, 1935, and 1936 suggests there was no one living at 18 Smith Street in Portland. However, the Portland Press Herald indicates there were several people living at 18 Smith Street during the 1930s. One was John and Mary (Carroll) Collins. They had a daughter, Margaret Collins, born in Maine in 1905. The 1940 Census shows Margaret living with her mother, Mary Collins and indicates both her and her mother were widows. In the 1930 US Census, Mary and Margaret Collins live at 71 Newbury Street in Portland.
• A review of the Ancestry family trees for Mary Carroll Collins failed to identify any Petersons or Petersens who were related.
• There was Christen and Laura C Petersen who lived at 7 Smith. There was also a Helen J. C. Petersen who lived at 7 Smith Street.
• The 1930 US Census lists Christen and Lans (Laura) Peterson living at Further research found that Christen and Laura Peterson lived at 136 Cumberland. Living with them was their 22-year-old, Maine born, daughter Laure A J Peterson.
Based entirely on the photo information, I believe this is a photo of a Louise Peterson, however, I am unable to identify her further.
Digital Image Only?
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Louise Peterson
