Photo #109611
Last Name: Celli
First Name: Michael
Middle Name:
Subject's City: Portland
Subject's State: ME
Subject's County: Cumberland
Subject's Country: United States
Date: 1921-1940
Photographer: Wight
Photographer's City: Portland
Photographer's State: ME
Nee:
Type**: B&W
Comments: Michael Celli (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, “Mr. Michael Celli, 14 Mayo St, Portland, #614.”
• Michael Celli does not appear in 1934, 35, 36, or 37 Portland City Directories.
• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists Catherine, Mary, Thomas, and Martin Walsh living at 14 Mayo.
• The 1936 Portland City Directory again lists Walsh’s living at 14 Mayo
• Finally, the 1937 Portland City Directory lists Catherine Parks, Martin Walsh, John & Margaret Murphy, and Peter & Shoughan Mouradian living at 14 Mayo.
A review of the 1930 Census yielded five individuals named Michael Celli.
• A 29-year-old from Italy, living in Leominster, Massachusetts.*
• A 19-year-old born in New York and living in Brooklyn, New York.*
• A 12-year-old living in New York.
• A 10-year-old living in Michigan*
• A one-year-old residing in New Jersey.*
Besides the four individuals marked above with an asterisk (*), there were two additional Michael Celli’s enumerated in the 1940 Census.
• A 50-year-old, born in Italy, living in New Jersey.
• A 43-year-old, born in Italy, residing In Ohio.
• Also, none of the Michael Celli’s in the 1940 Census indicate they lived in Maine in 1935.
• Additionally, none of the wives of the Michael Celli’s in the 1940 Census indicate they lived in Maine during 1935.
Because the man in the photo appears to be about 30 years old and because the photo was probably taken about 1936, it is most likely the Leominster, MA, Michael Celli. However, without supporting evidence, I can’t make that determination.
Digital Image Only? YES
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Michael Celli
