Photo #108210
Last Name: Davis
First Name: Joseph
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: Joseph Davis (Nee: ) | Portland ME United States | 1921-1940 | Comments: The envelope this negative was in says, “Mrs Max Davis - 155 Dartmouth St., Portland.” The negative also says “News” and “Mail Proofs c/o Mrs. Jno Stein, 36 Surfside Rd, Lynn, Mass.”
The 1935 Portland City Directory list Max D. Davis and his wife Evelyn S. living at 84 North, Apartment 2.
The 1936 Portland City Directory lists Max D. Davis living at the Falmouth Hotel. Page 274 of that directory is not in the Ancestry image set, so the location of Evelyn is unknown.
The 1937, 1938, and 1939 Portland City Directories list Max D. Davis with his wife, Evelyn S. living at 286 State, Apt. 3.
The 1940 Census has Max with his wife and two daughters, Bernice I. and Joseph A., ages 13 and 8 respectively. Note: although Max is listed at 72 years-old in the 1940 Census, that is in error. He is 32 in the 1930 Census.
Max’s wife’s maiden name was Stein, so sending proofs to her family in Massachusetts makes sense.
The photo appears to be of a boy about 4 or 5 years old. That age fits to be Joseph, assuming he is a boy and not a girl as the 1940 Census suggests.
Digital Image Only? YES
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Joseph Davis
