Photo #117510
Last Name: Silke
First Name: Donald
Middle Name: Herman
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: Donald Herman Silke (Nee: ) | Portland ME | 1921-1940 | Comments: This photo is from the Ethel Wight Studio, Portland, Maine.
This negative envelope says, “Mrs. John B Silke, 112 Sheridan St (Donald) #682.”
Why I believe this to be the individual.
• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists John B and Doris E Silke living at 112 Sheridan.
• The 1940 US Census shows John and Doris Silke living at 131 Bolton. With them are three children, Mary F (age 7), Donald H (age 5), and Robert B (age 9/12). The three children were all born in Maine and the family lived in the Same Place in 1935.
Because the envelope said “Donald” and that a child of the right age was in the household, I am certain this is a photo of Donald. Donald Herman Silke, the son of John Bernard and Doris (Anderson) Silke was born in Portland, Maine in 1934.
Digital Image Only? YES
Everyone Listed In This Photo:
Donald Silke
