Fraunfelter, Krisilion, Kyle, & Lake

Photo Friday
Ethel Wight Collection
By Don Taylor

This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who paid for the photos, not necessarily of the individual portrayed in the image. As such, it is vital to analyze the pictures and information to identify the individual therein.[ii] My goal is to reunite the photos with family members who may have never seen the image.

Hazel Lake, Nurse, circa 1934.

The envelope this negative was in says, “Miss Hazel Lake, 59 High Street, Children’s Hospital #160.”

Nurse Hazel Lake, circa 1934.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1934 and 1935 Laconia, New Hampshire, directories list Hazel W. Lake as a nurse at Laconia Hospital.
• On 3 September 1938, 26-year-old Hazel Winifred Lake, a nurse, married Richard Gould Tilton in Laconia.

“Hazel Lake” doesn’t appear in any of the Portland City Directories, nor does a Hazel Lake seem to live in Maine in 1934, when this photo was taken. My further searches found only one Hazel Lake, who was a nurse in 1934. I am quite confident this is Hazel Lake when she was attending school at the Children’s Hospital in Portland for a short time and didn’t make the Portland directory.

Ancestry has 27 public trees that refer to Hazel Winifred Lake (later Tilton). Family Search has profile L2QN-QNM for Hazel. So, I uploaded two photos to her Family Search Memories. 

Mary Kyle, circa 1934

This negative envelope says, “Miss Mary Kyle, 150 Park St #246.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

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  Mary Kyle, circa 1934

  The 1934 Portland City Directory lists Mary A Kyle, a waitress at 631 Congress residing at 150 Park.

• According to Ancestry family trees, Mary Ann Kyle was born 18 April 1909 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, to Frederick C and Lucy Ann (Daly) Kyle.

This is a photo of Mary Ann Kyle about 1934 when she was about 25 years old.

Ancestry has nine public trees that refer to Mary Ann Kyle.  Family Search has profile L2NR-7ZM for Mary Ann. So, I uploaded a photo of her to her Family Search Memories. 

Lucy Fraunfelter (née Kyle) & Mary Kyle, circa 1934.

This negative envelope says, “Miss Mary Kyle – Mrs. Lucy Fraunfelter – 150 Park St #245.”

Lucy Fraunfelter (née Kyle) & Mary Kyle, circa 1934.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists Floyd Fraunfelter and his wife Lucy M living at 150 Park, Apt 7.
• Lucy’s sister was Mary Ann Kyle.

This is a photo of Lucy M (Kyle) Fraunfelter and her sister Mary Ann Kyle circa 1934.

Ancestry has 17 public trees that refer to Lucy Margaret Kyle. Family Search has profile MYMB-11G for Lucy Margaret. I have uploaded one photo of her, with her sister, Mary, to her Family Search Memories.

Steve Krisilion, circa 1934

This negative envelope says, “Steve Steve’s Restaurant – Oak Street (Steve Krisilion) #211.”

Steve Krisilion, circa 1934

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• Steve Krisilion was the proprietor at 154 Free and 53 Oak, which were the addresses for two Steve’s Lunch locations. He and his wife Mary lived at 92 High Street in 1934.
• The 1941 Biddeford City Directory lists Steve Krisilion as the proprietor of Steve’s Lunch and that he resided in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• On 27 April 1942, Steve John Krisilion registered for the draft. He lived at 994 South Street, Portsmouth, NH.
• Social Security Applications indicate Steve John Krisilion was born on 14 September 1894 in Karystos, Greece.

This is a photo of Steve in about 1934 when he was about 40 years old.

Ancestry has three public trees that refer to Stavros “Steve” Krisilion. Family Search does not appear to have a profile for Steve Krisilion, so I have added his photo to Dead Fred. I also uploaded a second photo of Steve to my Flickr photostream.

Steve Krisilion with two children, Olympia and a younger boy, circa 1935.

This negative envelope says, “Steve & Children (Steve Krisilion) #625.”

Olympia Krisilion, circa 1934.

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• New York Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists include an entry for Steve “Kisilion,” a 37-year-old merchant leaving Naples on 29 August 1931 aboard the Conte Grande arriving in New York on 7 September 1931. With him are his wife Maria and nine-month-old daughter Olympia.
• According to the Portland City Directories from 1932 to 1938, Steve and Mary Krisilion lived together.
• Steve and Maria/Mary were divorced before April 1939 when Steve married Connie Pappas in New Hampshire. I have been unable to find Steve or Maria in the 1940 Census.
• Some Ancestry Trees suggest that Steve and Mary had two children, a girl, and a boy.

I am sure the girl in this photo is Olympia Krisilion about 1934.

Steve Krisilion with two children, Olympia and a younger boy, circa 1935.

Ancestry has no public trees that refer to Olympia; FamilySearch does not appear to have a profile for her either. So I added her photo to Dead Fred.

There are two more photos, these showing Steve Krisilion with two children, Olympia, and another child about 2, presumably her brother. I uploaded one picture of the Krisilion threesome to Dead Fred and a second photo of them to my Flickr photostream.

 Conclusion

• I identified five of the six individuals in these photo packages. Three of them have Family Search profiles, so I uploaded their images to their Family Search Memories,
• The other three individuals are a father with his two children. They do not have Family Search profiles, but the father appears in Ancestry family trees. I uploaded those photos to Dead Fred and to my Flickr Photostream.

If any of these photos are of your family member, I would love to hear your reaction. Especially if this photo is of a loved one for whom you hadn’t seen this photograph before.

Due to software limitations, the images uploaded to Family Search, Dead Fred, and Flickr have a higher image quality than the images linked here.

For all postings of the Ethel Wight Collection, please see here.

Endnotes

[i] The Wight Studio was in Portland, Maine. Many thanks to Ethel Wight’s family for access to and permission to use the collection of their great aunt.

[ii] These images were converted to positives using a lightbox, a Nikon camera and computer software.