Photo Friday – Taylor, Terezevich, Theriault, & Thibeau..

Ethel Wight Collection – Part 140
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 typically contain the name of the person who paid for the photos, not necessarily of the individual portrayed in the image. It is vital to analyze the pictures and information to identify the individual therein.[ii] Ultimately, my goal is to reunite the photos with family members who may have never seen the image.

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Bernice Thibeau, Student Nurse, circa 1934.

The envelope this negative was in says, “Miss Bernice Thibeau, Queens Hospital #390 – DSCN5010P.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists Bernice M Thibeau as a student nurse at 218 State. She resided at 681 Congress St.
• The 1936 Portland City Directory lists Bernice M Thibeau as a nurse employed at 218 State. She resided at Pine Point (Scarborough).
• On 1 August 1938, Bernice M Thibeau of Scarborough married Alfred Joseph “Freddie” Menard of Bath.
• The 1940 US Census found Alfred and the 31-year-old Bernice living in Bath.
• The 1930 US Census found Bernice living in Scarborough with her parents, William and Celonia Thibeau.

This photo was taken about 1934 when Bernice was about 25 years old.

Ancestry has 30 public trees that refer to Bernice Madeleine Thibeau, born on 1 March 1909. Family Search has profile G7VX-36S for Bernice. I have uploaded two photos of Bernice to her Family Search Memories.

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Madolyn Taylor, Student Nurse, circa 1934

This negative envelope says, “Miss Madalyn Taylor, State St. Hospital #262 – DSCN4996.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1936 Portland City Directory lists Madelyn Taylor, a student nurse at 62 State and residing at 52 State.
•  The 1937 Portland City Directory indicates that nurse Madelyn Taylor married Michael M Bakiewicz.
• Ancestry Family Trees suggest that this is Madolyn Taylor, born 5 Feb 1914 in Hodgdon, Maine, and married Michael M Bakiewicz on 4 January 1936.

I am sure this photo is of Madolyn Taylor (later Bakiewicz), taken in 1934 when she was about 20.

Ancestry has 22 public trees that refer to Madolyn Taylor. Family Search has profile G4LG-MMT for Madolyn. I uploaded two photos of Madolyn to her Family Search Memories.

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Pauline Taylor, circa 1934.

This negative envelope says, “Miss Pauline Taylor, 39 Pine St #210.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists Pauline E Taylor as a bookkeeper at 98 Exchange, room 12, and living at 39 Pine.
• The Maine Marriage Index indicates that Pauline E Taylor married Alexander Morris on 23 November 1935.
• The 1930 US Census suggests that 17-year-old Pauline was Lillian Taylor’s daughter, a servant to George H Truscott.

I believe this to be New Hampshire-born, Pauline E Taylor, later the wife of Alexander C Morris, about 1934 when she was about 21 years old.

Ancestry has two public trees that refer to Pauline Taylor, the wife of Alexander Morris. Family Search does not appear to have a profile for Pauline, so I uploaded a photo of her to Dead Fred and a second photo of her to my Flickr photostream.

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Pearl Theriault, circa 1934.

This negative envelope says, “Miss Pearl Theriault, 55 Grant St #59.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1935 Portland City Directory lists Pearl J Theriault residing at 55 Grant. Also at 55 Grant are Thomas G & Gertrude M Theriault, Douglass J Theriault, and Hazel M Theriault.
• The 1930 US Census lists Thomas, Gertrude, Hazel, Douglass, and 15-year-old Pearl Theriault living at 120 Sherman Street.

This photo is of Julia Pearl Theriault, born 24 November 1915 in Canada to Thomas George and Gertrude (Salter) Theriault. She married John Girard Kane on 2 May 1938.

Ancestry has 11 public trees that refer to Julia Pearl Theriault. Family Search does not have a profile for Pearl, so I uploaded a photo of her to Dead Fred. I uploaded a second photo of Pearl to my Flickr Photostream.

Confirmed to be Pearl by a grandniece/grandnephew.

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Sabina Terezevich, 1936.

This negative envelope says, “Miss Sabina Terezevich, 92 Salem St (PHS) #1086.”

Why I believe this to be the individual.

• The 1936 Portland High School yearbook has a photo of Sabina Ann Terezevich, that is clearly the same young woman wearing the same clothing.
• Sabina’s obituary indicates she died March 16, 2001, in Yarmouth and graduated from Portland High School

This photo package included five photos of Sabina in 1936.

Ancestry has four public trees that refer to Sabina Terezevich. Family Search has profile GJNP-BCT for Sabina. I have uploaded two photos of Sabina to her Family Search Memories. I also uploaded three more pictures of Sabina to my Flickr Photostream

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Conclusion

• I identified all five individuals. Three have Family Search profiles, so I uploaded their images to their Family Search Memories. Two did not have Family Search profiles, so I uploaded their photos to Dead Fred.

I will love to hear your reaction if any of these photos are of your family member. 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 higher quality than those linked here.

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

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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.