Cambridge High and Latin School

Bessie Cohen

Bessie Cohen is one of 214 graduates in the class of 1917 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1917 yearbook entry gives: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Emerson College of Oratory; lived at 33 Bowdoin Street.

Class of 1917

214 in the class of 1917 · 186 more named Cohen

Full name: Bessie Cohen
Lived at: 33 Bowdoin Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Emerson College of Oratory

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Household 1
Neighbours 5
Same surname 180
Classmates 213
Same schools 32

In context

This site lists 214 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1917; sorted by surname, Bessie comes 38th. Bessie's portrait is on scan page 16, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 11 to 40. People named Cohen appear in 9 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1917 and 1930, 17 in all. Of 112 classmates who gave a plan, 34 (30%) point to a college or university; Bessie's entry says “Emerson College of Oratory”. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1917 has 214 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 163 for 1915 and 196 for 1918.

On the same scan page	Marie A. Collins, Jeanette Connelly, Madeline Connelly, Anna Ida Cooper and 2 more
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 13 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 34 of 112 classmates with a plan (30%)

At home, 33 Bowdoin Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Nathan N. CohenCambridge 1923

The 1917 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Cohen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Edward Cohen (wife Sophia), real estate householderpage

The Cohen household is listed here in 1919, 1920 and 1921 too.

Also grew up on Bowdoin Street

The class of 1917

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Others named Cohen

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Emerson College of Oratory

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1917, page 16. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1917unse).

Published 1917, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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