Cambridge High and Latin School

Bessie May Gillis “Brss”

Bessie May Gillis (“Brss”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for Chicago Training School; activities listed: Home Economics Club; lived at 51 Fairfield Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 29 more named Gillis

Full name: Bessie May Gillis
Known as: Brss
Lived at: 51 Fairfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Brooks Junior High, Medford, Mass
Headed for: Chicago Training School

Also searched as: Brss Gillis; Bessie Gillis; Bessie M. Gillis; Gillis, Bessie.

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Neighbours 14
Same surname 26
Classmates 415

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928, Bessie stands 146th. Turning the scan to page 64 shows Bessie; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. The first name Bessie runs through 7 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1915 to 1928), 14 people in all. In the class of 1928, 58% of the plans we could classify (173 of 297) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Charlotte Gilman, John H. Glacken, Bernard Maxwell Goldenberg

At home, 51 Fairfield Street

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Gillis at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Herbert H Gillis, salesman householderpage

The Gillis household is listed here in 1930 too.

What Bessie did at school

Home Economics Club

What the yearbook said

As merry as the day is long.

Also grew up on Fairfield Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Gillis

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 64. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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