Cambridge High and Latin School

Blanche Scannell “Wiggles”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Blanche Scannell (“Wiggles”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Kelley School; lived at 131 Webster Avenue; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 119.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 12 more named Scannell

Full name: Blanche Scannell
Known as: Wiggles
Lived at: 131 Webster Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Kelley School

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Neighbours 34
Same surname 11
Classmates 461
Same schools 16

In context

Blanche Scannell is number 380 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Blanche is printed on page 119 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. Blanche did not arrive alone from Kelley School: 15 other graduates name it too. 5 of Blanche's classmates in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 also gave Webster Avenue as their street. First names that recur in the class of 1926: Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19). In the class of 1927: Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Mariam Samourian, Mary Santos
Same street	Webster Avenue: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Kelley School: 15 other classmates

At home, 131 Webster Avenue

The 1928 city directory lists Blanche Scannell with the occupation “€ stenographer” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Scannell at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

David F Scannell (wife Elizabeth), clerk householderpage

The Scannell household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Blanche did at school

G. A. A., 1922-23-24
Home Economics Club, 1924

What the yearbook said

Blanche has got a merry laugh, And that’s not all. No not by half!

Also grew up on Webster Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Scannell

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

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Also came from Kelley School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 119. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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