Cambridge High and Latin School

Catherine Elizabeth Corcoran “Cappy”

Catherine Elizabeth Corcoran (“Cappy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Nurse; lived at 352 Concord Avenue.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 35 more named Corcoran

Full name: Catherine Elizabeth Corcoran
Known as: Cappy
Lived at: 352 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Nurse

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Household 1
Group photos 8
Neighbours 36
Same surname 32
Classmates 458
Same schools 74

In context

Of the 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 that have pages here, Catherine is 93rd in surname order. Catherine is printed on page 52 of the scan, in the first third of the 29-to-145 run of portrait pages. The first name Catherine appears 74 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1925 (11). Neighbours on paper: 8 graduates share Concord Avenue with Catherine. In the class of 1927, 54% of the plans we could classify (191 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	William Conway, Charles Joseph Cook, Albert B. Cooper
Same street	Concord Avenue: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	nursing: 10 of 393 classmates with a plan (3%)
Same first name	Catherine: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 352 Concord Avenue

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

Margaret CorcoranCambridge 1926

The 1928 city directory lists Catherine Elizabeth Corcoran with the occupation “nurse” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Corcoran at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Henry A Corcoran, (Catherine E L) elect householderpage

The Corcoran household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Catherine's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Catherine did at school

Basketball, 1924–25–26–27
G. A. A. Secretary, 1925–26–27
Room Committee, 1925–26–27
French Club, 1927
Reception Committee, 1926

What the yearbook said

Constant as the northern star, Of whose true, fixed, and lasting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.

Also grew up on Concord Avenue

The class of 1927

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Others named Corcoran

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

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Nurse

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 52. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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