Cambridge High and Latin School

Catherine Josephine Collins “Kay”

Catherine Josephine Collins (“Kay”) is one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; lived at 19 Cambridge Terrace; born in 1904.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 154 more named Collins

Full name: Catherine Josephine Collins
Known as: Kay
Born: October 6, 1904
Lived at: 19 Cambridge Terrace
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Peabody Grammar School

Also searched as: Kay Collins; Kate Collins; Catherine Collins; Catherine J. Collins.

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Neighbours 13
Same surname 129
Classmates 318
Same schools 46

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Catherine is 39th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 49, in the first third of the stretch from page 39 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. Catherine did not arrive alone from Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates name it too. The first name Catherine runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 74 people in all, and is most common in 1925 (11). Names on this site: 319 for the class of 1923, compared with 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Alma J. Collins, Sarah Frances Concannon, Walter Conlon
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same first name	Catherine: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 19 Cambridge Terrace

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

Patrick J Collins (wife Ellen T), clerk householderpage

What the yearbook said

HER HAPPY WAY OF TAKING LIFE, MAKES ONE FORGET ALL SORROW AND STRIFE

Her happy way of taking life, makes one forget all sorrow and strife.

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Others named Collins

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 49. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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