Cambridge High and Latin School

Cathryn Mary Canavan “Krrry”

Class of 1928, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cathryn Mary Canavan (“Krrry”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Simmons; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 31 Magnolia Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 40.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 9 more named Canavan

Full name: Cathryn Mary Canavan
Known as: Krrry
Lived at: 31 Magnolia Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: Simmons

Also searched as: Krrry Canavan; Cathryn Canavan; Cathryn M. Canavan; Canavan, Cathryn.

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Clubs & teams 266
Neighbours 10
Same surname 8
Classmates 415
Same schools 84

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Cathryn's is 53rd alphabetically. The entry is on page 40 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 27 to page 134. Among the 343 people in the class who printed a plan, 173 (50%) named a college or university, as Cathryn did (“Simmons”). The class of 1928 has 416 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Dorothea Louise Butcher, Arleen Katherine Byrne, Margaret Stella Cahill
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 31 Magnolia Avenue

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

Martin Canavan (wife Catherine), clerk householderpage

The Canavan household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What Cathryn did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Cathryn's own class:

What the yearbook said

The angel with us unawares.

Also grew up on Magnolia Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Canavan

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

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Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for Simmons

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 40. 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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