Cambridge High and Latin School

Cornelia Marie Nelson “Dolly”

Cornelia Marie Nelson (“Dolly”) was one of 214 graduates in the class of 1917 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Mass; lived at 1500 Cambridge Street. Portrait and entry from the 1917 yearbook, page 31.

Class of 1917

214 in the class of 1917 · 172 more named Nelson

Full name: Cornelia Marie Nelson
Known as: Dolly
Lived at: 1500 Cambridge Street
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Mass

Also searched as: Dolly Nelson; Cornelia Nelson; Cornelia M. Nelson; Nelson, Cornelia.

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Neighbours 122
Same surname 119
Classmates 213
Same schools 62

In context

Of the 214 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1917 read for this site, Cornelia's is 148th alphabetically. The entry is on page 31 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 11 to page 40. People named Nelson appear in 8 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1915 and 1927, 10 in all. Counting Cornelia, 27 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard Grammar School. Against 163 for 1915 and 196 for 1918, the class of 1917 comes to 214 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Marie Nagle, Lillian R. Nelson, Sherman Be Nichols, Josephine Mary Nolan and 3 more
Same street	Cambridge Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 26 other classmates

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1917, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1917unse).

Published 1917, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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