Cambridge High and Latin School

Donald J. Finlayson “Don”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Donald J. Finlayson (“Don”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Exeter-Harvard; lived at 208 Larch Road. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 56.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 6 more named Finlayson

Full name: Donald J. Finlayson
Known as: Don
Lived at: 208 Larch Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Exeter-Harvard

Also searched as: Don Finlayson; Donald Finlayson; Finlayson, Donald.

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Household 2
Neighbours 13
Same surname 3
Classmates 461
Same schools 96

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 from A to Z by surname, Donald is the 131st of 462 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 56 shows Donald; the portraits we read from this book run from page 23 to page 140. Donald is one of 32 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 whose entry names Harvard Grammar School as the school they came from. Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as Donald did (“Exeter-Harvard”). First names that recur in the class of 1926: Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19). In the class of 1925: Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Maxwell Reginald Finstein, Richard N. Fisher, Edward N. D. Fitzgerald
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 208 Larch Road

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1925 city directory lists Donald J. Finlayson with the occupation “foreman” (page).

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

Donald Finlayson (wife Christine), foreman householderpage
Donald J Finlayson, student lived herepage
Margaret E Finlayson, stenographer lived herepage
Murdoch J Finlayson, student lived herepage

The Finlayson household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What Donald did at school

Prize Speaking, 1926
Senior Drama, 1926
Prom Committee, 1925
Second Crew, 1925

What the yearbook said

The blundering, blustering, Roger Goodlake cake

Also grew up on Larch Road

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Finlayson

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

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Exeter-Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 56. 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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