Cambridge High and Latin School

Donald James Finlayson “Don”

Donald James Finlayson (“Don”) is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Exeter; lived at 208 Larch Road.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Finlayson

Full name: Donald James Finlayson
Known as: Don
Lived at: 208 Larch Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Exeter

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

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Household 2
Group photos 5
Neighbours 13
Same surname 3
Classmates 458
Same schools 92

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Finlayson puts Donald 138th among them. Find Donald on page 64 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. 16 people named Donald turn up in 9 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1917 to 1930. The yearbook lists 39 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 as coming from Harvard Grammar School, including Donald. A college or university was the plan of 191 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (54%), compared with 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Ruth D. Fine, Ruth Fine, Isabelle Finneran
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 38 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 208 Larch Road

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

The 1925 city directory lists Donald James 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.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Senior Drama Cast1927

In the same photographs:

What Donald did at school

Class Room Committee, 1924–25
Junior Prom Committee, 1925
Crew, 1925–26, Captain, 1927
Senior Drama, 1926–27
Prize Speaking, 1926

Also grew up on Larch Road

The class of 1927

All 459 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

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 64. 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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