Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy Catherine Shannon “Dot, Dolly, Dottie”

Dorothy Catherine Shannon (“Dot, Dolly, Dottie”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. Peter’s Parochial School; headed for Stenographer; lived at 358 Walden Street.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 23 more named Shannon

Full name: Dorothy Catherine Shannon
Known as: Dot, Dolly, Dottie
Lived at: 358 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: St. Peter’s Parochial School
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: Dot Shannon; Dorothy Shannon; Dorothy C. Shannon; Dottie Shannon.

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Household 1
Neighbours 36
Same surname 19
Classmates 482
Same schools 52

In context

Of the 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 that have pages here, Dorothy is 406th in surname order. Find Dorothy on page 102 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 are spread over pages 21 to 118. The first name Dorothy appears 96 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1927 (10). Of 430 classmates who gave a plan, 20 (5%) point to going to work; Dorothy's entry says “Stenographer”. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Thoma Victor Serino, William Malcolm Seymourian, Frances Elizabeth Shain, Fannie Shapiro
Same kind of plan	work: 20 of 430 classmates with a plan (5%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 7 other people in the class

At home, 358 Walden Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Joseph ShannonCambridge 1926

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Shannon at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Thomas J Shannon (wife Catherine F), police Sta householderpage
John J Shannon, acct lived herepage
Mary A Shannon, sec lived herepage

The Shannon household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Dorothy is a pretty name And Dorothy herself is just the same

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1930

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Also came from St. Peter’s Parochial School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 102. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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