Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy Mary Dwyer “Dot”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Dorothy Mary Dwyer (“Dot”) among 237 graduates in the class of 1919. The entry gives: headed for Simmons College; lived at 36 Myrtle Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 25.

Class of 1919

237 in the class of 1919 · 50 more named Dwyer

Full name: Dorothy Mary Dwyer
Known as: Dot
Lived at: 36 Myrtle Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1919
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Dot Dwyer; Dorothy Dwyer; Dorothy M. Dwyer; Dottie Dwyer.

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Household 1
Neighbours 9
Same surname 46
Classmates 236
Same schools 6

In context

Of the 237 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1919 read for this site, Dorothy's is 66th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 25 shows Dorothy; the portraits we read from this book run from page 17 to page 48. 11 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named Dwyer, spread over 8 classes from 1915 to 1930. “Simmons College” is Dorothy's plan after graduation; 69 of 126 classmates with a printed plan (55%) named a college or university. Plans for a college or university made up 60% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1919 (69 of 115), against 47% in 1918 and 60% in 1920.

On the same scan page	Maurice S. Duchin, Anna Elizabeth Dunn, Frances Cicelia Dwyer, Ruth Cecilia Ecklund and 3 more
Same kind of plan	college or university: 69 of 126 classmates with a plan (55%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 36 Myrtle Avenue

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

Josephine Marie DwyerCambridge 1922

The 1921 city directory lists Dorothy Mary Dwyer with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

The 1918 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Dwyer at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Michael F Dwyer (wife Mary), janitor householderpage

The Dwyer household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1921 and 1925 too.

Also grew up on Myrtle Avenue

The class of 1919

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Others named Dwyer

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

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Also headed for Simmons College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1919, page 25. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1919unse).

Published 1919, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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