Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy May Olney “Dor”

Dorothy May Olney (“Dor”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Fletcher Grammar School; headed for Homeopathic Hospital; lived at 30 Norfolk Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 106.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 5 more named Olney

Full name: Dorothy May Olney
Known as: Dor
Lived at: 30 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Fletcher Grammar School
Headed for: Homeopathic Hospital

Also searched as: Dor Olney; Dot Olney; Dorothy Olney; Dorothy M. Olney.

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Household 1
Neighbours 36
Same surname 3
Classmates 415
Same schools 25

In context

416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Olney puts Dorothy 299th among them. Dorothy's portrait is on scan page 106, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 134. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 96 people have the first name Dorothy, with the largest group (10) in 1927. Dorothy did not arrive alone from Fletcher Grammar School: 11 other classmates name it too. Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Benjamin F. Olken, Henry Olken, Paul John O’Leary
Same earlier school	Fletcher Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same first name	Dorothy: 8 other people in the class

At home, 30 Norfolk Street

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

H. Blanche OlneyCambridge 1930

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

Charles J Olney (wife Minnie), cond householderpage

The Olney household is listed here in 1918, 1919 and 1930 too.

What Dorothy did at school

G. A. A., 1925–26

What the yearbook said

Shy and retiring.

Also grew up on Norfolk Street

The class of 1928

All 416 in this class →

Others named Olney

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

Also came from Fletcher Grammar School

Also headed for Homeopathic Hospital

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 106. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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