Cambridge High and Latin School

Edith Marjorie Kettell “Marjorie, Edie”

Edith Marjorie Kettell (“Marjorie, Edie”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Agassiz; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 72 Frost Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named Kettell

Full name: Edith Marjorie Kettell
Known as: Marjorie, Edie
Lived at: 72 Frost Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Agassiz
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Edith Kettell; Edith M. Kettell; Kettell, Edith.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 1
Classmates 461
Same schools 63

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Kettell puts Edith 222nd among them. In the scan, Edith appears on page 79, around the middle of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as Edith did (“Radcliffe”). From 1915 to 1930, 37 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Edith, spread over 14 classes. In the class of 1926 the first names most often shared were Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Grace E. Keough, Margaret J. Kilcoyne, Kenneth Killeen
Same earlier school	Agassiz: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	Edith: 5 other people in the class

At home, 72 Frost Street

The 1927 city directory lists Edith Marjorie Kettell with the occupation “student R Coll” (page).

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

Oscar E Kettell (wife Lena), foreman householderpage
Edith M Kettell, student R Coll lived herepage

The Kettell household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Edith did at school

G. A. A., 1923-24
G. A. A. Numerals, 1924
French Club, 1925
Treasurer of French Club, 1926

What the yearbook said

Edith Kettell knows a lot; When it comes to French, she’s on the spot

GirAwA1923=24.

Also grew up on Frost Street

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Kettell

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

Elvera B. KettellArlington 1927

Also came from Agassiz

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 79. 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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