Somerville High School
Edna Downes “Teddy”
Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Edna Downes (“Teddy”) among 120 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: General Course; lived at 68 Winslow Ave. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 301.
Class of 1929
120 in the class of 1929 · 7 more named Downes
- Full name
- Edna Downes
- Known as
- Teddy
- Lived at
- 68 Winslow Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- General Course
Also searched as: Teddy Downes; Downes, Edna.
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In context
Edna Downes is number 40 of 120 in the alphabetical list of the Somerville High School class of 1929 on this site. Edna is printed on page 301 of the scan, around the middle of the 274-to-349 run of portrait pages. The first name Edna runs through 9 classes of Somerville High School (1920 to 1931), 21 people in all, and is most common in 1926 (5). Of the 70 entries in the class with a course, 24 (34%) say General Course, Edna's among them. Of the 70 entries in the class of 1929 that print a course, 19 (27%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | Andrew Domingo, Walter F. Donahue, Esther Doolin, William Downey and 2 more |
|---|---|
| Same course | General Course: 24 of 70 classmates with a course (34%) |
| The book's own title | Somerville High School Radiator |
At home, 68 Winslow Ave
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
What Edna did at school
- Bank Worker 2, 3
Also grew up on Winslow Ave
The class of 1929
Esther M. DoolinSomerville 1929
William DowneySomerville 1929
Esther DoolinSomerville 1929
Carl DrevitsonSomerville 1929
Walter F. DonahueSomerville 1929
Gertrude DuganSomerville 1929
Others named Downes
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
John Augustine DownesCambridge 1926
Alexander DownesBoston Latin School 1927
Margaret DownesNorth Quincy 1935
Salome Alberta DownesWheaton College 1921
Esther DownesSaugus 1939
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 301.
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