Cambridge High and Latin School

Edna Erline Cotten

Edna Erline Cotten is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Normal School; lived at 198 Norfolk Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 1 more named Cotten

Full name: Edna Erline Cotten
Lived at: 198 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Normal School

Also searched as: Edna Cotten; Edna E. Cotten; Cotten, Edna.

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Neighbours 37
Classmates 458
Same schools 117

In context

Edna Erline Cotten is number 95 of 459 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 53, in the first third of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. 24 other graduates came from Ellis Grammar School, the school Edna is listed as coming from. Among the 393 people in the class who printed a plan, 30 (8%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Edna did (“Normal School”). In the class of 1927, 54% of the plans we could classify (191 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Ellen J. Cosgrove, Francis Henry Coughlin, Mary Frances Courtney
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 30 of 393 classmates with a plan (8%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 198 Norfolk Street

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

Alexander Cotten, mason householderpage
Nathaniel Cotten (wife Margaret), clerk lived herepage

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

What the yearbook said

A sweet and virtuous soul

A sweet and virtuous soul.

Also grew up on Norfolk Street

The class of 1927

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Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 53. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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