Cambridge High and Latin School

Elaine Alma Johnston

Elaine Alma Johnston was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Miss Wheelock’s School; lived at 20 Ellery Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 72.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 44 more named Johnston

Full name: Elaine Alma Johnston
Born: May 3, 1905
Lived at: 20 Ellery Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Miss Wheelock’s School

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is Elaine part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Household 2
Neighbours 32
Same surname 29
Classmates 318
Same schools 73

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923, Elaine stands 133rd. Find Elaine on page 72 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 are spread over pages 39 to 119. Teacher training was the plan of 27 of the 253 classmates who printed one (11%), and Elaine is listed with “Miss Wheelock’s School”. Counting Elaine, 34 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard Grammar School. Of the 217 plans printed for the class of 1923 that name a kind of next step, 119 (55%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Rex James, Paul Jones, Helen Gertrude Joyce
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 27 of 253 classmates with a plan (11%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 20 Ellery Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Johnston at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Gus A Johnston (wife Alma), decorator householderpage
Alma Johnston, student lived herepage
Ethel G Johnston, stenographer lived herepage
Gladys L Johnston, clerk lived herepage

The Johnston household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

ALMA’S SO QUIET WE HARDLY KNOW SHE’S WOULD NEVER HAVE A CARE.” “WITH HIS TALENTS MANY AND RARE, WEAR

Alma’s so quiet we hardly know she’s there; and were it not for her lessons, she would never have a care.

Also grew up on Ellery Street

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Others named Johnston

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

All 44 people named Johnston →

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Miss Wheelock’s School

Look for Elaine Alma Johnston in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know Elaine?

If Elaine is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 72. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards