Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Ann Nixon “Lib”

Elizabeth Ann Nixon (“Lib”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Cambridge Hospital, Nursing; activities listed: Home Economics Club; lived at 18 Cogswell Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 97.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 10 more named Nixon

Full name: Elizabeth Ann Nixon
Known as: Lib
Lived at: 18 Cogswell Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: St. John’s School
Headed for: Cambridge Hospital, Nursing

Also searched as: Lib Nixon; Betty Nixon; Elizabeth Nixon; Elizabeth A. Nixon.

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Household 1
Neighbours 5
Same surname 4
Classmates 420
Same schools 14

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Elizabeth comes 287th. Elizabeth is printed on page 97 of the scan, in the last third of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. 86 people named Elizabeth turn up in 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1914 to 1930; 1927 has the most with 10. Nursing was the plan of 9 of the 364 classmates who printed one (2%), and Elizabeth is listed with “Cambridge Hospital, Nursing”. In the class of 1929, 56% of the plans we could classify (174 of 308) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	James Francis Nagle, Lillian Elizabeth Newman, Alexander Paul Nichiporuk
Same kind of plan	nursing: 9 of 364 classmates with a plan (2%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 18 Cogswell Avenue

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

Mary V. NixonCambridge 1926

The 1930 city directory lists Elizabeth Ann Nixon with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Nixon at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Francis X Nixon (wife Elizabeth M), mason householderpage
Bernard W Nixon, brklyr lived herepage
Elizabeth A Nixon, stenographer lived herepage
Joseph G Nixon, mason lived herepage
Mary V Nixon, student lived herepage
Wm F Nixon, elect lived herepage

The Nixon household is listed here in 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Elizabeth did at school

Home Economics Club

What the yearbook said

Sweet Sensibility

Also grew up on Cogswell Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Nixon

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

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Also came from St. John’s School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 97. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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