Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Laycock “Betty”

Class of 1926, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Laycock (“Betty”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard School; headed for Emerson College; lived at 47 Inman Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 84.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 4 more named Laycock

Full name: Elizabeth Laycock
Known as: Betty
Lived at: 47 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Harvard School
Headed for: Emerson College

Also searched as: Betty Laycock; Beth Laycock; Laycock, Elizabeth.

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Neighbours 28
Same surname 2
Classmates 461
Same schools 12

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Laycock puts Elizabeth 243rd among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 84, around the middle of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. Elizabeth's plan is printed as “Emerson College”, which counts here as a college or university; 197 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (51%) named the same kind. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 86 people have the first name Elizabeth, with the largest group (10) in 1927. The class of 1926 has 462 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 424 for 1925 and 459 for 1927.

On the same scan page	Ruth Mary Largenton, Philip Austin Lawrence
Same earlier school	Harvard School: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 7 other people in the class

At home, 47 Inman Street

The 1928 city directory lists Elizabeth Laycock with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Wm F Laycock (wife Carrie), manager Durrell Hall householderpage

The Laycock household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

She keeps her knowledge to herself, A modest and retiring elf

Also grew up on Inman Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Laycock

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

Also came from Harvard School

Also headed for Emerson College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 84. 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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