Cambridge High and Latin School

Esther Erica Ahlquist “Betty”

Esther Erica Ahlquist (“Betty”) appears in the 1918 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 95 Oxford Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1918

196 in the class of 1918 · 1 more named Ahlquist

Full name: Esther Erica Ahlquist
Known as: Betty
Lived at: 95 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1918
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Framingham Normal School

Also searched as: Betty Ahlquist; Esther Ahlquist; Esther E. Ahlquist; Ahlquist, Esther.

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Neighbours 38
Classmates 195
Same schools 32

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 from A to Z, Esther is where the 196 names on this site begin. In the scan, Esther appears on page 12, right at the start of the run of 196 portraits read for this site (pages 12 to 39). Esther did not arrive alone from Russell Grammar School: 11 other classmates name it too. 32 people named Esther turn up in 14 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1914 to 1930. The class of 1918: 47% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 46% in 1917 and 60% in 1919.

On the same scan page	Anna Veronica Bannon, Pauline Barron, Charles Lea Barry, Abraham Albert Becker and 3 more
Same street	Oxford Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 17 of 102 classmates with a plan (17%)

At home, 95 Oxford Street

The 1921 city directory lists Esther Erica Ahlquist with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Ahlquist at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Esther E Ahlquist, student lived herepage
Frederick W Ahlquist, pilot lived herepage

Also grew up on Oxford Street

The class of 1918

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Framingham Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1918, page 12. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1918unse).

Published 1918, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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