Cambridge High and Latin School

Eugene J. Riordan “Gene”

Eugene J. Riordan (“Gene”) was one of 424 graduates in the class of 1925 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Northeastern; lived at 148 Foster Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 126.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 13 more named Riordan

Full name: Eugene J. Riordan
Known as: Gene
Lived at: 148 Foster Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Northeastern

Also searched as: Gene Riordan; Eugene Riordan; Riordan, Eugene.

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Household 1
Neighbours 7
Same surname 11
Classmates 423
Same schools 53

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In the alphabetical roll of 424 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925, Eugene stands 334th. Turning the scan to page 126 shows Eugene; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 137. The yearbook lists 18 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 as coming from Russell Grammar School, including Eugene. Eugene's plan is printed as “Northeastern”, which counts here as a college or university; 164 of the 365 classmates who named a plan (45%) named the same kind. A college or university was the plan of 164 of 306 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1925 (54%), compared with 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan page	Maurice Rakov, Keith Wilfred Rawlins, Henry J. Reehall
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)

At home, 148 Foster Street

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

Anna Frances RiordanCambridge 1919

The 1927 city directory lists Eugene J. Riordan with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Michael Riordan (wife Hannah A), gardener householderpage

The Riordan household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Foster Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Riordan

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

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Northeastern

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 126. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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