Cambridge High and Latin School

Evelyn G. Bresnan “Ev”

Evelyn G. Bresnan (“Ev”) was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Ellis School; headed for Burdett’s Business College; lived at 3 Norris Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 30.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 3 more named Bresnan

Full name: Evelyn G. Bresnan
Known as: Ev
Lived at: 3 Norris Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Ellis School
Headed for: Burdett’s Business College

Also searched as: Ev Bresnan; Evie Bresnan; Evelyn Bresnan; Bresnan, Evelyn.

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Household 1
Neighbours 12
Same surname 1
Classmates 461
Same schools 15

In context

Of the 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 that have pages here, Evelyn is 31st in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, right at the start of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. Evelyn's “Burdett’s Business College” falls in the same group as 53 of the 388 plans printed for the class (14%): a business or secretarial school. Evelyn did not arrive alone from Ellis School: 16 other classmates name it too. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1926 has 462 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 424 for 1925 and 459 for 1927.

On the same scan page	Abraham Bramberg, Elvira Marguerite Breen, Daniel J. Brennan
Same earlier school	Ellis School: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 53 of 388 classmates with a plan (14%)

At home, 3 Norris Street

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

Anne Elizabeth BresnanCambridge 1925

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

Michael J Bresnan (wife Mary), police householderpage
Anna Bresnan, student lived herepage
Catherine F Bresnan, stenographer lived herepage
Dora M Bresnan, stenographer lived herepage
Evelyn G Bresnan, student lived herepage
John J Bresnan, clerk lived herepage

The Bresnan household is listed here in 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Evelyn did at school

G. A. A., 1923-24
Room Committee, 1926
Review Staff, 1926
Year Book Staff, 1926

What the yearbook said

Evelyn is a stylish lass; Were glad to have her in our class

Also grew up on Norris Street

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Bresnan

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

Catherine Frances BresnanCambridge 1919

Also came from Ellis School

Also headed for Burdett’s Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 30. 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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