Cambridge High and Latin School

Evelyn Viola Peterson “Ev”

Evelyn Viola Peterson (“Ev”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Haggerty Grammar School; activities listed: Spanish Club; lived at 6 Thingvalla Avenue.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 153 more named Peterson

Full name: Evelyn Viola Peterson
Known as: Ev
Born: December 2, 1907
Lived at: 6 Thingvalla Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Haggerty Grammar School
Headed for: Business

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Household 2
Neighbours 1
Same surname 100
Classmates 423
Same schools 101

In context

Evelyn Viola Peterson is number 313 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. The entry is on page 78 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 137. Haggerty Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 7 people in the class, Evelyn among them. The first name Evelyn runs through 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1917 to 1930), 39 people in all, and is most common in 1928 (6). Against 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926, the class of 1925 comes to 424 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Helen Caroline Perkins, Margaret J. Persons, Gertrude Hattie Phelps
Same earlier school	Haggerty Grammar School: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 45 of 365 classmates with a plan (12%)
Same first name	Evelyn: 4 other people in the class

At home, 6 Thingvalla Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1927 city directory lists Evelyn Viola Peterson with the occupation “sec” (page).

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

Selma E Peterson, widow of John householderpage
Mildred E Peterson, clerk lived herepage

The Peterson household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Evelyn did at school

Spanish Club

What the yearbook said

Ev” “Gertie” and “Trudie

314 Pearl Street Member of G. A, A.

Also grew up on Thingvalla Avenue

Rose FoxCambridge 1928

The class of 1925

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Others named Peterson

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Also came from Haggerty Grammar School

Also headed for Business

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 78. 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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