Cambridge High and Latin School

Frances Winifred Dennis “Fran”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Frances Winifred Dennis (“Fran”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for Leland Powers; activities listed: G. A. A and Senior Drama Cast; lived at 6 Newton Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 51.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 14 more named Dennis

Full name: Frances Winifred Dennis
Known as: Fran
Lived at: 6 Newton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Leland Powers

Also searched as: Fran Dennis; Frances Dennis; Frances W. Dennis; Frankie Dennis.

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Group photos 13
Clubs & teams 266
Neighbours 16
Same surname 11
Classmates 415
Same schools 47

In context

This site lists 416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928; sorted by surname, Frances comes 98th. Find Frances on page 51 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 are spread over pages 27 to 134. Frances is one of 22 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 whose entry names Morse Grammar School as the school they came from. Frances has 7 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1928 has 416 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Agnes Catherine Delaney, James Edward Delaney, Helen Elizabeth Dennehy
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same first name	Frances: 7 other people in the class

At home, 6 Newton Street

The 1928 city directory lists Frances Winifred Dennis with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Dennis at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Wm H Dennis (wife Margaret), salesman householderpage
Frances W Dennis, student lived herepage
Wm Dennis Jr., clerk lived herepage

The Dennis household is listed here in 1919, 1921, 1925 and 1927 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Frances's senior portrait.

Drama Cast1928

In the same photographs:

What Frances did at school

G. A. A. 522
Home Room Committee, 1927
Senior Drama Cast

Fellow members from Frances's own class:

What the yearbook said

Be she ever so foolish; yet being fair, She is commonly fortunate.

Also grew up on Newton Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Dennis

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Leland Powers

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 51. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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