Cambridge High and Latin School

Francis John Foley “Bab”

Francis John Foley (“Bab”) appears in the 1926 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 174 Pearl Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 73 more named Foley

Full name: Francis John Foley
Known as: Bab
Lived at: 174 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Bab Foley; Frank Foley; Francis Foley; Francis J. Foley.

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Household 1
Neighbours 52
Same surname 69
Classmates 461
Same schools 192

In context

Francis John Foley is number 140 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Find Francis on page 58 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 are spread over pages 23 to 140. From 1914 to 1930, 54 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Francis, spread over 14 classes and peaking at 9 in 1930. Francis's plan is printed as “Boston College”, which counts here as a college or university; 197 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (51%) named the same kind. Among first names, the class of 1926 favours Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	William Joseph Flynn, Gerald Foley, Ruth Pearl Fox
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 37 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	Francis: 6 other people in the class

At home, 174 Pearl Street

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

Dorothy FoleyCambridge 1925

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

John J Foley (wife Martha L), salesman householderpage
Dorothy R Foley, bookkeeper lived herepage

The Foley household is listed here in 1919, 1920, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

A quiet boy you think you see, Your thought is right, according to me

Also grew up on Pearl Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Foley

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 58. 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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