Cambridge High and Latin School

Francis Joseph Regal “Cliff”

Francis Joseph Regal (“Cliff”) was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Sacred Heart Parochial School; headed for Princeton; lived at 75 Spring Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 95.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 4 more named Regal

Full name: Francis Joseph Regal
Known as: Cliff
Lived at: 75 Spring Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Sacred Heart Parochial School
Headed for: Princeton

Also searched as: Cliff Regal; Frank Regal; Francis Regal; Francis J. Regal.

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Household 3
Neighbours 32
Classmates 482
Same schools 18

In context

Francis Joseph Regal is number 372 of 483 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 95, in the last third of the stretch from page 21 to page 118 where this site found the book's portraits. Francis is one of 8 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 whose entry names Sacred Heart Parochial School as the school they came from. The first name Francis appears 54 times in the 14 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1930 (9). Of the 371 plans printed for the class of 1930 that name a kind of next step, 206 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Grosvenor Proctor, Jessie Signa Ramberg, Laura Mae Ray, Henry David Reeves
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart Parochial School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Francis: 8 other people in the class

At home, 75 Spring Street

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

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Regal at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Stephen C Regal (wife Annie A), prsmn householderpage
Mary A Regal, clerk lived herepage
Stephen F Regal lived herepage
Teresa P Regal lived herepage
Thomas E Regal, chauffeur lived herepage

The Regal household is listed here in 1920, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Everything's easy says brainy Cliff, He says ‘whew when he means ‘if

Everything's easy says brainy Cliff, He says 'when' when he means 'if'

Also grew up on Spring Street

The class of 1930

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Also came from Sacred Heart Parochial School

Also headed for Princeton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 95. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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