Cambridge High and Latin School

Frederick McCafferty “Baffles”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Frederick McCafferty (“Baffles”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Kelley Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 8 Bristol Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 85.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 5 more named McCafferty

Full name: Frederick McCafferty
Known as: Baffles
Born: November 10, 1903
Lived at: 8 Bristol Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Kelley Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Baffles McCafferty; Fred McCafferty; Freddie McCafferty; McCafferty, Frederick.

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Household 1
Neighbours 8
Same surname 3
Classmates 318
Same schools 180

In context

Frederick McCafferty is number 184 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Frederick is printed on page 85 of the scan, around the middle of the 39-to-119 run of portrait pages. Frederick is one of 8 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 whose entry names Kelley Grammar School as the school they came from. College or university was the plan of 119 of the 253 classmates who printed one (47%), and Frederick is listed with “Boston University”. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1923 has 319 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Edward Paul McCarthy, John Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Daniel McCarthy
Same earlier school	Kelley Grammar School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 8 Bristol Street

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

James Patrick McCaffertyCambridge 1926

What the yearbook said

BAFFLES IS QUITE PUZZLING AND OTHER TIMES HE’S QUITE SHY

Baffles is quite puzzling just as his name implies, for sometimes he's quite bold and other times he's quite shy.

Also grew up on Bristol Street

The class of 1923

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Others named McCafferty

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

Also came from Kelley Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 85. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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