Cambridge High and Latin School

Gertrude Hamilton “Gert Tiny”

Gertrude Hamilton (“Gert Tiny”) appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 241 River Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 84 more named Hamilton

Full name: Gertrude Hamilton
Known as: Gert Tiny
Lived at: 241 River Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Webster School
Headed for: Burdett College

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 28
Same surname 71
Classmates 420
Same schools 106

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Gertrude is the 165th of 421 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 66, around the middle of the stretch from page 25 to page 132 where this site found the book's portraits. In the 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1915 and 1930 that this site covers, 54 people have the first name Gertrude. 54 other graduates came from Webster School, the school Gertrude is listed as coming from. In the class of 1929 the first names most often shared were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); the class of 1928 had Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Clifford R. Guptill, Julia Josephine Hacian, Claribel Wheeler Hall
Same earlier school	Webster School: 54 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Gertrude: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 241 River Street

The 1930 city directory lists Gertrude Hamilton with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Alexander Hamilton (wife Gertrude A), mus householderpage
Gertrude L Hamilton, student lived herepage

The Hamilton household is listed here in 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Gertrude did at school

G. A. A. 522
Room Committee, 1925-’28

Fellow members from Gertrude's own class:

Also grew up on River Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Hamilton

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

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Also came from Webster School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 66. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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