Cambridge High and Latin School

Gertrude Hazel Kimball “Gertie”

Gertrude Hazel Kimball (“Gertie”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Bridgewater Normal School; lived at 24 Foster Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 47 more named Kimball

Full name: Gertrude Hazel Kimball
Known as: Gertie
Lived at: 24 Foster Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Bridgewater Normal School

Also searched as: Gertie Kimball; Gertrude Kimball; Gertrude H. Kimball; Kimball, Gertrude.

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Neighbours 8
Same surname 41
Classmates 415
Same schools 49

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Gertrude's is 230th alphabetically. Find Gertrude on page 85 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. Gertrude's plan is printed as “Bridgewater Normal School”, which counts here as a normal school or teachers college; 24 of the 343 classmates who named a plan (7%) named the same kind. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 54 people are named Gertrude. First names that recur in the class of 1928: Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16). In the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	John Bernard Killeen, Jr., Mildred Elsada Kimball
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 24 of 343 classmates with a plan (7%)
Same first name	Gertrude: 6 other people in the class

At home, 24 Foster Street

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

John I Kimball (wife Rose G), egg dir householderpage

The Kimball household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

She filled our fiery fancy full, While the teacher talked of English.

Also grew up on Foster Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Kimball

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Bridgewater Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 85. 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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