Cambridge High and Latin School
Gertrude Wilhemina Pilkington “Gerty Pilky”
Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Gertrude Wilhemina Pilkington (“Gerty Pilky”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for Wilberforce; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 14 Jay Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 110.
Class of 1928
416 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Pilkington
- Full name
- Gertrude Wilhemina Pilkington
- Known as
- Gerty Pilky
- Lived at
- 14 Jay Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1928
- Came from
- Webster Grammar School
- Headed for
- Wilberforce
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In context
Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Gertrude's is 324th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 110, in the last third of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. There are 7 people named Gertrude in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928; the entry on this page is one of them. Gertrude is one of 42 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 whose entry names Webster Grammar School as the school they came from. In the class of 1928 the first names most often shared were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).
| On the same scan page | Flora Louise Phelps, Alphonse Francis Popoli |
|---|---|
| Same earlier school | Webster Grammar School: 41 other classmates |
| Same first name | Gertrude: 6 other people in the class |
At home, 14 Jay Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Pilkington at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Gertrude Pilkington lived herepage
What Gertrude did at school
- G. A. A. 522
- Home Economics, 1928
Fellow members from Gertrude's own class:
What the yearbook said
Serene, I fold my hands and wait.
Also grew up on Jay Street
The class of 1928
Flora Louise PhelpsCambridge 1928
Alphonse Francis PopoliCambridge 1928
Eunice Carolyn PetersonCambridge 1928
Mary Hughena PringleCambridge 1928
William Alfred PerryCambridge 1928
Thomas J. RaffertyCambridge 1928
Others named Pilkington
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
James PilkingtonNew Bedford Textile School 1929
Arthur Hargreaves PilkingtonNew Bedford Textile School 1936
James PilkingtonNew Bedford 1926
Arthur Hargreaves PilkingtonNew Bedford 1933
David W. PilkingtonRoslindale 1939
Also came from Webster Grammar School
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 110.
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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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