Cambridge High and Latin School

Gladys Eleanor Watson “Glad”

Gladys Eleanor Watson (“Glad”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; lived at 40 Jay Street; a write-up.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 73 more named Watson

Full name: Gladys Eleanor Watson
Known as: Glad
Lived at: 40 Jay Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Business

Also searched as: Glad Watson; Gladys Watson; Gladys E. Watson; Watson, Gladys.

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Household 2
Neighbours 13
Same surname 47
Classmates 415
Same schools 129

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Gladys is the 395th of 416 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 129, near the end of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Gladys runs through 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1915 to 1929), 33 people in all, and is most common in 1917 (5). Gladys's “Business” falls in the same group as 16 of the 343 plans printed for the class (5%): going to work. The class of 1928 has 416 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Louis Weiner, William Richard Welsh, Jr., Madeline Mae Wentzell
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 41 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 16 of 343 classmates with a plan (5%)

At home, 40 Jay Street

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

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Watson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Gouveneur W Watson (wife Marie), news agent householderpage
Edna M Watson, stenographer business library H U lived herepage
Louise M Watson, stenographer lived herepage

The Watson household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1925 too.

What Gladys did at school

G. A. A., 1925–26

What the yearbook said

We’ve eyes not made to flirt with.

Also grew up on Jay Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Watson

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Business

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 129. 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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