Cambridge High and Latin School

Helen Elaine Thomas “Tootsie”

Helen Elaine Thomas (“Tootsie”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Wilberforce Institute, Ohio; lived at 18 Clarendon Avenue.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 125 more named Thomas

Full name: Helen Elaine Thomas
Known as: Tootsie
Born: October 31, 1905
Lived at: 18 Clarendon Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Wilberforce Institute, Ohio

Also searched as: Tootsie Thomas; Helen Thomas; Helen E. Thomas; Thomas, Helen.

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 90
Classmates 318
Same schools 45

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Helen is 296th in surname order. Helen's portrait is on scan page 113, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 148 people are named Helen; the class of 1924 has the most, 17. The yearbook lists 23 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Ellis Grammar School, including Helen. The most common first names in the class of 1923 were Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10); in the class of 1924 they were Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12).

On the same scan page	Anna B. Tattan, Alma Temple, Anna Tierney
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 22 other classmates
Same first name	Helen: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 18 Clarendon Avenue

The 1927 city directory lists Helen Elaine Thomas with the occupation “nurse” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Thomas at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Fred L Thomas, chauffeur lived herepage
Walter Thomas, laborer lived herepage

The Thomas household is listed here in 1920, 1921 and 1927 too.

What Helen did at school

G. A. A., 1920

What the yearbook said

A PAL WHETHER TIMES BE GOOD OR BAD, SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND NEVER SAD

A pal whether times be good or bad, she was always happy and never sad.

Also grew up on Clarendon Avenue

The class of 1923

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Others named Thomas

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Also came from Ellis Grammar School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 113. 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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