Cambridge High and Latin School

Henry Wyman Holmes, Jr. “Wizzie, Wuz”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Henry Wyman Holmes, Jr. (“Wizzie, Wuz”) among 483 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; lived at 19 Hillside Avenue; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 63.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 88 more named Holmes

Full name: Henry Wyman Holmes, Jr.
Known as: Wizzie, Wuz
Lived at: 19 Hillside Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Northwood School, Lake Placid and Harvard Architectural School

Also searched as: Henry Holmes; Henry W. Holmes; Holmes, Henry.

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Household 2
Neighbours 3
Same surname 76
Classmates 482
Same schools 32

In context

Henry Wyman Holmes, Jr. is number 209 of 483 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. Turning the scan to page 63 shows Henry; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 118. The yearbook lists 31 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 as coming from Peabody Grammar School, including Henry. Across 13 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 30 people are named Henry; the class of 1927 has the most, 5. This site lists 483 names for the class of 1930, against 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Rose Horgan, Lillian Maria Horgan, Mary H. Horrigan, Barbara Houghton
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 30 other classmates

At home, 19 Hillside Avenue

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

What Henry did at school

Home Room Committee 1929-30
Candidate Crew 1928
Candidate Football, 1929
Candidate Tennis, 1929

What the yearbook said

Of quiet and studious aspect is he

Also grew up on Hillside Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Holmes

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 63. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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