Cambridge High and Latin School

Irene Louise Braithwaite “Ikie Billy”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Irene Louise Braithwaite (“Ikie Billy”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Agassiz Grammar School; headed for Boston Normal Art School; lived at 68 Kirkland Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 37.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 3 more named Braithwaite

Full name: Irene Louise Braithwaite
Known as: Ikie Billy
Lived at: 68 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Boston Normal Art School

Also searched as: Irene Braithwaite; Irene L. Braithwaite; Braithwaite, Irene.

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Household 1
Neighbours 16
Same surname 1
Classmates 458
Same schools 41

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Braithwaite puts Irene 35th among them. Irene's portrait is on scan page 37, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. 16 people named Irene turn up in 11 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1917 to 1929. Irene did not arrive alone from Agassiz Grammar School: 26 other classmates name it too. Names on this site: 459 for the class of 1927, compared with 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Bertha Elinor Boulton, Phyllis Boyce
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 26 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 68 Kirkland Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Nellie M. BraithwaiteCambridge 1926

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

George Braithwaite (wife Elizabeth), mstr mariner householderpage
Nellie M Braithwaite, student lived herepage
Ruth M Braithwaite, stenographer lived herepage

The Braithwaite household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Kirkland Street

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Others named Braithwaite

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

Ina Payne BraithwaiteNew England Conservatory of Music 1927

Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Boston Normal Art School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 37. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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