Cambridge High and Latin School

Iris K. Farrington “I”

Iris K. Farrington (“I”) appears in the 1924 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 8 Cypress Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 10 more named Farrington

Full name: Iris K. Farrington
Known as: I
Born: June 16, 1905
Lived at: 8 Cypress Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Fort Lee Grammar School, Fort Lee, New Jersey, and Englewood High, Englewood, N. J
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Iris Farrington; Farrington, Iris.

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Household 3
Same surname 3
Classmates 365
Same schools 245

In context

Of the 366 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 that have pages here, Iris is 110th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 53, in the first third of the stretch from page 29 to page 122 where this site found the book's portraits. Iris's plan is printed as “Boston University”, which counts here as a college or university; 123 of the 296 classmates who named a plan (42%) named the same kind. Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1924, and Mary (19), John (16) and William (12) in the class of 1925.

On the same scan page	Marian Alden Estey, Edward Francis Fay, Ruth Frances Fennessey
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)

At home, 8 Cypress Street

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

The 1927 city directory lists Iris K. Farrington with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Kate E Farrington, widow of Thomas householderpage
Iris K Farrington, clerk lived herepage
Muriel G Farrington, student lived herepage
Thomas C Farrington lived herepage

The Farrington household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What Iris did at school

G. A. A.—Basketball

What the yearbook said

wood, N. J.

The class of 1924

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Others named Farrington

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

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Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 53. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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