Cambridge High and Latin School

Isabelle Frances Johnson “Tiny Billie”

Class of 1929, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Isabelle Frances Johnson (“Tiny Billie”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Trained Nurse; activities listed: Home Economics Club; lived at 40 Highland Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 75.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 459 more named Johnson

Full name: Isabelle Frances Johnson
Known as: Tiny Billie
Lived at: 40 Highland Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Harvard School
Headed for: Trained Nurse

Also searched as: Belle Johnson; Isabelle Johnson; Isabelle F. Johnson; Johnson, Isabelle.

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is Isabelle part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Neighbours 20
Same surname 340
Classmates 420
Same schools 33

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Isabelle stands 198th. Isabelle's portrait is on scan page 75, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 25 to 132. Isabelle did not arrive alone from Harvard School: 30 other classmates name it too. Across 13 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School from 1915 to 1930, this site lists 23 people with the surname Johnson. Count the first names and the class of 1929 gives Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15), where the class of 1930 gives Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Maurice Francais Joyce, Wanda Marie B. Kaduboski, Antoinette V. Kairaitis
Same earlier school	Harvard School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	nursing: 9 of 364 classmates with a plan (2%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 40 Highland Avenue

The 1930 city directory lists Isabelle Frances Johnson with the occupation “sec” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Johnson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Wm A Johnson (wife Minnietta), salesman householderpage
Isabelle F Johnson, sec lived herepage

The Johnson household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Isabelle did at school

Home Room Committee, 1925
Home Economics Club

What the yearbook said

A kind girl—a sweet girl—a friendly girl—a sincere girl—what more could be said of her?

Also grew up on Highland Avenue

The class of 1929

All 421 in this class →

Others named Johnson

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

All 459 people named Johnson →

Also came from Harvard School

Also headed for Trained Nurse

Grace Miriam SmallCambridge 1924

Look for Isabelle Frances Johnson in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know Isabelle?

If Isabelle is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 75. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards