Cambridge High and Latin School

James Ford “Jimmy Flivver Fordy”

James Ford (“Jimmy Flivver Fordy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston College; activities listed: Advertising Manager Year Book; lived at 57 Ninth Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 80 more named Ford

Full name: James Ford
Known as: Jimmy Flivver Fordy
Lived at: 57 Ninth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Jim Ford; Jimmy Ford; Ford, James.

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Group photos 3
Neighbours 17
Same surname 61
Classmates 420
Same schools 76

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, James is 129th in surname order. In the scan, James appears on page 57, in the first third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). Ford is the surname of 10 people across 8 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1918 to 1930. James's plan is printed as “Boston College”, which counts here as a college or university; 174 of the 364 classmates who named a plan (48%) named the same kind. Among first names, the class of 1929 favours Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); the class of 1928 had Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Samuel Robert Fogel, Anne T. Frances Foley, Henry Ware Forbes
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	James: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 57 Ninth Street

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

Edward Ford (wife Mary), rubber worker householderpage
Edward J Ford, hipr lived herepage

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

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against James's senior portrait.

Debating Team1929

In the same photographs:

What James did at school

Home Room Committee, 1925-’26, 1928-’29
Advertising Manager Year Book
Debating Class, 1928-’29
Baseball, 1926

What the yearbook said

Jimmie’s speaking is something great We always want him to debate.

Also grew up on Ninth Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Ford

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 57. 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.

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