Cambridge High and Latin School

James Ford Clapp “Jim”

James Ford Clapp (“Jim”) is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Peabody School; headed for Harvard; lived at 20 Bellevue Avenue.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 21 more named Clapp

Full name: James Ford Clapp
Known as: Jim
Lived at: 20 Bellevue Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Jim Clapp; James Clapp; James F. Clapp; Jimmy Clapp.

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Household 2
Neighbours 10
Same surname 15
Classmates 461
Same schools 249

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, James stands 65th. Find James on page 39 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 are spread over pages 23 to 140. James did not arrive alone from Peabody School: 40 other classmates name it too. From 1917 to 1930, 72 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name James, spread over 14 classes. A college or university was the plan of 197 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1926 (55%), compared with 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	George Atherton Chaffee, Edna Genevieve Chapman, Margaret Clopton
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 40 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	James: 8 other people in the class

At home, 20 Bellevue Avenue

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

The 1925 city directory lists James Ford Clapp with the occupation “archt B” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Clapp at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James F Clapp, archt B householderpage

The Clapp household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

Hockey was managed well by Jim; We don’t know what well do without him

Also grew up on Bellevue Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Clapp

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

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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