Cambridge High and Latin School

Jennie Abby Downs “Downsey”

Class of 1928, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Jennie Abby Downs (“Downsey”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Burdett College; activities listed: Home Economics Club and G. A. A; lived at 161 Chestnut Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 54.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 7 more named Downs

Full name: Jennie Abby Downs
Known as: Downsey
Lived at: 161 Chestnut Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Downsey Downs; Jennie Downs; Jennie A. Downs; Downs, Jennie.

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Clubs & teams 266
Neighbours 28
Same surname 5
Classmates 415
Same schools 76

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Jennie is 105th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 54, in the first third of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. Jennie's “Burdett College” falls in the same group as 66 of the 343 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. Morse Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 22 people in the class, Jennie among them. 58% of the graduates in the class of 1928 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Katherine Mary Driscoll, John Joseph Droney, John Edward Duffy
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)

At home, 161 Chestnut Street

The 1930 city directory lists Jennie Abby Downs with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Downs at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Anna B Downs, widow of Albion M householderpage

The Downs household is listed here in 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What Jennie did at school

Home Economics Club
G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Jennie's own class:

What the yearbook said

The head is not more native to the heart.

Also grew up on Chestnut Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Downs

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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