Cambridge High and Latin School

Jessie Carter “Jess Jay”

Jessie Carter (“Jess Jay”) is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: headed for Music; activities listed: Room Committee and G. A. A; lived at 51 Jackson Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 84 more named Carter

Full name: Jessie Carter
Known as: Jess Jay
Lived at: 51 Jackson Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Music

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

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

Clubs & teams 131
Neighbours 7
Same surname 55
Classmates 458
Same schools 52

In context

Of the 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 that have pages here, Jessie is 62nd in surname order. The entry is on page 45 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 145. The first name Jessie appears 11 times in the 8 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1930). Counting Jessie, 25 people in the class are listed as coming from Ellis Grammar School. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1927 has 459 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	John Cashin, Kathleen Cassidy, Charles Casson
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 24 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 51 Jackson Street

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

Moses J Carter (wife Maude M), machinist householderpage
Georgianna C Carter, clerk lived herepage
Theodore P Carter, janitor lived herepage

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

What Jessie did at school

Room Committee
G. A. A. 522
Spanish Club
Orchestra 27

Fellow members from Jessie's own class:

What the yearbook said

In action faithful, and in honor clear.

Also grew up on Jackson Street

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Others named Carter

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

All 84 people named Carter →

Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Music

Look for Jessie Carter 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 Jessie?

If Jessie 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, 1927, page 45. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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