Cambridge High and Latin School

John Joseph Shea “Shea”

Class of 1930, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Joseph Shea (“Shea”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Paul’s Grammar School; headed for Providence College; lived at 57 Putnam Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 103.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 114 more named Shea

Full name: John Joseph Shea
Known as: Shea
Lived at: 57 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: St. Paul’s Grammar School
Headed for: Providence College

Also searched as: Shea Shea; Jack Shea; John Shea; John J. Shea.

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Neighbours 79
Same surname 110
Classmates 482
Same schools 6

In context

Of the 483 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 read for this site, John's is 409th alphabetically. Find John on page 103 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 are spread over pages 21 to 118. The first name John appears 182 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1926 (24). Of 430 classmates who gave a plan, 206 (48%) point to a college or university; John's entry says “Providence College”. Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1930, and Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15) in the class of 1929.

On the same scan page	Louis Shapiro, John Joseph Sheehan, Florence Mae Sherman, John Fleming Sherman
Same street	Putnam Avenue: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	John: 13 other people in the class

At home, 57 Putnam Avenue

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

Dennis M Shea, laborer householderpage

The Shea household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

SHEA” “Teachers love your fascination But hate procrastination

Teachers love your fascination But hate procrastination

Also grew up on Putnam Avenue

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Also came from St. Paul’s Grammar School

Also headed for Providence College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 103. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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