Cambridge High and Latin School

John Lacey Delaney “Jack”

John Lacey Delaney (“Jack”) is one of 366 graduates in the class of 1924 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1924 yearbook entry gives: came from Sacred Heart School; headed for Boston College; lived at 17 Fifth Street.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 29 more named Delaney

Full name: John Lacey Delaney
Known as: Jack
Born: June 6, 1906
Lived at: 17 Fifth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Boston College

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Household 1
Neighbours 12
Same surname 26
Classmates 365
Same schools 80

In context

366 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 appear on this site, and Delaney puts John 88th among them. The entry is on page 48 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 122. College or university was the plan of 123 of the 296 classmates who printed one (42%), and John is listed with “Boston College”. John is the third most common first name in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924, with 12 people. Of the 244 plans printed for the class of 1924 that name a kind of next step, 123 (50%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 55% in 1923 and 54% in 1925.

On the same scan page	Adele De Lancey, Gladys Dennison, Dorothy L. Derby
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

At home, 17 Fifth Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Henry O. DelaneyCambridge 1926

The 1927 city directory lists John Lacey Delaney with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Elizabeth Delaney, widow of Mark R householderpage

The Delaney household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Fifth Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Delaney

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, 1924, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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