Cambridge High and Latin School

John Leo Grady “Hooksie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John Leo Grady (“Hooksie”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Sacred Heart School; headed for Boston University; lived at 94 Gore Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 65.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 41 more named Grady

Full name: John Leo Grady
Known as: Hooksie
Lived at: 94 Gore Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Hooksie Grady; Jack Grady; John Grady; John L. Grady.

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Neighbours 20
Same surname 36
Classmates 461
Same schools 334

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, John stands 167th. In the scan, John appears on page 65, around the middle of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). In this class John is the second most common first name, carried by 24 people. Counting John, 17 people in the class are listed as coming from Sacred Heart School. In the class of 1926 the first names most often shared were Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); the class of 1927 had Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Eleanor Josephine Grady, Elinor M. Graham, Dorothy Mildred Gray
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	John: 23 other people in the class

At home, 94 Gore Street

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

John Grady (wife Mary), laborer householderpage
Anthony Grady, tool mkr lived herepage
John Grady Jr., teamster lived herepage
Joseph Grady, chauffeur lived herepage

What John did at school

Room Committee, 1925

What the yearbook said

Grady has an innocent air But look out, I say, the imp is there!

Also grew up on Gore Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Grady

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 University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 65. 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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