Cambridge High and Latin School

John P. Barrett “Ally Jake”

John P. Barrett (“Ally Jake”) is one of 424 graduates in the class of 1925 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: came from Sacred Heart Grammar School; headed for Boston College; lived at 97 Otis Street.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 48 more named Barrett

Full name: John P. Barrett
Known as: Ally Jake
Born: October 24, 1908
Lived at: 97 Otis Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Sacred Heart Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Jack Barrett; John Barrett; Johnny Barrett; Barrett, John.

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Household 1
Neighbours 29
Same surname 40
Classmates 423
Same schools 85

In context

John P. Barrett is number 25 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. John's portrait is on scan page 96, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 137. Sacred Heart Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 12 people in the class, John among them. 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). The class of 1925 has 424 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926.

On the same scan page	Hiram Anselvich, George Bagan, Joseph F. Baptist
Same street	Otis Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	John: 15 other people in the class

At home, 97 Otis Street

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

Aileen BarrettCambridge 1928

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

James T Barrett (wife Mary E), con householderpage

The Barrett household is listed here in 1920, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

Ally Jake

Also grew up on Otis Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Barrett

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart Grammar School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 96. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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