Cambridge High and Latin School

John Robert Wiseman

John Robert Wiseman, Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: lived at 672 Cambridge Street; a motto; a write-up.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 8 more named Wiseman

Full name: John Robert Wiseman
Lived at: 672 Cambridge Street
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Headed for: Will enter business

Also searched as: Jack Wiseman; John Wiseman; John R. Wiseman; Johnny Wiseman.

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Neighbours 122
Same surname 5
Classmates 461
Same schools 3

In context

Of the 462 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, John's is 452nd alphabetically. In the scan, John appears on page 138, near the end of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). The first name John runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 182 people in all, and is most common in 1926 (24). Neighbours on paper: 11 classmates share Cambridge Street with John. The most common first names in the class of 1926 were Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); in the class of 1925 they were Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Helena Jeannette Wilde, Russell Francis Williams, Russell B. Wood
Same street	Cambridge Street: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 47 of 388 classmates with a plan (12%)
Same first name	John: 23 other people in the class

At home, 672 Cambridge Street

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

Mary Wiseman householderpage
Dennis Wiseman (wife Delia L), laborer lived herepage

The Wiseman household is listed here in 1917, 1918 and 1919 too.

What the yearbook said

A wise man now and we hope forever

His am should always be to be clever.

Also grew up on Cambridge Street

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Others named Wiseman

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Also headed for Will enter business

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 138. 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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