Cambridge High and Latin School

John Thomas Ramsdell “Red”

John Thomas Ramsdell (“Red”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Bentley’s School of Accounting; lived at 15 Watson Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 8 more named Ramsdell

Full name: John Thomas Ramsdell
Known as: Red
Lived at: 15 Watson Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Bentley’s School of Accounting

Also searched as: Red Ramsdell; Jack Ramsdell; John Ramsdell; John T. Ramsdell.

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Neighbours 6
Same surname 5
Classmates 458
Same schools 105

In context

This site lists 459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927; sorted by surname, John comes 362nd. Find John on page 121 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 182 people are named John; the class of 1926 has the most, 24. Of 393 classmates who gave a plan, 69 (18%) point to a business or secretarial school; John's entry says “Bentley’s School of Accounting”. First names that recur in the class of 1927: Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14). In the class of 1926: Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19).

On the same scan page	Marjorie Rose Publicover, Margaret Josephine Reardon, Thomas Edward Regal
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 49 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first name	John: 21 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 15 Watson Street

The 1930 city directory lists John Thomas Ramsdell with the occupation “hipr” (page).

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

Katherine Ramsdell, widow of Wm waitress lived herepage

The Ramsdell household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest man.

Also grew up on Watson Street

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Bentley’s School of Accounting

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 121. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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