Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph Hyman Nesson “Johnny”

Class of 1918, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Joseph Hyman Nesson (“Johnny”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 258 Western Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1918 yearbook, page 30.

Class of 1918

196 in the class of 1918 · 3 more named Nesson

Full name: Joseph Hyman Nesson
Known as: Johnny
Lived at: 258 Western Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1918
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Johnny Nesson; Joe Nesson; Joseph Nesson; Joseph H. Nesson.

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Neighbours 34
Same surname 2
Classmates 195
Same schools 117

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 from A to Z by surname, Joseph is the 139th of 196 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, in the last third of the stretch from page 12 to page 39 where this site found the book's portraits. Joseph is one of 20 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 whose entry names Webster Grammar School as the school they came from. Joseph's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 42 of the 102 classmates who named a plan (41%) named the same kind. Plans for a college or university made up 47% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1918 (42 of 90), against 46% in 1917 and 60% in 1919.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth Helen Murnane, Norine Cecelia Murphy, Dorothy Alberta Myles, David Benjamin O'Connell and 3 more
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 19 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 42 of 102 classmates with a plan (41%)

At home, 258 Western Avenue

The 1918 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Nesson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Harry Nesson (wife Mary), express householderpage

The Nesson household is listed here in 1919 and 1920 too.

Also grew up on Western Avenue

The class of 1918

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Others named Nesson

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

Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1918, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1918unse).

Published 1918, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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