Cambridge High and Latin School

Katherine Downing

Katherine Downing was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 335 Huron Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 45.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 17 more named Downing

Full name: Katherine Downing
Lived at: 335 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

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Household 1
Neighbours 61
Same surname 10
Classmates 482
Same schools 67

In context

483 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 appear on this site, and Downing puts Katherine 120th among them. Katherine's portrait is on scan page 45, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. Katherine's “Radcliffe” falls in the same group as 206 of the 430 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. 62 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 14 classes between 1917 and 1930, name Huron Avenue. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Katherine Rose Dore, James Joseph Doyle, Julia Marie Doyle, Jane Mary Dragun
Same street	Huron Avenue: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 38 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)

At home, 335 Huron Avenue

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

Elsie Mary DowningCambridge 1929

The 1920 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Downing at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Dennis Downing (wife Nora) householderpage

What the yearbook said

With meek blue eyes, Like the dusk in evening skies

With meek blue eyes, Like the dusk in evening skies.

Also grew up on Huron Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Downing

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

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 45. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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