Cambridge High and Latin School

Leonard Foley “Lennie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Leonard Foley (“Lennie”) among 459 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from St. Mary’s Parochial School; headed for B. U. Business College; lived at 16 Leonard Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 67.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 73 more named Foley

Full name: Leonard Foley
Known as: Lennie
Lived at: 16 Leonard Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Mary’s Parochial School
Headed for: B. U. Business College

Also searched as: Lennie Foley; Len Foley; Lenny Foley; Foley, Leonard.

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Household 2
Neighbours 12
Same surname 68
Classmates 458
Same schools 3

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Foley puts Leonard 150th among them. In the scan, Leonard appears on page 67, in the first third of the run of 459 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 145). 17 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named Foley, spread over 10 classes from 1919 to 1930. The class of 1927 has 459 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928. On its own title page this book is “Golden Treasury”.

On the same scan page	Ruth Constance Flaherty, Elizabeth Frances Foley, Nora F. Ford
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 16 Leonard Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1930 city directory lists Leonard Foley with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Patrick Foley (wife Margaret), engineer householderpage
James C Foley, news lived herepage
John J Foley, clerk lived herepage
Paul M Foley, lea sorter lived herepage
Walter Foley, clerk Ry M S lived herepage

The Foley household is listed here in 1920, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Leonard did at school

Room Committee, 1924

What the yearbook said

The world is a wheel and it will all come round right.

Also grew up on Leonard Avenue

The class of 1927

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Others named Foley

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

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Also came from St. Mary’s Parochial School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 67. 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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