Cambridge High and Latin School

Mabel Elizabeth Burns

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mabel Elizabeth Burns. The yearbook entry prints: came from Roberts Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 119 Harvard Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 41.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 111 more named Burns

Full name: Mabel Elizabeth Burns
Lived at: 119 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Roberts Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Mabel Burns; Mabel E. Burns; Burns, Mabel.

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Household 2
Neighbours 87
Same surname 86
Classmates 458
Same schools 304

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Mabel's is 48th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 41 shows Mabel; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. Counting Mabel, 15 people in the class are listed as coming from Roberts Grammar School. Of 393 classmates who gave a plan, 191 (49%) point to a college or university; Mabel's entry says “Boston University”. This site lists 459 names for the class of 1927, against 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Katherine Cecilia Burns, Ida C. Cagna, Eleanor Grant Cahill
Same street	Harvard Street: 14 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts Grammar School: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 119 Harvard Street

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

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

Eugene J Burns (wife Anabel), tapectr householderpage
Robert A Burns (wife Mabel), chauffeur householderpage

The Burns household is listed here in 1918, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Mabel did at school

G. A. A., 1923–24–25

What the yearbook said

Malice never was her aim.

Also grew up on Harvard Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Burns

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

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Also came from Roberts Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 41. 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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