Cambridge High and Latin School

Madelyn Mae Thompson “Tom”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Madelyn Mae Thompson (“Tom”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Bookkeeper; lived at 291 Pearl Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 136.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 185 more named Thompson

Full name: Madelyn Mae Thompson
Known as: Tom
Lived at: 291 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Bookkeeper

Also searched as: Tom Thompson; Madelyn Thompson; Madelyn M. Thompson; Thompson, Madelyn.

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Neighbours 53
Same surname 123
Classmates 458
Same schools 71

In context

Madelyn Mae Thompson is number 421 of 459 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 136, near the end of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. Morse Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 25 people in the class, Madelyn among them. 54 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 14 classes between 1915 and 1930, name Pearl Street. Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1927, and Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19) in the class of 1926.

On the same scan page	Mary Agnes Thomas, James Joseph Thompson, Ruth Leone Thompson
Same street	Pearl Street: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 41 of 393 classmates with a plan (10%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 291 Pearl Street

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

Alfred J Thompson (wife Mabel), shpr householderpage
Alfred R Thompson, bookbinder lived herepage

The Thompson household is listed here in 1918, 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

She hath a daily beauty in her life.

Also grew up on Pearl Street

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Also headed for Bookkeeper

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 136. 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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