Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret Curran “Margib”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Margaret Curran (“Margib”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: came from Ellis School; headed for Burdett Business College; lived at 38 Cogswell Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 44.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 26 more named Curran

Full name: Margaret Curran
Known as: Margib
Lived at: 38 Cogswell Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Ellis School
Headed for: Burdett Business College

Also searched as: Margib Curran; Peggy Curran; Maggie Curran; Curran, Margaret.

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Household 1
Neighbours 5
Same surname 23
Classmates 420
Same schools 30

In context

421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Curran puts Margaret 77th among them. Find Margaret on page 44 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 are spread over pages 25 to 132. In this class Margaret is the second most common first name, carried by 17 people. Ellis School appears as the earlier school of 16 people in the class, Margaret among them. The most common first names in the class of 1929 were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); in the class of 1930 they were Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Mary Ellen Curran, Hugh J. Curry, Edward Parker Cutter
Same earlier school	Ellis School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Margaret: 16 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 38 Cogswell Avenue

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

Joseph M. CurranCambridge 1930

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Curran at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Peter J Curran (wife Ellen), driver householderpage
Mary E Curran, cash lived herepage

The Curran household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

A quiet worker.

Also grew up on Cogswell Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Curran

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

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Also came from Ellis School

Also headed for Burdett Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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