Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret Helen O’Connell “Peg”

Margaret Helen O’Connell (“Peg”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 149 Walden Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 73 more named O’Connell

Full name: Margaret Helen O’Connell
Known as: Peg
Lived at: 149 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Peg O’Connell; Peggy O’Connell; Margaret O’Connell; Margaret H. O’Connell.

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 36
Same surname 67
Classmates 420
Same schools 290

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Margaret is the 295th of 421 names on this site. In the scan, Margaret appears on page 99, in the last third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). Across 8 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School from 1923 to 1930, this site lists 14 people with the surname O’Connell. Among the 364 people in the class who printed a plan, 174 (48%) named a college or university, as Margaret did (“Boston University”). First names that recur in the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15). In the class of 1930: Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Dorothy Katherine O’Connell, Catherine Louise O’Hearn, James Edward O’Keefe
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Margaret: 16 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 149 Walden Street

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

Thomas Paul O’ConnellCambridge 1927

What Margaret did at school

Basketball, 1927-’29
Varsity, 1929
G. A. A. 522
Class Reporter, 1926-’28
Room Committee, 1929

Fellow members from Margaret's own class:

What the yearbook said

Her interest, ’tis thought Is in all kinds of sport.

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1929

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Others named O’Connell

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

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 99. 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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