Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret Lawrence Mahoney “Blondy”

Margaret Lawrence Mahoney (“Blondy”) is one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: came from St. Paul’s Grammar School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 17 Mellen Street.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 99 more named Mahoney

Full name: Margaret Lawrence Mahoney
Known as: Blondy
Born: March 1, 1906
Lived at: 17 Mellen Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: St. Paul’s Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Blondy Mahoney; Peggy Mahoney; Margaret Mahoney; Margaret L. Mahoney.

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Neighbours 16
Same surname 95
Classmates 318
Same schools 45

In context

319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 appear on this site, and Mahoney puts Margaret 177th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 83, around the middle of the stretch from page 39 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. The surname Mahoney turns up 20 times in 10 Cambridge High and Latin School classes (1915 to 1930) on this site. Margaret has 6 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923. Count the first names and the class of 1923 gives Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10), where the class of 1924 gives Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12).

On the same scan page	Helen Sarah MacNabb, Frances Patricia Mahoney, Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same first name	Margaret: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 17 Mellen Street

The 1925 city directory lists Margaret Lawrence Mahoney with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Mahoney at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Mary T Mahoney, Mrs ' householderpage
Margaret Mahoney, stenographer lived herepage

The Mahoney household is listed here in 1927 too.

What Margaret did at school

G. A. A., 1920–21–22–23

What the yearbook said

Blondy” “BRIGHT, MERRY AND SINCERE, HER MANY FRIENDS HOLD HER MOST DEAR

Bright, merry and sincere, her many friends hold her most dear.

Also grew up on Mellen Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Mahoney

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

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Also came from St. Paul’s Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 83. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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