Cambridge High and Latin School

Martha May Garland “Sis”

Martha May Garland (“Sis”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Ellis Grammar _ School; lived at 4 Morrison Court; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 72.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 22 more named Garland

Full name: Martha May Garland
Known as: Sis
Lived at: 4 Morrison Court, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Ellis Grammar _ School

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is Martha part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Household 1
Same surname 15
Classmates 458
Same schools 49

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Garland puts Martha 168th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 72, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. A college or university was the plan of 191 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (54%), compared with 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928. Names on this site: 459 for the class of 1927, compared with 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928. The volume is titled “Golden Treasury”, as read from its opening pages.

On the same scan page	Margaret Marie Gibson, Elizabeth Yolande Gilbert, Leo Elliot Ginsburg
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 4 Morrison Court

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

Martha May GarlandCambridge 1928

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

Alexander Garland (wife Sarah J), foreman householderpage
George Garland, clerk lived herepage
John A Garland, clerk lived herepage

The Garland household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

There’s nothing all the world around, As half as sweet as you.

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Others named Garland

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

All 22 people named Garland →

Also came from Ellis Grammar _ School

Look for Martha May Garland in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know Martha?

If Martha is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 72. 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.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards