Cambridge High and Latin School

Martin Canavan “Red”

Martin Canavan (“Red”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Kelley School; headed for Boston University; lived at 73 Wendell Street.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 9 more named Canavan

Full name: Martin Canavan
Known as: Red
Born: December 24, 1907
Lived at: 73 Wendell Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Kelley School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Red Canavan; Canavan, Martin.

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Neighbours 43
Same surname 8
Classmates 423
Same schools 319

In context

Martin Canavan is number 56 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 99, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 137 where this site found the book's portraits. Counting Martin, 12 people in the class are listed as coming from Kelley School. Martin's “Boston University” falls in the same group as 164 of the 365 plans printed for the class (45%): a college or university. Top surname in the class of 1925: Murphy (7). Top surname in the class of 1926: Sullivan (6).

On the same scan page	Benj. W. Carey, Jr., Edward Carlton, Charles Edward Carruth, Jr.
Same earlier school	Kelley School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)

At home, 73 Wendell Street

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

James Canavan (wife Josephine), foreman householderpage

The Canavan household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

231 Norfolk Street

Also grew up on Wendell Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Canavan

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Also came from Kelley School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 99. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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