Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Catherine Silk “May”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary Catherine Silk (“May”) among 424 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Stenographer; lived at 2 Reed Terrace. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 87.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 4 more named Silk

Full name: Mary Catherine Silk
Known as: May
Born: March 25, 1908
Lived at: 2 Reed Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: May Silk; Polly Silk; Mary Silk; Mary C. Silk.

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Household 1
Same surname 2
Classmates 423
Same schools 104

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 374th of 424 names on this site. The entry is on page 87 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 137. Ellis Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 32 people in the class, Mary among them. In this class Mary is the most common first name, carried by 19 people. Mary (19), John (16) and William (12) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1925, and Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12) in the class of 1924.

On the same scan page	Alice J. Sheehan, Helen Sheehan, Ida Silverman
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 45 of 365 classmates with a plan (12%)
Same first name	Mary: 18 other people in the class

At home, 2 Reed Terrace

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

Susan Anna SilkCambridge 1929

The 1927 city directory lists Mary Catherine Silk with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Martin Silk (wife Victoria), driver householderpage

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

The class of 1925

All 424 in this class →

Others named Silk

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

Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 87. 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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