Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Cecelia Durant “May”

Mary Cecelia Durant (“May”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Bryant and Stratton; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 33 Lambert Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 53.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 8 more named Durant

Full name: Mary Cecelia Durant
Known as: May
Lived at: 33 Lambert Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton

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

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 3
Same surname 7
Classmates 420
Same schools 51

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, Mary is 111th in surname order. Mary's portrait is on scan page 53, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 25 to 132. 7 other classmates came from Sacred Heart School, the school Mary is listed as coming from. Mary has 27 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929. Plans for a college or university made up 56% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1929 (174 of 308), against 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Joseph G. Dugan, Catherine P. Dwyer, Margaret Gertrude Dyer
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Mary: 27 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 33 Lambert Street

The 1930 city directory lists Mary Cecelia Durant with the occupation “clerk” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Durant at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Edward Durant (wife Anna), shoe worker householderpage
Mary C Durant, clerk lived herepage

The Durant household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

Pleasure or trifles can ne'er deter This girl when work is ahead of her.

Also grew up on Lambert Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Durant

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Bryant and Stratton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 53. 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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