Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Cecilia Allen “Geal”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary Cecilia Allen (“Geal”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: came from Ellis School; headed for Hampton Institute, Virginia; lived at 49 Hubbard Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 28.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 201 more named Allen

Full name: Mary Cecilia Allen
Known as: Geal
Lived at: 49 Hubbard Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Ellis School
Headed for: Hampton Institute, Virginia

Also searched as: Geal Allen; Polly Allen; Mary Allen; Mary C. Allen.

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 162
Classmates 415
Same schools 20

In context

Mary Cecilia Allen is number 7 of 416 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 on this site. Turning the scan to page 28 shows Mary; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 291 people are named Mary; the class of 1930 has the most, 30. Mary is one of 25 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 whose entry names Ellis School as the school they came from. First names that recur in the class of 1928: Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16). In the class of 1927: Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Fred Ralph Addonizio, Bernard John Ahern, John Arthur Altimas
Same earlier school	Ellis School: 24 other classmates
Same first name	Mary: 20 other people in the class

At home, 49 Hubbard Avenue

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Allen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Susan Allen, Mrs householderpage
Roxanna Allen, domestic lived herepage

The Allen household is listed here in 1925 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

Chorus, 1925–26–27

What the yearbook said

Silence is golden.

Also grew up on Hubbard Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Allen

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

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Also came from Ellis School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 28. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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