Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Christina Burns “May”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary Christina Burns (“May”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: headed for Art School; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 61 Pearl Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 35.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 111 more named Burns

Full name: Mary Christina Burns
Known as: May
Lived at: 61 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Webster School
Headed for: Art School

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

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 51
Same surname 86
Classmates 420
Same schools 74

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 43rd of 421 names on this site. In the scan, Mary appears on page 35, right at the start of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). The surname Burns turns up 21 times in 10 Cambridge High and Latin School classes (1915 to 1930) on this site. Mary's plan is printed as “Art School”, which counts here as an art or music school; 17 of the 364 classmates who named a plan (5%) named the same kind. In the class of 1929, 56% of the plans we could classify (174 of 308) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Catherine Josephine Bullen, Robert S. Burdick, Florence Anna Bushee
Same earlier school	Webster School: 54 other classmates
Same kind of plan	art or music school: 17 of 364 classmates with a plan (5%)
Same first name	Mary: 27 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 61 Pearl Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

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

Dennis Burns (wife Mary F), fimn householderpage
Catherine V Burns, bookkeeper lived herepage

The Burns household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What Mary did at school

Room Committee, 1926-'27, Chairman, 1926
G. A. A. 522
Home Economics Club, 1929
Year Book Staff, 1929

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was to love.

Also grew up on Pearl Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Burns

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

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Also came from Webster School

Also headed for Art School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 35. 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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