Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Doris Kerr “Do Dodie”

Mary Doris Kerr (“Do Dodie”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from St. Paul’s School; headed for Boston University; lived at 18 Eliot Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 90.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 23 more named Kerr

Full name: Mary Doris Kerr
Known as: Do Dodie
Lived at: 18 Eliot Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Polly Kerr; Mary Kerr; Mary D. Kerr; Molly Kerr.

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 15
Classmates 458
Same schools 310

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 240th of 459 names on this site. Mary is printed on page 90 of the scan, around the middle of the 29-to-145 run of portrait pages. The first name Mary runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 291 people in all, and is most common in 1930 (30). Mary's plan is printed as “Boston University”, which counts here as a college or university; 191 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (49%) named the same kind. Of the 355 plans printed for the class of 1927 that name a kind of next step, 191 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Evelyn Kiner, Grace King, Esther M. Klashman
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	Mary: 25 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 18 Eliot Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kerr at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John J Kerr (wife Nellie), starter householderpage

The Kerr household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

A maid of grace and complete majesty.

Also grew up on Eliot Street

Ethel SmithCambridge 1927

The class of 1927

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Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 90. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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