Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary E. Montgomery “Mac”

Mary E. Montgomery (“Mac”) is one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: came from Fletcher Grammar School; headed for Bryant and Stratton; lived at 40 Hampshire Street.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 20 more named Montgomery

Full name: Mary E. Montgomery
Known as: Mac
Born: October 3, 1905
Lived at: 40 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Fletcher Grammar School
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton

Also searched as: Mac Montgomery; Polly Montgomery; Mary Montgomery; Molly Montgomery.

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Neighbours 32
Same surname 10
Classmates 318
Same schools 18

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 195th of 319 names on this site. Mary's portrait is on scan page 87, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. The yearbook lists 8 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Fletcher Grammar School, including Mary. Mary's “Bryant and Stratton” falls in the same group as 37 of the 253 plans printed for the class (15%): a business or secretarial school. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1923 has 319 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	James F. McRae, William F. Meenan, Teresa A. Melia
Same earlier school	Fletcher Grammar School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same first name	Mary: 20 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 40 Hampshire Street

The 1925 city directory lists Mary E. Montgomery with the occupation “sec” (page).

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

Charles A Montgomery (wife Elizabeth A), foreman B & A householderpage
Thomas Montgomery householderpage
Mary E Montgomery, sec lived herepage

The Montgomery household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

THOUGH SHE IS QUIET, SHE’S NOT TAME; FOR GENIUS SHE HAS WON A NAME

Though she is quiet, she’s not tame; for genius she has won a name.

Also grew up on Hampshire Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Montgomery

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

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Also came from Fletcher Grammar School

Also headed for Bryant and Stratton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 87. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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