Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Elizabeth Watson

Mary Elizabeth Watson is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: headed for Normal School; lived at 4 Grove Avenue; a motto.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 73 more named Watson

Full name: Mary Elizabeth Watson
Lived at: 4 Grove Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Headed for: Normal School

Also searched as: Polly Watson; Mary Watson; Mary E. Watson; Molly Watson.

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Neighbours 5
Same surname 49
Classmates 461
Same schools 66

In context

Mary Elizabeth Watson is number 441 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 135, near the end of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. Among first names in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, Mary comes 1st in frequency (29 people). Mary's “Normal School” falls in the same group as 43 of the 388 plans printed for the class (11%): a normal school or teachers college. Of the 355 plans printed for the class of 1926 that name a kind of next step, 197 (55%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Mary Elizabeth Walsh, Freda Adelia Wambold, Bertha Wasserman
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 43 of 388 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	Mary: 28 other people in the class

At home, 4 Grove Avenue

The 1928 city directory lists Mary Elizabeth Watson with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Michael Watson (wife Ellen), driver householderpage

The Watson household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

Mary is a charming lass; Her pleasant ways will let her pass

Also grew up on Grove Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Watson

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Also headed for Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 135. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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