Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Ellen Collins “Buster”

Mary Ellen Collins (“Buster”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; activities listed: G. A. A and French Club; lived at 47 Lopez Street.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 154 more named Collins

Full name: Mary Ellen Collins
Known as: Buster
Born: June 22, 1907
Lived at: 47 Lopez Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Webster Grammar School

Also searched as: Buster Collins; Polly Collins; Mary Collins; Mary E. Collins.

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Clubs & teams 150
Neighbours 5
Same surname 129
Classmates 365
Same schools 107

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 64th of 366 names on this site. Mary's portrait is on scan page 42, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 122. Mary is the most common first name in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924, with 27 people. Counting Mary, 48 people in the class are listed as coming from Webster Grammar School. In the class of 1924 the first names most often shared were Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Genevieve L. Coles, Catherine May Adrian Collins, Elizabeth Frances Collins
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 47 other classmates
Same first name	Mary: 26 other people in the class

At home, 47 Lopez Street

The 1930 city directory lists Mary Ellen Collins with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

John M Collins (wife Elizabeth), choremn householderpage

The Collins household is listed here in 1918, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A. 522
French Club

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

G. A, A.

Also grew up on Lopez Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Collins

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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