Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Ellen Curran “Dimples”

Class of 1928, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mary Ellen Curran (“Dimples”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Bryant & Stratton; activities listed: G. A. A and Room Committee; lived at 72 Waverly Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 47.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 26 more named Curran

Full name: Mary Ellen Curran
Known as: Dimples
Lived at: 72 Waverly Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Bryant & Stratton

Also searched as: Dimples Curran; Polly Curran; Mary Curran; Mary E. Curran.

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Clubs & teams 266
Same surname 24
Classmates 415
Same schools 53

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 81st of 416 names on this site. Find Mary on page 47 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 are spread over pages 27 to 134. Among first names in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928, Mary comes 1st in frequency (21 people). Mary's “Bryant & Stratton” falls in the same group as 66 of the 343 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. The most common first names in the class of 1928 were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16); in the class of 1929 they were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Vivian Lorraine Crawley, Mary M. Cronin, Helen Marguerite Cunningham
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Mary: 20 other people in the class

At home, 72 Waverly Street

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Curran at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Charles J Curran (wife Julia), salesman householderpage

The Curran household is listed here in 1918, 1920, 1925 and 1927 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A. 522
Spanish Club, 1926
Room Committee

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

Cherubs shine in glory as a rule, But this one shines in study here at school.

The class of 1928

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Others named Curran

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Bryant & Stratton

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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