Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Frances Courtney “Nat”

Mary Frances Courtney (“Nat”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. Paul’s School; headed for Business College; lived at 35 Banks Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 12 more named Courtney

Full name: Mary Frances Courtney
Known as: Nat
Lived at: 35 Banks Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: Business College

Also searched as: Nat Courtney; Polly Courtney; Mary Courtney; Mary F. Courtney.

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Neighbours 18
Same surname 9
Classmates 458
Same schools 109

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Courtney puts Mary 97th among them. The entry is on page 53 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 145. With 26 people called Mary, it ranks 1st among first names in the class. Mary's “Business College” falls in the same group as 69 of the 393 plans printed for the class (18%): a business or secretarial school. Among first names, the class of 1927 favours Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14); the class of 1926 had Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19).

On the same scan page	Ellen J. Cosgrove, Edna Erline Cotten, Francis Henry Coughlin
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first name	Mary: 25 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 35 Banks Street

The 1930 city directory lists Mary Frances Courtney with the occupation “bookkeeper” (page).

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

Daniel Courtney (wife Mary), laborer householderpage
Eugene Courtney, clerk lived herepage

The Courtney household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

Room Committee, 1927

What the yearbook said

She never failed to please.

Also grew up on Banks Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Courtney

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

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Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 53. 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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