Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary H. Donahue “Rennie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary H. Donahue (“Rennie”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Haggerty School; lived at 86 Oxford Avenue; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 49.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 70 more named Donahue

Full name: Mary H. Donahue
Known as: Rennie
Lived at: 86 Oxford Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Haggerty School

Also searched as: Rennie Donahue; Polly Donahue; Mary Donahue; Molly Donahue.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 67
Classmates 461
Same schools 2

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Donahue puts Mary 106th among them. In the scan, Mary appears on page 49, in the first third of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). 29 members of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 are named Mary, making it the most common first name there. Mary did not arrive alone from Haggerty School: 8 other graduates name it too. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (197 of 355), against 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Eleanor M. Doherty, Mary Catherine Doherty, Elizabeth M. Dolan
Same earlier school	Haggerty School: 8 other classmates
Same first name	Mary: 28 other people in the class

At home, 86 Oxford Avenue

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Donahue at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Mary Donahue, widow of Henry householderpage
Mary H Donahue, clerk lived herepage

What Mary did at school

G. A. A., 1922-23

What the yearbook said

Mary never makes a fuss, But she’s always glad to be with us

Also grew up on Oxford Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Donahue

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

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Also came from Haggerty School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 49. 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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