Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Linehan “Mal”

Mary Linehan (“Mal”) was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Putnam Grammar School; headed for Study of Music; lived at 70 Thorndike Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 86.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 19 more named Linehan

Full name: Mary Linehan
Known as: Mal
Lived at: 70 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Putnam Grammar School
Headed for: Study of Music

Also searched as: Mal Linehan; Polly Linehan; Molly Linehan; Linehan, Mary.

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Household 1
Neighbours 34
Same surname 17
Classmates 461
Same schools 9

In context

Of the 462 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, Mary's is 251st alphabetically. The entry is on page 86 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 140. The first name Mary appears 291 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1930 (30). The yearbook lists 6 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 as coming from Putnam Grammar School, including Mary. 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	Maurice Levin, Mary Levine, Alice Agnes Lindberg
Same earlier school	Putnam Grammar School: 5 other classmates
Same first name	Mary: 28 other people in the class

At home, 70 Thorndike Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Louise N. LinehanCambridge 1922

The 1930 city directory lists Mary Linehan with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

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

Helen Linehan, nurse lived herepage
Wm Linehan, driver lived herepage

The Linehan household is listed here in 1918, 1920, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A., 1922-23
Spanish Club, 1924-25

What the yearbook said

As merry as the day is long, She’s always ready with a song!

Also grew up on Thorndike Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Linehan

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

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Also came from Putnam Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 86. 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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