Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary M. Thompson “Mae”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary M. Thompson (“Mae”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from St. Peter’s School; headed for Lowell Normal School; lived at 186 Lakeview Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 132.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 185 more named Thompson

Full name: Mary M. Thompson
Known as: Mae
Lived at: 186 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: St. Peter’s School
Headed for: Lowell Normal School

Also searched as: Mae Thompson; Polly Thompson; Mary Thompson; Molly Thompson.

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Neighbours 6
Same surname 123
Classmates 461
Same schools 48

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, Mary stands 428th. In the scan, Mary appears on page 132, near the end of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). There are 29 people named Mary in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; the entry on this page is one of them. Mary's plan is printed as “Lowell Normal School”, which counts here as a normal school or teachers college; 43 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (11%) named the same kind. 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	Lavinia Terry, James Thurston
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 43 of 388 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	Mary: 28 other people in the class

At home, 186 Lakeview Avenue

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

Kathryn I Thompson, priv sec lived herepage
Robert E Thompson, clerk lived herepage

The Thompson household is listed here in 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A., 1922-23
Basket-ball, 1922

What the yearbook said

Undone lessons are naught for her

Also grew up on Lakeview Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Thompson

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

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Also came from St. Peter’s School

Also headed for Lowell Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 132. 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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