Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Margaret Adams “May”

Mary Margaret Adams (“May”) was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Business School; lived at 201 Pearl Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 21.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 139 more named Adams

Full name: Mary Margaret Adams
Known as: May
Lived at: 201 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Business School

Also searched as: May Adams; Polly Adams; Mary Adams; Mary M. Adams.

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Neighbours 53
Same surname 97
Classmates 482
Same schools 46

In context

Mary Margaret Adams is the first of 483 names in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. Mary is printed on page 21 of the scan, right at the start of the 21-to-118 run of portrait pages. 25 other graduates came from Morse Grammar School, the school Mary is listed as coming from. 6 of Mary's classmates in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 also gave Pearl Street as their street. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Alice Antunes, Robert Charles Appel, Sarah M. Arone, Leo T. Atkinson
Same street	Pearl Street: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 25 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 89 of 430 classmates with a plan (21%)
Same first name	Mary: 29 other people in the class

At home, 201 Pearl Street

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

Robert J Adams (wife Julia M), foreman householderpage

The Adams household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

May” “She has a heart so noble and a spirit so sweet That ones better than her we rarely meet

She has a heart so noble and a spirit so sweet That ones better than her we rarely meet.

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Business School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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