Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Murphy “May”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary Murphy (“May”) among 459 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Business College; lived at 247 Pearl Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 110.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Mary Murphy
Known as: May
Lived at: 247 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Business College

Also searched as: May Murphy; Polly Murphy; Molly Murphy; Murphy, Mary.

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Household 1
Neighbours 52
Same surname 292
Classmates 458
Same schools 120

In context

Of the 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 that have pages here, Mary is 321st in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 110, in the last third of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. 26 members of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are named Mary, making it the most common first name there. Between 1915 and 1930, 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site include someone named Murphy: 45 people altogether. The class of 1927 has 459 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	James Richard Murnane, Helena Agnes Murphy, Joseph Phillip Murphy
Same street	Pearl Street: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 24 other classmates
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, 247 Pearl Street

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

Thomas MurphyCambridge 1921

The 1927 city directory lists Mary Murphy with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Julia A Murphy, widow of Richard R householderpage
Mary G Murphy, student lived herepage
Richard F Murphy, plumber lived herepage
Thomas F Murphy, student B C lived herepage

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

What Mary did at school

G. A. A., 1926

What the yearbook said

And after all, Our friend, a friend to all.

Also grew up on Pearl Street

The class of 1927

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Other people named Mary Murphy in the archive

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Mary MurphyArlington 1928

Others named Murphy

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 110. 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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