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Portrait of Mary V. Nixon, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1926
As printed in the 1926 yearbook

Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary V. Nixon “Mary”

Mary V. Nixon (“Mary”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Nursing; activities listed: Home Economics Club; lived at 18 Cogswell Avenue.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 10 more named Nixon

Full name
Mary V. Nixon
Known as
Mary
Lived at
18 Cogswell Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School
Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1926
Came from
St. John’s Parochial School
Headed for
Nursing

Also searched as: Polly Nixon; Mary Nixon; Molly Nixon; Nixon, Mary.

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Elizabeth Ann Nixon — HouseholdElizabeth NixonOlive M. Peters — Group photosOlive PetersAlice MacOdrum — Group photosAlice MacOdrumCornelia Seager — Group photosCornelia SeagerGrace Ellen Killion — Group photosGrace KillionMabel White — Group photosMabel WhiteElizabeth Eleanor Purcell — Clubs & teamsElizabeth PurcellEvelyn Rose — Clubs & teamsEvelyn RoseGoldie Fram — Clubs & teamsGoldie FramGrace E. Keough — Clubs & teamsGrace KeoughAgnes V. O’Connell — Clubs & teamsAgnes O’ConnellAlice Guertin — Clubs & teamsAlice GuertinGeorge Varney — NeighboursGeorge VarneyMargaret Curran — NeighboursMargaret CurranJoseph M. Curran — NeighboursJoseph CurranCatherine Frances Bresnan — NeighboursCatherine BresnanAnna Quinn — NeighboursAnna QuinnEugene Nixon — Same surnameEugene NixonJohn Parcher Nixon — Same surnameJohn NixonKatherine Rees Nixon — Same surnameKatherine NixonEleanor M. Nixon — Same surnameEleanor NixonWilliam Nicholson — ClassmatesWilliam NicholsonMarion Ruth Nolan — ClassmatesMarion NolanHelen P. Nichiporuk — ClassmatesHelen NichiporukGeorge E. Norton — ClassmatesGeorge NortonJulie Claire Nelligan — ClassmatesJulie Nelligan

In context

Mary V. Nixon is number 320 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Mary is printed on page 104 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. The first name Mary runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 291 people in all, and is most common in 1930 (30). Mary shared “Home Economics Club” with 6 graduates, going by what the yearbook prints. This site lists 462 names for the class of 1926, against 424 for 1925 and 459 for 1927.

On the same scan pageHelen P. Nichiporuk, William Nicholson, Marion Ruth Nolan
Same clubHome Economics Club: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plannursing: 6 of 388 classmates with a plan (2%)
Same first nameMary: 28 other people in the class

At home, 18 Cogswell Avenue

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

The 1928 city directory lists Mary V. Nixon with the occupation “student” (page).

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

  • Frank X Nixon (wife Elizabeth M), mason householderpage
  • Bernard W Nixon, brklyr lived herepage
  • Wm F Nixon, elect lived herepage

The Nixon household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Mary's senior portrait.

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What Mary did at school

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

Have you tasted her cooking?” “It's more than good-looking

Also grew up on Cogswell Avenue

The class of 1926

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Others named Nixon

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

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Also came from St. John’s Parochial School

Also headed for Nursing

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 104. 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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