Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Veronica Murphy “May”

Mary Veronica Murphy (“May”) was one of 424 graduates in the class of 1925 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Ellis Grammar; headed for Stenographer; lived at 25 Hollis Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 73.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Mary Veronica Murphy
Known as: May
Born: May 8, 1907
Lived at: 25 Hollis Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Ellis Grammar
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: May Murphy; Polly Murphy; Mary Murphy; Mary V. Murphy.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 294
Classmates 423
Same schools 60

In context

Of the 424 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 that have pages here, Mary is 277th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 73, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 137 where this site found the book's portraits. Among surnames in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925, Murphy comes 1st in frequency (7 people). 18 other people in the class share the first name Mary. For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 424 people from the class of 1925, against 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926.

On the same scan page	Alice Weston Mutch, Ida Anna Nannis, Gertrude Edna Navien
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 45 of 365 classmates with a plan (12%)
Same first name	Mary: 18 other people in the class

At home, 25 Hollis Street

The 1925 city directory lists Mary Veronica Murphy with the occupation “widow of Cornelius” (page).

The 1925 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.

Ellen Murphy, widow of Timothy householderpage
Mary Murphy, widow of Cornelius lived herepage

Also grew up on Hollis Street

The class of 1925

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Also came from Ellis Grammar

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 73. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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