Cambridge High and Latin School

Matilda O. Berkeley “Tillie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Matilda O. Berkeley (“Tillie”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: headed for Katherine Gibbs School; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 37 Standish Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 31.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 2 more named Berkeley

Full name: Matilda O. Berkeley
Known as: Tillie
Lived at: 37 Standish Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Houghton School
Headed for: Katherine Gibbs School

Also searched as: Tillie Berkeley; Matilda Berkeley; Berkeley, Matilda.

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 5
Same surname 1
Classmates 420
Same schools 13

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Matilda is the 25th of 421 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 31, right at the start of the stretch from page 25 to page 132 where this site found the book's portraits. Matilda's “Katherine Gibbs School” falls in the same group as 70 of the 364 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. The yearbook lists 6 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 as coming from Houghton School, including Matilda. This site lists 421 names for the class of 1929, against 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Harry Berman, Frances Katherine Black, Helen Blackmur
Same earlier school	Houghton School: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 37 Standish Street

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

Patrick A Berkeley (wife Hannah), shoemkr householderpage
Celia F Berkeley, operator lived herepage
James L Berkeley, shpr lived herepage
John J Berkeley, laborer lived herepage
Matilda Berkeley lived herepage

What Matilda did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Matilda's own class:

What the yearbook said

A sweet attractive kind of grace.

Also grew up on Standish Street

The class of 1929

All 421 in this class →

Others named Berkeley

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

Margaret L. BerkeleySalem Normal School 1934

Also came from Houghton School

Also headed for Katherine Gibbs School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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