Cambridge High and Latin School

Pauline Catherine Lynch “Polly”

Pauline Catherine Lynch (“Polly”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Burdetts College; lived at 15 Pearl Terrace.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 98 more named Lynch

Full name: Pauline Catherine Lynch
Known as: Polly
Lived at: 15 Pearl Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Burdetts College

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 84
Classmates 461
Same schools 98

In context

Of the 462 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, Pauline's is 258th alphabetically. In the scan, Pauline appears on page 88, around the middle of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). Counting Pauline, 38 people in the class are listed as coming from Webster Grammar School. Pauline's plan is printed as “Burdetts College”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 53 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (14%) named the same kind. Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1926, and Mary (19), John (16) and William (12) in the class of 1925.

On the same scan page	Ethel Marie Looney, Margaret Lovett, Pauline Louise Lyon
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 37 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 53 of 388 classmates with a plan (14%)

At home, 15 Pearl Terrace

The 1927 city directory lists Pauline Catherine Lynch with the occupation “operator” (page).

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

George J Lynch (wife Catherine M), machinist householderpage
Joseph D Lynch, clerk lived herepage
Pauline C Lynch, operator lived herepage
Russell G Lynch, stenographer lived herepage

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

What Pauline did at school

G. A. A., 1923-24

What the yearbook said

Beauty and brains are hard to find, But in this girl they are combined!

Also grew up on Pearl Terrace

The class of 1926

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Others named Lynch

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Burdetts College

Margaret Frances MaherCambridge 1926

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 88. 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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