Cambridge High and Latin School

Pearl Gertrude Hill “Pearly”

Pearl Gertrude Hill (“Pearly”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Bryant and Stratton; activities listed: G. A. A and Home Room Committee; lived at 11 Madison Avenue.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 134 more named Hill

Full name: Pearl Gertrude Hill
Known as: Pearly
Lived at: 11 Madison Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Ellis School
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton

Also searched as: Pearly Hill; Pearl Hill; Pearl G. Hill; Hill, Pearl.

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Household 3
Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 8
Same surname 88
Classmates 420
Same schools 48

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Pearl stands 177th. Pearl's portrait is on scan page 69, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 25 to 132. Pearl's “Bryant and Stratton” falls in the same group as 70 of the 364 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. 15 other classmates came from Ellis School, the school Pearl is listed as coming from. First names that recur in the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15). In the class of 1930: Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Frances Selma Heller, Esther Pauline Henry, Grace Margaret Hill
Same earlier school	Ellis School: 15 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, 11 Madison Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

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

Howard W Hill (wife Margaret A), carpenter householderpage
Grace M Hill, stenographer lived herepage
Lillian M Hill, stenographer lived herepage

The Hill household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Pearl did at school

G. A. A. 522
Home Room Committee

Fellow members from Pearl's own class:

What the yearbook said

Conscientious, sweet and shy—

Also grew up on Madison Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Hill

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

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Also came from Ellis School

Also headed for Bryant and Stratton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 69. 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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