Cambridge High and Latin School

Pierce J. Fitzgerald “Purdy”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Pierce J. Fitzgerald (“Purdy”) among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; activities listed: Year Book Board; born in 1904. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 60.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 96 more named Fitzgerald

Full name: Pierce J. Fitzgerald
Known as: Purdy
Born: October 1, 1904 i
Lived at: 30 Bellevue Avenue I], Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College, 1923

Also searched as: Purdy Fitzgerald; Pierce Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald, Pierce.

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Same surname 89
Classmates 318
Same schools 46

In context

Pierce J. Fitzgerald is number 84 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Find Pierce on page 60 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 are spread over pages 39 to 119. People named Fitzgerald appear in 11 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1915 and 1930, 18 in all. The yearbook lists 22 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Peabody Grammar School, including Pierce. Names on this site: 319 for the class of 1923, compared with 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Myer Fishman, Sarah Fishman, Harry Flayderman
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 30 Bellevue Avenue I]

The 1927 city directory lists Pierce J. Fitzgerald with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Fitzgerald at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Michael E Fitzgerald (wife Mary E), superintendent of schools City Hall rm householderpage
Ellen T Fitzgerald, teacher Wellington sch lived herepage

The Fitzgerald household is listed here in 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Pierce did at school

Football, 1920–21–22
Hockey, 1921–22–23
Baseball, 1922–23
Class President, 1922
Get-together Day, 1922
Year Book Board

What the yearbook said

JUST READ THE DAILY PAPERS | DER

Just read the daily papers and you’ll know that he’s a wonder; he goes in every kind of sport. And always gets his share of plunder.

The class of 1923

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Others named Fitzgerald

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 60. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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