Cambridge High and Latin School

Robert Burns “Bobby”

Robert Burns (“Bobby”) is one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1930 yearbook entry gives: came from Roberts Grammar School; headed for University of Southern California; lived at 119 Harvard Street.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 111 more named Burns

Full name: Robert Burns
Known as: Bobby
Lived at: 119 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Roberts Grammar School
Headed for: University of Southern California

Also searched as: Bobby Burns; Bob Burns; Burns, Robert.

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Household 2
Neighbours 87
Same surname 86
Classmates 482
Same schools 39

In context

Of the 483 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 read for this site, Robert's is 51st alphabetically. Robert is printed on page 31 of the scan, in the first third of the 21-to-118 run of portrait pages. 87 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 14 classes between 1917 and 1930, name Harvard Street. 5 other people in the class share the first name Robert. First names that recur in the class of 1930: Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14). In the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Gertrude Elizabeth Burns, Mary Alice Burns, Francis Paul Cahill, Harold Francis Cail
Same street	Harvard Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts Grammar School: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Robert: 5 other people in the class

At home, 119 Harvard Street

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

The 1930 city directory lists Robert Burns with the occupation “police” (page).

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

Robert A Burns (wife Mabel), police householderpage

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

What Robert did at school

Room Committee, 1929

What the yearbook said

Bossy” “A good sport all in all

A good sport all in all

Also grew up on Harvard Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Burns

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

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Also came from Roberts Grammar School

Also headed for University of Southern California

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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