Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Dunphy

Ruth Dunphy was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 68 Richdale Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 60.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 8 more named Dunphy

Full name: Ruth Dunphy
Lived at: 68 Richdale Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

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Household 1
Neighbours 12
Same surname 6
Classmates 458
Same schools 102

In context

Ruth Dunphy is number 122 of 459 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 60, in the first third of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. Ruth's plan is printed as “Radcliffe”, which counts here as a college or university; 191 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (49%) named the same kind. There are 14 people named Ruth in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927; the entry on this page is one of them. For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 459 people from the class of 1927, against 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Melvin Boardman Dunbar, Catherine Patricia Dwyer, Robert William Eager
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	Ruth: 13 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 68 Richdale Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Marie DunphyCambridge 1926

The 1930 city directory lists Ruth Dunphy with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Edward J Dunphy (wife Mary T), superintendent sts householderpage
Gertrude F Dunphy, clerk lived herepage

The Dunphy household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

Her steps were watched, her dress was noted; Her sayings were extremely quoted.

Also grew up on Richdale Avenue

The class of 1927

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Others named Dunphy

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 60. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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