Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Gibson “Bunkie”

Ruth Gibson (“Bunkie”) is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Carney Training School for Nurses; lived at 354 Walden Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 46 more named Gibson

Full name: Ruth Gibson
Known as: Bunkie
Lived at: 354 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Carney Training School for Nurses

Also searched as: Bunkie Gibson; Gibson, Ruth.

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Neighbours 37
Same surname 27
Classmates 461
Same schools 39

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 from A to Z by surname, Ruth is the 160th of 462 names on this site. Ruth is printed on page 63 of the scan, in the first third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. Ruth was not alone on Walden Street: 9 other graduates list it too. 94 people named Ruth turn up in 15 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1914 to 1930; 1927 has the most with 14. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (197 of 355), against 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Margery Gerould, Sadye Edith Gerstein, Walter Lawrence Gibson
Same street	Walden Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 26 other classmates
Same kind of plan	nursing: 6 of 388 classmates with a plan (2%)
Same first name	Ruth: 8 other people in the class

At home, 354 Walden Street

The 1928 city directory lists Ruth Gibson with the occupation “nurse” (page).

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

Samuel P Gibson, (Anna S') importer householderpage
Anna J Gibson lived herepage
Ruth Gibson lived herepage

The Gibson household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Ruth did at school

Basket Ball, 1922
G. A. A., 1922-23

What the yearbook said

Ruth is such a nice young lass We all speak to her as we pass

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Gibson

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

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Also came from Russell Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 63. 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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