Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Kaufman “Curly”

Ruth Kaufman (“Curly”) is one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Boston University P. A. L; lived at 75 Dana Street.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 21 more named Kaufman

Full name: Ruth Kaufman
Known as: Curly
Lived at: 75 Dana Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University P. A. L

Also searched as: Curly Kaufman; Kaufman, Ruth.

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Household 1
Neighbours 30
Same surname 17
Classmates 458
Same schools 39

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Kaufman puts Ruth 227th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 86, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. Ruth has 13 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927. Counting Ruth, 21 people in the class are listed as coming from Wellington Grammar School. Among first names, the class of 1927 favours Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14); the class of 1928 had Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Veronica Katherine Jordan, Ethel Louise Joyce, Thomas Joseph Kane
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same first name	Ruth: 13 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 75 Dana Street

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

Cecelia Alice KaufmanCambridge 1928

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kaufman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Abraham Kaufman (wife Mary), mtls householderpage
Beatrice Kaufman, clerk lived herepage
Harvey M Kaufman, auto elect lived herepage
Lillian Kaufman, pkr lived herepage

The Kaufman household is listed here in 1930 too.

What Ruth did at school

Room Committee, 1924
G. A. A., 1924–25

What the yearbook said

There is none like her, none.

Also grew up on Dana Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Kaufman

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

All 21 people named Kaufman →

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University P. A. L

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 86. 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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