Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Lillian Dawson “Coddles”

Ruth Lillian Dawson (“Coddles”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Wadleigh School, Winchester, Mass; lived at 1925 Massachusetts Avenue; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 50.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 22 more named Dawson

Full name: Ruth Lillian Dawson
Known as: Coddles
Lived at: 1925 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Wadleigh School, Winchester, Mass
Headed for: Business

Also searched as: Coddles Dawson; Ruth Dawson; Ruth L. Dawson; Dawson, Ruth.

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Neighbours 125
Same surname 17
Classmates 415
Same schools 46

In context

416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Dawson puts Ruth 92nd among them. Ruth is printed on page 50 of the scan, in the first third of the 27-to-134 run of portrait pages. In the 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 94 people have the first name Ruth, with the largest group (14) in 1927. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, 123 people give Massachusetts Avenue as a street, from 1915 to 1930. First names that recur in the class of 1928: Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16). In the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	William Walter Dansie, Frank Davis, Angelena Mary DeBella
Same street	Massachusetts Avenue: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 16 of 343 classmates with a plan (5%)
Same first name	Ruth: 10 other people in the class

At home, 1925 Massachusetts Avenue

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

Arthur G Dawson (wife Marie), chef householderpage

The Dawson household is listed here in 1930 too.

What Ruth did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25
Home Room Committee, 1924–28
Basketball, 1924
French Club, 1925

What the yearbook said

Principle is ever her motto.

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Dawson

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

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Also headed for Business

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 50. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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