Cambridge High and Latin School

Tena Spencer Edison

Tena Spencer Edison, Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Houghton Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 27 Blanchard Road.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 3 more named Edison

Full name: Tena Spencer Edison
Lived at: 27 Blanchard Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

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Same surname 1
Classmates 415
Same schools 304

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Tena is 112th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 55 shows Tena; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. Tena is one of 13 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 whose entry names Houghton Grammar School as the school they came from. Among the 343 people in the class who printed a plan, 173 (50%) named a college or university, as Tena did (“Boston University”). Count the first names and the class of 1928 gives Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16), where the class of 1929 gives Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Margaret Lorraine Duffy, Emma Bernardine Dunn, Robert Alan Dunn
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 27 Blanchard Road

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

Thomas W Edison (wife Susan), carpenter householderpage

What the yearbook said

Thy modesty’s a candle to thy merit.

The class of 1928

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Others named Edison

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

Della Vivian EdisonCambridge 1929

Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 55. 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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