Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas Francis O’Connell “Okie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Thomas Francis O’Connell (“Okie”) among 424 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Tufts Dental School; lived at 15 Acorn Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 123.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 73 more named O’Connell

Full name: Thomas Francis O’Connell
Known as: Okie
Born: February 17, 1908
Lived at: 15 Acorn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Tufts Dental School

Also searched as: Okie O’Connell; Tom O’Connell; Thomas O’Connell; Thomas F. O’Connell.

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Household 1
Neighbours 5
Same surname 67
Classmates 423
Same schools 44

In context

424 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 appear on this site, and O’Connell puts Thomas 300th among them. The entry is on page 123 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 137. Thomas has 5 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925. Of 365 classmates who gave a plan, 164 (45%) point to a college or university; Thomas's entry says “Tufts Dental School”. Murphy (7) was the most common surname in the class of 1925, and Sullivan (6) in the class of 1926.

On the same scan page	Hyman Norris, Edward D. O’Brien, John J. O’Brien
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	Thomas: 5 other people in the class

At home, 15 Acorn Street

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

Dorothy Katherine O’ConnellCambridge 1929

What Thomas did at school

Track, ’22

Also grew up on Acorn Street

The class of 1925

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Others named O’Connell

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Tufts Dental School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 123. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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