Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas Joseph Calnan “Tom, Cal, Cally”

Class of 1930, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Thomas Joseph Calnan (“Tom, Cal, Cally”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 26 Lowell Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 32.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 6 more named Calnan

Full name: Thomas Joseph Calnan
Known as: Tom, Cal, Cally
Lived at: 26 Lowell Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Tom Calnan; Thomas Calnan; Thomas J. Calnan; Tommy Calnan.

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Same surname 5
Classmates 482
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In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, Thomas is the 55th of 483 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 32 shows Thomas; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 118. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 49 people are named Thomas; the class of 1928 has the most, 8. Thomas's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 206 of the 430 classmates who named a plan (48%) named the same kind. This site lists 483 names for the class of 1930, against 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth Agnes Callahan, Clara Mary Camerlingo, Margaret S. Campbell, John William Canfield
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 38 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Thomas: 6 other people in the class

At home, 26 Lowell Street

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Calnan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Thomas P Calnan (wife Catherine E), chauffeur householderpage
Nellie Calnan, presser lived herepage

The Calnan household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

TOM” SGare SCAT Ven A man among men

A man among men

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 32. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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