Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas Joseph Walsh “Tom”

Thomas Joseph Walsh (“Tom”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: came from Wyman Grammar School; headed for College; lived at 7 Prentiss Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 172 more named Walsh

Full name: Thomas Joseph Walsh
Known as: Tom
Lived at: 7 Prentiss Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College
Came from: Wyman Grammar School
Headed for: College

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

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Group photos 5
Neighbours 11
Same surname 159
Classmates 415
Same schools 37

In context

Thomas Joseph Walsh is number 393 of 416 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 on this site. Thomas's portrait is on scan page 128, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 134. Of the 11 entries in the class with a course, 8 (73%) say College, Thomas's among them. The first name Thomas appears 49 times in the 15 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1930), most often in 1928 (8). Plans for a college or university made up 58% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1928 (173 of 297), against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Edward Jerome Walsh, Ellen Walsh, Leah Wantman
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same course	College: 8 of 11 classmates with a course (73%)
Same first name	Thomas: 7 other people in the class

At home, 7 Prentiss Street

The 1928 city directory lists Thomas Joseph Walsh with the occupation “student” (page).

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

James Walsh (wife Nora), (Walsh Bros) householderpage
Charlotte M Walsh, tehr lived herepage
Gertrude C Walsh lived herepage
James H Walsh lived herepage
Marie E Walsh, see to superintendent lived herepage
Thomas J Walsh, student lived herepage

The Walsh household is listed here in 1930 too.

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 128. 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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