Cambridge High and Latin School

Willa Catherine Brown “Willa Brownie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Willa Catherine Brown (“Willa Brownie”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: came from Morse School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 51 Chestnut Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 34.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 386 more named Brown

Full name: Willa Catherine Brown
Known as: Willa Brownie
Lived at: 51 Chestnut Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Morse School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Willa Brown; Willa C. Brown; Brown, Willa.

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Household 2
Neighbours 26
Same surname 277
Classmates 420
Same schools 71

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Willa comes 39th. The entry is on page 34 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. The surname Brown turns up 21 times in 12 Cambridge High and Latin School classes (1915 to 1930) on this site. Business or secretarial school was the plan of 70 of the 364 classmates who printed one (19%), and Willa is listed with “Burdett College”. In the class of 1929 the first names most often shared were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); the class of 1930 had Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Anne Brooks, Vivian Brown, Harold Webb Browning
Same earlier school	Morse School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 51 Chestnut Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

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

Joseph Brown (wife Catherine), chauffeur householderpage
Alice Brown lived herepage
Joseph Brown Jr., student lived herepage
Mary Brown lived herepage

The Brown household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Willa did at school

G. A. A., 1925

What the yearbook said

The stars may cease to shine But your friends' regard for you will always shine.

Also grew up on Chestnut Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Brown

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

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Also came from Morse School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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