Cambridge High and Latin School

William F. Hoss “Diddy”

Class of 1926, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: William F. Hoss (“Diddy”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Harvard College; lived at 15 Maple Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 73.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named Hoss

Full name: William F. Hoss
Known as: Diddy
Lived at: 15 Maple Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Diddy Hoss; Bill Hoss; William Hoss; Billy Hoss.

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Household 1
Neighbours 21
Classmates 461
Same schools 117

In context

This site lists 462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; sorted by surname, William comes 197th. William is printed on page 73 of the scan, around the middle of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. The yearbook lists 32 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 as coming from Harvard Grammar School, including William. 23 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates, spread over 10 classes between 1918 and 1930, name Maple Avenue. The most common first names in the class of 1926 were Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19); in the class of 1927 they were Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Mary Houlihan, Thomas Houlihan, Esther Isenstein
Same street	Maple Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	William: 10 other people in the class

At home, 15 Maple Avenue

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

Carl Louis HossCambridge 1927

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hoss at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Oscar I Hoss, I (Hildegard) manager householderpage

The Hoss household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

One thing can be said of Hoss; He never stopped to gather moss

Also grew up on Maple Avenue

The class of 1926

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 73. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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