Cambridge High and Latin School

William Francis Tierney “Dan Willie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed William Francis Tierney (“Dan Willie”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for Boston University, Business School; activities listed: Freshman Baseball and Freshman Debating Team; lived at 60 Erie Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 125.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 26 more named Tierney

Full name: William Francis Tierney
Known as: Dan Willie
Lived at: 60 Erie Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University, Business School

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Household 1
Neighbours 14
Same surname 22
Classmates 415
Same schools 45

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, William's is 382nd alphabetically. In the scan, William appears on page 125, near the end of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). Of 343 classmates who gave a plan, 66 (19%) point to a business or secretarial school; William's entry says “Boston University, Business School”. Across 9 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, 16 people give Erie Street as a street, from 1919 to 1930. This site lists 416 names for the class of 1928, against 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Portia Evelyne Thomas, Wilma Pauline Tolman
Same street	Erie Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	William: 13 other people in the class

At home, 60 Erie Street

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

John P. TierneyCambridge 1926

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

Patrick J Tierney (wife Margaret), chauffeur householderpage

The Tierney household is listed here in 1927 and 1930 too.

What William did at school

Freshman Baseball
Freshman Debating Team
Sophomore Debating Team
Vice-President Junior Class
Treasurer, Senior Class

What the yearbook said

And is not this an honourable spoil, A gallant prize?

Also grew up on Erie Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Tierney

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

All 26 people named Tierney →

Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University, Business School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 125. 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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