Cambridge High and Latin School

William J. McQuaid “Billy”

William J. McQuaid (“Billy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. Paul’s; headed for Boston College; lived at 11 Holly Avenue.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named McQuaid

Full name: William J. McQuaid
Known as: Billy
Lived at: 11 Holly Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: St. Paul’s
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Billy McQuaid; Bill McQuaid; William McQuaid; McQuaid, William.

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 1
Classmates 461
Same schools 100

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This site lists 462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; sorted by surname, William comes 296th. William's portrait is on scan page 93, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 23 to 140. There are 11 people named William in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; the entry on this page is one of them. William's “Boston College” falls in the same group as 197 of the 388 plans printed for the class (51%): a college or university. Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1926, and Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth MacNaught, Alice MacOdrum, Leonore Elizabeth McLean
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

Also grew up on Holly Avenue

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Others named McQuaid

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John F. McQuaidEverett 1927

Also came from St. Paul’s

Also headed for Boston College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 93. 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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