Cambridge High and Latin School

William J. Sheehan “Mercury, Billy”

William J. Sheehan (“Mercury, Billy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Spanish Club and Football; lived at 90 Norfolk Street.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 66 more named Sheehan

Full name: William J. Sheehan
Known as: Mercury, Billy
Born: February 5, 1908
Lived at: 90 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Fletcher School
Headed for: Boston University

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

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Clubs & teams 6
Neighbours 37
Same surname 62
Classmates 423
Same schools 311

In context

William J. Sheehan is number 371 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. Find William on page 130 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 are spread over pages 29 to 137. There are 12 people named William in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925; the entry on this page is one of them. College or university was the plan of 164 of the 365 classmates who printed one (45%), and William is listed with “Boston University”. Of the 306 plans printed for the class of 1925 that name a kind of next step, 164 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan page	Parker L. Sharpe, Daniel B. Shaughnessy, John Edward Shea
Same earlier school	Fletcher School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	William: 11 other people in the class

At home, 90 Norfolk Street

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Sheehan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George M Sheehan (wife Alice), tiremkr householderpage

The Sheehan household is listed here in 1919, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What William did at school

Spanish Club
Football 9

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Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 130. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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