Cambridge High and Latin School

William J. Walsh “Billy”

William J. Walsh (“Billy”) appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 99 Larchwood Drive. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 172 more named Walsh

Full name: William J. Walsh
Known as: Billy
Lived at: 99 Larchwood Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Boston College

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

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Household 2
Same surname 156
Classmates 420
Same schools 82

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, William is 403rd in surname order. William's portrait is on scan page 127, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 25 to 132. College or university was the plan of 174 of the 364 classmates who printed one (48%), and William is listed with “Boston College”. People named Walsh appear in 11 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1915 and 1930, 25 in all. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1929 has 421 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Anna Hedwig Uscianowicz, Benjamin Wallins, Louis J. Walsh
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	William: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 99 Larchwood Drive

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

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

Edward F Walsh (wife Louise J) householderpage
Leonard F Walsh, manager lived herepage
Louis J Walsh, student lived herepage

The Walsh household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

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The class of 1929

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Other people named William J. Walsh in the archive

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William J. WalshSomerville 1926

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 127. 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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