Cambridge High and Latin School

William James Wetmore “Bill”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed William James Wetmore (“Bill”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Roberts School; headed for Boston College; lived at 185 Harvard Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 136.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 6 more named Wetmore

Full name: William James Wetmore
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 185 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Roberts School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Bill Wetmore; William Wetmore; William J. Wetmore; Billy Wetmore.

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Household 2
Neighbours 87
Same surname 3
Classmates 461
Same schools 101

In context

William James Wetmore is number 444 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. William is printed on page 136 of the scan, near the end of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 102 people are named William; the class of 1928 has the most, 14. Counting William, 9 people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 give Harvard Street as their street. A college or university was the plan of 197 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1926 (55%), compared with 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	John Norman Weiner, Dorothy Westberg, Coleman Wexler
Same street	Harvard Street: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts School: 17 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, 185 Harvard Street

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

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

Anne J Wetmore, teacher Russell sch lived herepage
George F Wetmore, chauffeur lived herepage
John J Wetmore, clerk lived herepage
Sherwood B Wetmore (wife Elizabeth), (Wetmore & Co) lived herepage

The Wetmore household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

He never asks and never demands

Also grew up on Harvard Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Wetmore

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

Also came from Roberts School

Also headed for Boston College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 136. 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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