Cambridge High and Latin School

William John Edgecombe “Bill, Fresh, Stretch, Ed”

William John Edgecombe (“Bill, Fresh, Stretch, Ed”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 118½ Berkshire Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 2 more named Edgecombe

Full name: William John Edgecombe
Known as: Bill, Fresh, Stretch, Ed
Lived at: 118½ Berkshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Kelley Grammar School
Headed for: Suffolk Law School

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

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Neighbours 26
Classmates 482
Same schools 15

In context

Of the 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 that have pages here, William is 132nd in surname order. Find William on page 47 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 are spread over pages 21 to 118. 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. 12 other graduates came from Kelley Grammar School, the school William is listed as coming from. Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1930, and Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15) in the class of 1929.

On the same scan page	Richard Bernard Dwyer, Albert Gustav Eckardt, Henry O. P. Eckardt, Asenath Glendora Edwards
Same earlier school	Kelley Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same first name	William: 12 other people in the class

What William did at school

Crew
Room Committee, 1929-30
Business Manager, Year Book

What the yearbook said

This boy is our Dapper Dan A very peppy ladies' man.

Also grew up on Berkshire Street

The class of 1930

All 483 in this class →

Also came from Kelley Grammar School

Also headed for Suffolk Law School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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