Cambridge High and Latin School

William John Walsh “Bill”

William John Walsh (“Bill”) is one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1930 yearbook entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Boston College; lived at 99 Larchwood Drive.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 172 more named Walsh

Full name: William John Walsh
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 99 Larchwood Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College

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

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Household 2
Same surname 157
Classmates 482
Same schools 54

In context

483 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 appear on this site, and Walsh puts William 462nd among them. William is printed on page 114 of the scan, near the end of the 21-to-118 run of portrait pages. 25 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named Walsh, spread over 11 classes from 1915 to 1930. William has 12 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1930 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Morey Wantman, Sarah Wantman, Anna Theresa Watts, Julia Lillian Weber
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	William: 12 other people in the class

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

A live heart lives long

A live heart lives long.

The class of 1930

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Others named Walsh

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 114. 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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