Cambridge High and Latin School

William Nicholson “Nick”

William Nicholson (“Nick”) is one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 5 Florence Street.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 23 more named Nicholson

Full name: William Nicholson
Known as: Nick
Lived at: 5 Florence Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Nick Nicholson; Bill Nicholson; Billy Nicholson; Nicholson, William.

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 18
Classmates 461
Same schools 349

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Nicholson puts William 319th among them. William is printed on page 104 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. William's plan is printed as “Boston University”, which counts here as a college or university; 197 of the 388 classmates who named a plan (51%) named the same kind. William is also the first name of 10 other people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926. The surname most often shared in the class of 1926 was Sullivan (6); in the class of 1925 it was Murphy (7).

On the same scan page	Helen P. Nichiporuk, Mary V. Nixon, Marion Ruth Nolan
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 22 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, 5 Florence Street

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

Wm Nicholson, clerk lived herepage

What the yearbook said

Bill is known as quite a sport; Of course you know his sort

Also grew up on Florence Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Nicholson

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 104. 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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