Cambridge High and Latin School

William Ryan “Bill”

William Ryan (“Bill”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: came from Haggerty School; headed for Boston College; lived at 20 Holworthy Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 116 more named Ryan

Full name: William Ryan
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 20 Holworthy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Haggerty School
Headed for: Boston College

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

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Neighbours 13
Same surname 99
Classmates 420
Same schools 60

In context

Of the 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 that have pages here, William is 352nd in surname order. In the scan, William appears on page 114, in the last third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). Counting William, 6 people in the class are listed as coming from Haggerty School. “Boston College” is William's plan after graduation; 174 of 364 classmates with a printed plan (48%) named a college or university. The most common first names in the class of 1929 were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); in the class of 1930 they were Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14).

On the same scan page	Raphael Michael Sabatino, Alice Frances Sakowich, Charles H. Sampson
Same earlier school	Haggerty School: 5 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, 20 Holworthy Street

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

Loretta M Ryan, clerk lived herepage

The Ryan household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What William did at school

Room Committee, 1926-’27

What the yearbook said

Quiet, staid, strong in mind: Fit for a job of any kind.

Also grew up on Holworthy Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Ryan

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

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Also came from Haggerty School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 114. 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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