Newton High School

Charles Lawrence Barber

Charles Lawrence Barber appears in the 1916 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 174 Newtonville Ave., Newton. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1916

86 in the class of 1916 · 38 more named Barber

Full name: Charles Lawrence Barber
Born: July 15, 1899
Lived at: 174 Newtonville Ave., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1916
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow School
Headed for: Boston University

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Neighbours 9
Same surname 28
Classmates 85
Same schools 15

In context

This site lists 86 people from the Newton High School class of 1916; sorted by surname, Charles comes 3rd. Turning the scan to page 18 shows Charles; the portraits we read from this book run from page 18 to page 47. Classical was the course of 45 out of 86 classmates who printed one (52%), including Charles. “Boston University” is Charles's plan after graduation; 44 of 54 classmates with a printed plan (81%) named a college or university. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1916 has 86 entries, while the neighbouring class has 105 for 1917.

On the same scan page	Gertrude Iva Bacon, Geoffrey Baker
Same earlier school	Bigelow School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 44 of 54 classmates with a plan (81%)
Same course	Classical: 45 of 86 classmates with a course (52%)
The book's own title	Newtonian (editor: Bartlett W. Boyden)

At home, 174 Newtonville Ave., Newton

The 1909 Newton, Massachusetts City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Barber at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George W Barber, clerk householderpage

Also grew up on Newtonville Ave., Newton

The class of 1916

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Others named Barber

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

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Also came from Bigelow School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1916, page 18. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1916newt).

Published 1916, 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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