Newton High School

Donald Theodore Fairweather “Don, Feathers”

Donald Theodore Fairweather (“Don, Feathers”) appears in the 1923 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 492 Lowell Ave., Newtonville. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 2 more named Fairweather

Full name: Donald Theodore Fairweather
Known as: Don, Feathers
Born: January, 5, 1905
Lived at: 492 Lowell Ave., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Scientific
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

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Neighbours 9
Same surname 1
Classmates 115
Same schools 187

In context

116 people from the Newton High School class of 1923 appear on this site, and Fairweather puts Donald 34th among them. Find Donald on page 34 of the scan; the people on this site from the Newton High School class of 1923 are spread over pages 23 to 66. Donald's course, Scientific, is also the course of 28 others in the 116 entries that print one (25% in all). In the 10 classes of Newton High School between 1910 and 1928 that this site covers, 16 people have the first name Donald. The class of 1923 has 116 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 137 for 1922 and 153 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Evelyn Louise Fahey
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 59 of 89 classmates with a plan (66%)
Same course	Scientific: 29 of 116 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 492 Lowell Ave., Newtonville

The 1936 Newton Directory lists these people named Fairweather at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Donald Fairweather, slsmn lived herepage

The Fairweather household is listed here in 1938 too.

Also grew up on Lowell Ave., Newtonville

The class of 1923

All 116 in this class →

Others named Fairweather

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

Murray Eugene FairweatherNeedham 1926

Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

Published 1923, 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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