Newton High School

Elizabeth Brewer Clapp

Class of 1917, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Brewer Clapp. The yearbook entry prints: Classical course; lived at 49 Temple St., West Newton; born in 1900. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 26.

Class of 1917

105 in the class of 1917 · 21 more named Clapp

Full name: Elizabeth Brewer Clapp
Born: January 21, 1900
Lived at: 49 Temple St., West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Course: Classical

Also searched as: Betty Clapp; Elizabeth Clapp; Elizabeth B. Clapp; Beth Clapp.

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Neighbours 5
Same surname 17
Classmates 104

In context

105 people from the Newton High School class of 1917 appear on this site, and Clapp puts Elizabeth 17th among them. Elizabeth's portrait is on scan page 26, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 56. Of the 105 entries in the class with a course, 53 (50%) say Classical, Elizabeth's among them. Elizabeth is the most common first name in the Newton High School class of 1917, with 6 people. The class of 1917 has 105 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 86 for 1916 and 101 for 1918.

On the same scan page	Helene Marjorie Chellis, Kathryn Clapp, Thalia Clark
Same course	Classical: 53 of 105 classmates with a course (50%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	Newtonian

At home, 49 Temple St., West Newton

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

Clift Clapp, Rogers lawyer householderpage

What the yearbook said

magnificent spectacle of human happiness" "betty

Also grew up on Temple St., West Newton

The class of 1917

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Others named Clapp

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1917, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1917newt).

Published 1917, 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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