Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Pearl Milton “Lida”

Elizabeth Pearl Milton (“Lida”) was one of 237 graduates in the class of 1919 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 2175 Massachusetts Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 38.

Class of 1919

237 in the class of 1919 · 6 more named Milton

Full name: Elizabeth Pearl Milton
Known as: Lida
Lived at: 2175 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1919
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Lida Milton; Betty Milton; Elizabeth Milton; Elizabeth P. Milton.

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Neighbours 125
Same surname 2
Classmates 236
Same schools 72

In context

Of the 237 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1919 read for this site, Elizabeth's is 170th alphabetically. Find Elizabeth on page 38 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1919 are spread over pages 17 to 48. The first name Elizabeth runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 86 people in all, and is most common in 1927 (10). College or university was the plan of 69 of the 126 classmates who printed one (55%), and Elizabeth is listed with “Radcliffe”. In the class of 1919, 60% of the plans we could classify (69 of 115) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 47% in 1918 and 60% in 1920.

On the same scan page	Sadie L. Mack, Ellen A. Manning, Herbert Charles Masse, Madeline Alice Meere and 3 more
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 69 of 126 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 2175 Massachusetts Avenue

The 1921 city directory lists Elizabeth Pearl Milton with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1919 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Milton at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

William R Milton (wife Pearl), superintendent B householderpage

The Milton household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921 and 1925 too.

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

The class of 1919

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Others named Milton

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

Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1919, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1919unse).

Published 1919, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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