Cambridge High and Latin School

Esther Alcock “Es”

Esther Alcock (“Es”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Salem Normal School; lived at 98 Magazine Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 39.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 2 more named Alcock

Full name: Esther Alcock
Known as: Es
Born: November 30, 1905
Lived at: 98 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Salem Normal School

Also searched as: Es Alcock; Alcock, Esther.

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Neighbours 48
Same surname 1
Classmates 318
Same schools 115

In context

Esther Alcock is number 4 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Esther is printed on page 39 of the scan, right at the start of the 39-to-119 run of portrait pages. Esther's “Salem Normal School” falls in the same group as 27 of the 253 plans printed for the class (11%): a normal school or teachers college. In the 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 32 people have the first name Esther. Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1923, and Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12) in the class of 1924.

On the same scan page	Madeleine Ackers, Leslie V. Ackiss, Marion H. Ainley
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 27 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 27 of 253 classmates with a plan (11%)
Same first name	Esther: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 98 Magazine Street

The 1927 city directory lists Esther Alcock with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Alcock at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Esther S Alcock, student lived herepage

The Alcock household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Esther did at school

G. A. A., 1920–21

What the yearbook said

A CHEERFUL LITTLE LASS, AND SMART IN EVERY CLASS

A cheerful little lass, and smart in every class.

Also grew up on Magazine Street

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Others named Alcock

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

George Albert Alcock JrNatick 1939

Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Salem Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

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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