Newton High School

Evelyn Jenkins

Class of 1914, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Evelyn Jenkins. The yearbook entry prints: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Vassar; lived at 33 Orient Ave., Newton Centre. Portrait and entry from the 1914 yearbook, page 38.

Class of 1914

119 in the class of 1914 · 43 more named Jenkins

Full name: Evelyn Jenkins
Born: May 29, 1897.
Lived at: 33 Orient Ave., Newton Centre
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1914
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Vassar

Also searched as: Evie Jenkins; Jenkins, Evelyn.

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 23
Classmates 118
Same schools 77

In context

119 people from the Newton High School class of 1914 appear on this site, and Jenkins puts Evelyn 63rd among them. In the scan, Evelyn appears on page 38, around the middle of the run of 119 portraits read for this site (pages 21 to 53). Classical was the course of 75 out of 119 classmates who printed one (63%), including Evelyn. Evelyn's “Vassar” falls in the same group as 58 of the 79 plans printed for the class (73%): a college or university. In the class of 1914 the first names most often shared were Helen (6), Margaret (5) and Ruth (5); the class of 1915 had Marion (8) and Helen (6).

On the same scan page	James Clark Irwin Jr, Catherine Dewey Jones
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 58 of 79 classmates with a plan (73%)
Same course	Classical: 75 of 119 classmates with a course (63%)

At home, 33 Orient Ave., Newton Centre

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

Henry S Jenkins householderpage

What the yearbook said

English Club.

Also grew up on Orient Ave., Newton Centre

The class of 1914

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Others named Jenkins

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Vassar

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1914, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1914newt).

Published 1914, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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