Somerville High School

Gertrude L. Cotter “GERT”

Gertrude L. Cotter (“GERT”) is one of 299 graduates in the class of 1920 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. The 1920 yearbook entry gives: COM MERCIAL course; lived at 199 Beacon Street; a motto.

Class of 1920

299 in the class of 1920 · 37 more named Cotter

Full name: Gertrude L. Cotter
Known as: GERT
Lived at: 199 Beacon Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: COM MERCIAL

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Household 1
Neighbours 30
Same surname 34
Classmates 298

In context

Going through the Somerville High School class of 1920 from A to Z by surname, Gertrude is the 54th of 299 names on this site. The entry is on page 243 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 20 to page 287. Gertrude's course, COM MERCIAL, is also the course of 108 others in the 260 entries that print one (42% in all). People named Cotter appear in 8 classes of Somerville High School on this site between 1920 and 1931, 14 in all. In the class of 1920, 59 of 260 printed courses (23%) were college or college-preparatory ones, compared with 35% in 1917-B and 23% in 1921.

On the same scan page	Margaret J. Cotter, Helen M. Cowen, Marion D. Cowick, George K. Coyne and 1 more
Same course	COM MERCIAL: 109 of 260 classmates with a course (42%)
Same first name	Gertrude: 6 other people in the class

At home, 199 Beacon Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Gertrude L. CotterSomerville 1921

What the yearbook said

“GERD”?

Also grew up on Beacon St

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Gertrude L. CotterSomerville 1921

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 243. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervil1920some).

Published 1920, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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