Somerville High School

Katherine Colwell “Kay”

Katherine Colwell (“Kay”) was one of 563 graduates in the class of 1931 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial Course; lived at 42-A Prescott Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 38.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 8 more named Colwell

Full name: Katherine Colwell
Known as: Kay
Lived at: 42-A Prescott Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial Course

Also searched as: Kay Colwell; Kate Colwell; Katie Colwell; Colwell, Katherine.

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Household 1
Same surname 4
Classmates 562

In context

Of the 563 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1931 read for this site, Katherine's is 75th alphabetically. Katherine's portrait is on scan page 38, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 27 to 102. Katherine is one of 141 listed under Commercial Course among the 535 classmates whose course is printed (26%). The first name Katherine runs through 12 classes of Somerville High School (1917 to 1931), 30 people in all, and is most common in 1920 (5). Among first names, the class of 1931 favours John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan page	Kenneth Colwell, Grace Conlin, Florence Connolly, David Conway and 2 more
Same course	Commercial Course: 141 of 535 classmates with a course (26%)

At home, 42-A Prescott Street

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

Kenneth ColwellSomerville 1931

What the yearbook said

Friendship improves happiness, and lessens misery, by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.

The class of 1931

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Others named Colwell

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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