Cambridge High and Latin School

Madeline Norma Margetson “Chinky, Narny”

Madeline Norma Margetson (“Chinky, Narny”) appears in the 1926 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 183 Windsor Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 4 more named Margetson

Full name: Madeline Norma Margetson
Known as: Chinky, Narny
Lived at: 183 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Roberts Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Madeline Margetson; Madeline N. Margetson; Margetson, Madeline.

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Household 2
Group photos 8
Neighbours 57
Same surname 1
Classmates 461
Same schools 340

In context

462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 appear on this site, and Margetson puts Madeline 281st among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 97, around the middle of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. Madeline's “Boston University” falls in the same group as 197 of the 388 plans printed for the class (51%): a college or university. Over 15 classes from 1915 to 1930, Windsor Street is the street of 56 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. The class of 1926: 55% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Florence Anna Marble, Jennie Marchini, Marie Margetson
Same street	Windsor Street: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 183 Windsor Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Margetson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George R Margetson (wife Eliza), jan householderpage

The Margetson household is listed here in 1918 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Madeline's senior portrait.

The Review1926

In the same photographs:

What Madeline did at school

Basketball, 1923-24
G. A. A., 1923-24
Review Staff, 1926

What the yearbook said

Tines of thought upon her cheek Do deep design and counsel speak!

Also grew up on Windsor Street

The class of 1926

All 462 in this class →

Others named Margetson

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

Marie Evelyn MargetsonNew England Conservatory of Music 1926

Also came from Roberts Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 97. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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