Newton High School

Margaret Fuller Belcher

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed Margaret Fuller Belcher among 147 graduates in the class of 1915. The entry gives: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Wellesley; lived at 20 Norwood Ave., Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1915 yearbook, page 21.

Class of 1915

147 in the class of 1915 · 17 more named Belcher

Full name: Margaret Fuller Belcher
Born: January 18, 1898.
Lived at: 20 Norwood Ave., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1915
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Wellesley

Also searched as: Peggy Belcher; Margaret Belcher; Margaret F. Belcher; Maggie Belcher.

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Same surname 14
Classmates 146
Same schools 89

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 147 names from the Newton High School class of 1915, Margaret stands 5th. In the scan, Margaret appears on page 21, right at the start of the run of 147 portraits read for this site (pages 21 to 54). Margaret's course, Classical, is also the course of 87 others in the 145 entries that print one (61% in all). Margaret's plan is printed as “Wellesley”, which counts here as a college or university; 73 of the 102 classmates who named a plan (72%) named the same kind. The class of 1915: 80% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 94% in 1914 and 92% in 1916.

On the same scan page	Marguerite Anderson, Beatrice K. Beane, Lillian Alberta Beck, Gladys Augusta Burdick
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 27 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 73 of 102 classmates with a plan (72%)
Same course	Classical: 88 of 145 classmates with a course (61%)

At home, 20 Norwood Ave., Newton

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

Annie S Belcher, widow of Arthur F lived herepage

What the yearbook said

English Club, 1913-15. German Club, 1914-15.

The class of 1915

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Others named Belcher

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Wellesley

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1915, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1915newt).

Published 1915, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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