Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret Mary Murphy “Peg”

Margaret Mary Murphy (“Peg”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Sacred Heart Grammar School; headed for Burdett Business College; lived at 8 Conlon Court.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: Margaret Mary Murphy
Known as: Peg
Born: December 8, 1906
Lived at: 8 Conlon Court, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Sacred Heart Grammar School
Headed for: Burdett Business College

Also searched as: Peg Murphy; Peggy Murphy; Margaret Murphy; Margaret M. Murphy.

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Same surname 294
Classmates 318
Same schools 8

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923, Margaret stands 206th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 90, around the middle of the stretch from page 39 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. Among surnames in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923, Murphy comes 2nd in frequency (6 people). The first name Margaret appears 144 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1926 (19). For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 319 people from the class of 1923, against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Edward F. Murphy, Elizabeth Lillian Murphy, Helen Gertrude Murphy
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart Grammar School: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same first name	Margaret: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What Margaret did at school

G. A. A., 1920
Spanish Club, 1920–21–22
Class Notes Reporter, 1922

What the yearbook said

THE GIRL WITH A DOUGHNUT ON HER EAR, I WONDER IF THAT’S WHY SHE CAN’T HEAR

The girl with a doughnut on her ear, I wonder if that’s why she can’t hear.

The class of 1923

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Others named Murphy

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Also came from Sacred Heart Grammar School

Also headed for Burdett Business College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 90. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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