Newton High School

Margaret May McOwen “Peggy, Mac”

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed Margaret May McOwen (“Peggy, Mac”) among 137 graduates in the class of 1922. The entry gives: came from Emerson Grammar School; headed for Miss Wheelock's; lived at 260 Elliot St., Newton Upper Falls. Portrait and entry from the 1922 yearbook, page 48.

Class of 1922

137 in the class of 1922 · 4 more named McOwen

Full name: Margaret May McOwen
Known as: Peggy, Mac
Born: March 9, 1904
Lived at: 260 Elliot St., Newton Upper Falls
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: Classical
Came from: Emerson Grammar School
Headed for: Miss Wheelock's

Also searched as: Peggy McOwen; Margaret McOwen; Margaret M. McOwen; Maggie McOwen.

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is Margaret part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Neighbours 5
Same surname 3
Classmates 136
Same schools 8

In context

Of the 137 names from the Newton High School class of 1922 that have pages here, Margaret is 84th in surname order. Margaret is printed on page 48 of the scan, around the middle of the 23-to-65 run of portrait pages. Among the 105 people in the class who printed a plan, 7 (7%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Margaret did (“Miss Wheelock's”). Across 16 classes of Newton High School on this site, from 1910 to 1928, 58 people are named Margaret; the class of 1925 has the most, 14. In the class of 1922 the first names most often shared were Elizabeth (9) and John (7); the class of 1923 had Eleanor (6), Charles (5) and Mary (5).

On the same scan page	Dorothy Grace McCaul, Clarence Godfrey McDayitt Jr, John Louis McKeon Jr
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 7 of 105 classmates with a plan (7%)
Same course	Classical: 82 of 137 classmates with a course (60%)

What the yearbook said

a very riband in the cap of youth

Also grew up on Elliot St., Newton Upper Falls

The class of 1922

All 137 in this class →

Others named McOwen

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

Also came from Emerson Grammar School

Also headed for Miss Wheelock's

Look for Margaret May McOwen in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know Margaret?

If Margaret is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1922, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1922newt).

Published 1922, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards