Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret Rose McCarthy “Peggy”

Margaret Rose McCarthy (“Peggy”) appears in the 1929 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 3 Athens Terrace. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 159 more named McCarthy

Full name: Margaret Rose McCarthy
Known as: Peggy
Lived at: 3 Athens Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Houghton School
Headed for: Boston University

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Household 1
Same surname 152
Classmates 420
Same schools 270

In context

Of the 421 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 read for this site, Margaret's is 248th alphabetically. Find Margaret on page 85 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 are spread over pages 25 to 132. 144 people named Margaret turn up in 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1914 to 1930; 1926 has the most with 19. Across 10 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School from 1915 to 1930, this site lists 27 people with the surname McCarthy. In the class of 1929, 56% of the plans we could classify (174 of 308) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Mary Ellen McCarthy, Mary Ellen McCarthy, Grace McClary
Same earlier school	Houghton School: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Margaret: 16 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 3 Athens Terrace

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

Arthur Marvin McCarthyRindge Technical School 1931

What Margaret did at school

G. A. A., 1927
Home Economics Club, 1929

What the yearbook said

On her cheek an autumn flush Deeply ripened--such a blush!

The class of 1929

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Others named McCarthy

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

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Also came from Houghton School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 85. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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