Newton High School

Margaret Seymour Sampson

Margaret Seymour Sampson is one of 147 graduates in the class of 1915 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1915 yearbook entry gives: came from Horace Mann School; headed for Framinghan Normal; lived at 957 Washington St., Newtonville.

Class of 1915

147 in the class of 1915 · 15 more named Sampson

Full name: Margaret Seymour Sampson
Born: October 17, 1897.
Lived at: 957 Washington St., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1915
Course: Classical
Came from: Horace Mann School
Headed for: Framinghan Normal

Also searched as: Peggy Sampson; Margaret Sampson; Margaret S. Sampson; Maggie Sampson.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 12
Classmates 146
Same schools 14

In context

Going through the Newton High School class of 1915 from A to Z by surname, Margaret is the 107th of 147 names on this site. In the scan, Margaret appears on page 45, in the last third of the run of 147 portraits read for this site (pages 21 to 54). Of 102 classmates who gave a plan, 14 (14%) point to a normal school or teachers college; Margaret's entry says “Framinghan Normal”. Margaret is one of 9 in the Newton High School class of 1915 whose entry names Horace Mann School as the school they came from. 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	Arthur S. Roberts, Walter Carlyle Roberts, Doris Pauline Robinson, Carl Wilkins Rogers
Same earlier school	Horace Mann School: 8 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 14 of 102 classmates with a plan (14%)
Same course	Classical: 88 of 145 classmates with a course (61%)

At home, 957 Washington St., Newtonville

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

Ezra W Sampson, teacher (at New York city) householderpage
Alice Sampson, stenographer lived herepage
Ethel V Sampson, teacher (at Cambridge) lived herepage

What the yearbook said

English Club, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915. Portia Club, 1915.

Also grew up on Washington St., Newtonville

The class of 1915

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Others named Sampson

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

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Also came from Horace Mann School

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1915, page 45. 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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