Cambridge High and Latin School

Margaret T. Goss “Peg”

Margaret T. Goss (“Peg”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: headed for Business School; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 19 Eighth Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 12 more named Goss

Full name: Margaret T. Goss
Known as: Peg
Lived at: 19 Eighth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Business School

Also searched as: Peg Goss; Peggy Goss; Margaret Goss; Maggie Goss.

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Clubs & teams 294
Neighbours 4
Same surname 5
Classmates 420
Same schools 41

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Margaret stands 153rd. The entry is on page 63 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. Among the 364 people in the class who printed a plan, 70 (19%) named a business or secretarial school, as Margaret did (“Business School”). The first name Margaret runs through 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1930), 144 people in all, and is most common in 1926 (19). The class of 1929 has 421 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Emma Agnes Goduti, Martha E. Goldman, Morris Goldman
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Margaret: 16 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 19 Eighth Street

The 1930 city directory lists Margaret T. Goss with the occupation “typist” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Goss at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Lucy Goss, widow of John stitcher householderpage
Margaret Goss, typist lived herepage

The Goss household is listed here in 1927 too.

What Margaret did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Margaret's own class:

What the yearbook said

Staid and steady, always ready.

Also grew up on Eighth Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Goss

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Business School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 63. 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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