Cambridge High and Latin School

Marion Edith Pitchford “Red Ritchie”

Marion Edith Pitchford (“Red Ritchie”) appears in the 1927 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 983 Memorial Drive. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 2 more named Pitchford

Full name: Marion Edith Pitchford
Known as: Red Ritchie
Lived at: 983 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Peabody Grammar School

Also searched as: Marion Pitchford; Marion E. Pitchford; Pitchford, Marion.

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 1
Classmates 458
Same schools 57

In context

Marion Edith Pitchford is number 354 of 459 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 on this site. Marion's portrait is on scan page 119, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. Peabody Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 29 people in the class, Marion among them. The first name Marion runs through 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1915 to 1930), 54 people in all, and is most common in 1921 (7). In the class of 1927, 54% of the plans we could classify (191 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Mary Frances Pocharski, Evelyn M. Poirier, Frances Ellen Pomphrett
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 28 other classmates
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 983 Memorial Drive

The 1928 city directory lists Marion Edith Pitchford with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Pitchford at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Olive M Pitchford, stenographer lived herepage

The Pitchford household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What Marion did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25

What the yearbook said

The mildest of manners And the gentlest of hearts.

Also grew up on Memorial Drive

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Others named Pitchford

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

Olive May PitchfordCambridge 1923

Also came from Peabody Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 119. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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