Cambridge High and Latin School

Marjorie Leighton “Jerry”

Marjorie Leighton (“Jerry”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 129 Magazine Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 24 more named Leighton

Full name: Marjorie Leighton
Known as: Jerry
Lived at: 129 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Massachusetts School of Art

Also searched as: Jerry Leighton; Leighton, Marjorie.

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Group photos 15
Clubs & teams 12
Neighbours 48
Same surname 21
Classmates 482
Same schools 40

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930, Marjorie stands 263rd. Marjorie's portrait is on scan page 74, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. Marjorie was not alone on Magazine Street: 7 other classmates list it too. Morse Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 26 people in the class, Marjorie among them. Plans for a college or university made up 56% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1930 (206 of 371), against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Rebecca Jeanette Leighton, Talie Lewis, Wilson Joseph Lewis Jr., Maurice Joseph Linehan
Same street	Magazine Street: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 25 other classmates
Same kind of plan	art or music school: 15 of 430 classmates with a plan (3%)

At home, 129 Magazine Street

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

Mabel F Leighton, widow of Harland P householderpage
Dorothy F Leighton, clerk lived herepage

The Leighton household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Marjorie's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Marjorie did at school

G. A. A., 1927-28-29-30
Executive Committee, 1928-29
Basketball 14
Baseball, 1927-28
Tennis tournament, 1927-28-29, Cup, 1928
Home Room Committee, 1927-29
Review Staff, 1930
G. A. A. Editor
K. B., 1930

Fellow members from Marjorie's own class:

What the yearbook said

JERRY” “When it comes to. work, she shines like the sun; If she’s given a task, she sees that it’s done

When it comes to work, she shines like the sun; If she's given a task, she sees that it's done

Also grew up on Magazine Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Leighton

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

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Massachusetts School of Art

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 74. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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