Somerville High School
Nelson Wright “Nelly”
Nelson Wright (“Nelly”) appears in the 1925 yearbook of Somerville High School in Somerville, MA, listed at 107 Evergreen Ave. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1925
440 in the class of 1925 · 123 more named Wright
- Full name
- Nelson Wright
- Known as
- Nelly
- Lived at
- 107 Evergreen Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Boston College
Also searched as: Nelly Wright; Wright, Nelson.
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In context
Of the 440 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1925 read for this site, Nelson's is 436th alphabetically. Nelson's portrait is on scan page 112, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 28 to 112. “Boston College” is Nelson's plan after graduation; 179 of 308 classmates with a printed plan (58%) named a college or university. College was the course of 120 out of 438 classmates who printed one (27%), including Nelson. 27% of those in the class of 1925 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 26% in 1924 and 22% in 1926.
| On the same scan page | Edith W. Wood, Herbert Worters, Walter Worth, Ella F. Young |
|---|---|
| Same club | Football: 16 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 179 of 308 classmates with a plan (58%) |
| Same course | College: 120 of 438 classmates with a course (27%) |
What Nelson did at school
Fellow members from Nelson's own class:
Also grew up on Evergreen Ave
The class of 1925
Walter WorthSomerville 1925
Ella F. YoungSomerville 1925
Herbert WortersSomerville 1925
Dorothy de LoucherySomerville 1925
Edith W. WoodSomerville 1925
George R. van IderstineSomerville 1925
Others named Wright
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Hazel WrightArlington 1930
Zilpha WrightBarnstable 1938
Mildred WrightMedford 1926
Wendell O. WrightMedford 1928
Harry E. A. WrightMedford 1929
Susan May WrightSpringfield Central 1922
Also headed for Boston College
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1925, page 112.
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Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1925some_0).
Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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