Somerville High School

Ruth Lappin “BOOTIE”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Ruth Lappin (“BOOTIE”) among 299 graduates in the class of 1920. The entry gives: College Course; lived at 18 Liberty Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1920 yearbook, page 260.

Class of 1920

299 in the class of 1920 · 4 more named Lappin

Full name: Ruth Lappin
Known as: BOOTIE
Lived at: 18 Liberty Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: College Course

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Household 1
Neighbours 26
Same surname 2
Classmates 298

In context

Of the 299 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1920 read for this site, Ruth's is 158th alphabetically. Find Ruth on page 260 of the scan; the people on this site from the Somerville High School class of 1920 are spread over pages 20 to 287. Ruth is one of 59 listed under College Course among the 260 classmates whose course is printed (23%). 106 people named Ruth turn up in 13 Somerville High School classes on this site, 1917 to 1931; 1926 has the most with 16. The class of 1920: 23% of printed courses lead to college, versus 35% in 1917-B and 23% in 1921.

On the same scan page	Janette Larrabee, Dagmar E. Larson, Andrew S. Laurie, Ethyle Lebovich and 1 more
Same course	College Course: 59 of 260 classmates with a course (23%)
Same first name	Ruth: 9 other people in the class

At home, 18 Liberty Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Ruth LappinSomerville 1921

Also grew up on Liberty Ave

The class of 1920

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Ruth LappinSomerville 1921

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 260. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervil1920some).

Published 1920, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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