Newton High School

Ruth Mansfield Barber

Ruth Mansfield Barber is one of 98 graduates in the class of 1919 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1919 yearbook entry gives: came from Bigelow Grammar School; lived at 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton; born in 1900.

Class of 1919

98 in the class of 1919 · 38 more named Barber

Full name: Ruth Mansfield Barber
Born: January 2, 1900
Lived at: 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1919
Course: General
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School

Also searched as: Ruth Barber; Ruth M. Barber; Barber, Ruth.

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Household 1
Neighbours 8
Same surname 27
Classmates 97
Same schools 20

In context

Of the 98 names from the Newton High School class of 1919 that have pages here, Ruth is 6th in surname order. In the scan, Ruth appears on page 24, right at the start of the run of 98 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 51). Ruth's course, General, is also the course of 13 others in the 98 entries that print one (14% in all). The yearbook lists 13 people from the Newton High School class of 1919 as coming from Bigelow Grammar School, including Ruth. Plans for a college or university made up 82% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1919 (46 of 56), against 81% in 1918 and 89% in 1920.

On the same scan page	Katherine Wellington Auryansen, Lyman Dwight Babbitt, Otto Emil Bachmann, Aldyth Louise Barrett
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same course	General: 14 of 98 classmates with a course (14%)

At home, 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton

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

Florence M. BarberNewton 1914

The 1909 Newton, Massachusetts City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Barber at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Augusta Barber householderpage

What the yearbook said

nothing is so good as it seems beforehand' Nickname, "Barby

Also grew up on Newtonville Ave., Newton

The class of 1919

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Others named Barber

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

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Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1919, page 24. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1919newt).

Published 1919, 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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