Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Mazer “Ru”

Ruth Mazer (“Ru”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Robert School; lived at 97 Columbia Street; a write-up.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 9 more named Mazer

Full name: Ruth Mazer
Known as: Ru
Lived at: 97 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Robert School

Also searched as: Ru Mazer; Mazer, Ruth.

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Household 2
Neighbours 63
Same surname 6
Classmates 458

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Ruth stands 284th. Find Ruth on page 101 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. Counting Ruth, 9 people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 give Columbia Street as their street. Ruth is the third most common first name in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, with 14 people. First names that recur in the class of 1927: Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14). In the class of 1926: Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19).

On the same scan page	Anne Catherine Maytum, Jeanne Charlotte Mazer, Stanley Benedict Mazrimas
Same street	Columbia Street: 8 other classmates
Same first name	Ruth: 13 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 97 Columbia Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 city directory lists Ruth Mazer with the occupation “bookkeeper” (page).

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

John Mazer (wife Jennie), gro householderpage

The Mazer household is listed here in 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Ruth did at school

G. A. A., 1924

What the yearbook said

A face with gladness overspread.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Mazer

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

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 101. 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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