Melrose High School
Virginia Emma Riley “Ginnie Jin Ginger”
Virginia Emma Riley (“Ginnie Jin Ginger”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1942, one of 256 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1942
256 in the class of 1942 · 72 more named Riley
- Full name
- Virginia Emma Riley
- Known as
- Ginnie Jin Ginger
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1942
Also searched as: Ginny Riley; Virginia Riley; Virginia E. Riley; Riley, Virginia.
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In context
Of the 256 names from the Melrose High School class of 1942 that have pages here, Virginia is 189th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 87 shows Virginia; the portraits we read from this book run from page 18 to page 173. Virginia has 4 first-name namesakes in the Melrose High School class of 1942. In the class of 1942 the first names most often shared were Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8); the class of 1939 had John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).
| On the same scan page | Dorothy J. Reasor, Ernest L. Richardson, David Ridley |
|---|---|
| Same first name | Virginia: 4 other people in the class |
What the page does not say. The reading found no grammar school, no clubs or activities, no write-up or quotation for Virginia. Across the Melrose High School class of 1942 the shares are grammar school 56%, clubs or activities 52% and write-up or quotation 35%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.
The class of 1942
David RidleyMelrose 1942
Janet E. RobertsonMelrose 1942
Ernest L. RichardsonMelrose 1942
Charles RobinsonMelrose 1942
Dorothy J. ReasorMelrose 1942
William M. RobinsonMelrose 1942
Others named Riley
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Barbara Eleanor RileyArlington 1929
Mildred RileyChelsea 1931
Ruth RileySpringfield Trade 1945
Anne R. RileyMedford 1936
John R. RileyMedford 1936
George H. RileyMedford 1928
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 87.
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Internet Archive (item log1942melr).
Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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