Newton High School

William Beckley Plumer

William Beckley Plumer, Newton High School class of 1916 (Newton, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 992 Beacon St., Newton Centre.

Class of 1916

86 in the class of 1916 · 7 more named Plumer

Full name: William Beckley Plumer
Born: May 14, 1899
Lived at: 992 Beacon St., Newton Centre
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1916
Course: Tech. College
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Bill Plumer; William Plumer; William B. Plumer; Billy Plumer.

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Neighbours 11
Same surname 4
Classmates 85
Same schools 98

In context

This site lists 86 people from the Newton High School class of 1916; sorted by surname, William comes 65th. William is printed on page 40 of the scan, in the last third of the 18-to-47 run of portrait pages. William's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 44 of the 54 classmates who named a plan (81%) named the same kind. William is one of 21 in the Newton High School class of 1916 whose entry names Mason Grammar School as the school they came from. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1916 has 86 entries, while the neighbouring class has 105 for 1917.

On the same scan page	Vernon Koerner Peet, Ruth E. Pierce, Louise Knapp Pinkham, David E. Putnam
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 44 of 54 classmates with a plan (81%)
The book's own title	Newtonian (editor: Bartlett W. Boyden)

At home, 992 Beacon St., Newton Centre

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

William H Plumer, insurance householderpage

Also grew up on Beacon St., Newton Centre

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William Beckley PlumerHarvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) 1920

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Newton High School yearbook, 1916, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1916newt).

Published 1916, 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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