Somerville High School

William H. Traverse “BILLY”

William H. Traverse (“BILLY”), Somerville High School class of 1920 (Somerville, Massachusetts). The entry prints: COM MERCIAL course; lived at 31 Marion Street; a motto.

Class of 1920

299 in the class of 1920 · 3 more named Traverse

Full name: William H. Traverse
Known as: BILLY
Lived at: 31 Marion Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: COM MERCIAL

Also searched as: Billy Traverse; Bill Traverse; William Traverse; Traverse, William.

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Neighbours 10
Same surname 2
Classmates 298

In context

299 people from the Somerville High School class of 1920 appear on this site, and Traverse puts William 270th among them. Turning the scan to page 278 shows William; the portraits we read from this book run from page 20 to page 287. The first name William appears 75 times in the 13 Somerville High School classes read for this site (1917 to 1931), most often in 1931 (17). 109 of the 260 classmates who printed a course (42%) took COM MERCIAL, as William did. Count the first names and the class of 1920 gives Mary (10), Ruth (10) and Mildred (9), where the class of 1917-B gives John (6) and Helen (5).

On the same scan page	J. Howard Tailor, Madeline E. Taylor, Mildred L. Toomey, Esther Topham and 1 more
Same course	COM MERCIAL: 109 of 260 classmates with a course (42%)
Same first name	William: 4 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 278. 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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