Cambridge High and Latin School

David Francis Burns “Dave”

David Francis Burns (“Dave”) appears in the 1928 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 238 Putnam Avenue. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 111 more named Burns

Full name: David Francis Burns
Known as: Dave
Lived at: 238 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Saint Paul’s School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Dave Burns; David Burns; David F. Burns; Burns, David.

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Household 2
Neighbours 77
Same surname 86
Classmates 415
Same schools 299

In context

This site lists 416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928; sorted by surname, David comes 47th. Turning the scan to page 39 shows David; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. From 1918 to 1930, 30 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name David, spread over 13 classes. “Boston University” is David's plan after graduation; 173 of 343 classmates with a printed plan (50%) named a college or university. Plans for a college or university made up 58% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1928 (173 of 297), against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	John Scott Burns, Josephine Burns
Same street	Putnam Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Saint Paul’s School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	David: 4 other people in the class

At home, 238 Putnam Avenue

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

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Burns at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Timothy J Burns (wife Margaret), linemn householderpage
John J Burns, machinist lived herepage
Margaret C Burns, clerk lived herepage
Timothy F Burns, hipr lived herepage

The Burns household is listed here in 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

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Also grew up on Putnam Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Burns

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

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Also came from Saint Paul’s School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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