Cambridge High and Latin School

David Joseph O’Connor “Okie”

David Joseph O’Connor (“Okie”) appears in the 1928 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 170 Erie Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 123 more named O’Connor

Full name: David Joseph O’Connor
Known as: Okie
Lived at: 170 Erie Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Okie O’Connor; Dave O’Connor; David O’Connor; David J. O’Connor.

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Household 2
Neighbours 13
Same surname 116
Classmates 415
Same schools 155

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928, David stands 307th. Turning the scan to page 104 shows David; the portraits we read from this book run from page 27 to page 134. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and David is listed with “Boston College”. The yearbook puts 5 people from the class on Erie Street, David among them. Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Margaret Marie O’Connell, Elizabeth Catherine O’Connor
Same street	Erie Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 41 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, 170 Erie Street

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

What David did at school

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What the yearbook said

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Also grew up on Erie Street

The class of 1928

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Others named O’Connor

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 104. 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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