Brookline High School

Edward C. Allen

Edward C. Allen was one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard College; activities listed: French Club and Glee Club; lived at 26 Aspinwall Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 34.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 201 more named Allen

Full name: Edward C. Allen
Lived at: 26 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: College.
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Ed Allen; Edward Allen; Eddie Allen; Allen, Edward.

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Household 3
Clubs & teams 138
Neighbours 9
Same surname 159
Classmates 272
Same schools 9

In context

Sorted by surname, Edward opens the list of 273 people from the Brookline High School class of 1931 on this site. Edward is printed on page 34 of the scan, right at the start of the 34-to-110 run of portrait pages. In the 8 classes of Brookline High School between 1923 and 1931 that this site covers, 22 people have the first name Edward, with the largest group (5) in 1929. Edward's plan is printed as “Harvard College”, which counts here as a college or university; 128 of the 231 classmates who named a plan (55%) named the same kind. Of the 252 entries in the class of 1931 that print a course, 89 (35%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 39% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Ruth Andelman, Edith Marie Anderson, Selma Anthony
Same club	French Club: 25 other classmates
Same club	Glee Club: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same course	College: 86 of 252 classmates with a course (34%)

At home, 26 Aspinwall Avenue

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

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Allen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Wm J Allen (wife Margaret J), (Harvard St Garage) householderpage
George M Allen, salesman lived herepage
Richard J Allen, salesman lived herepage
Wm M Allen, manager lived herepage

The Allen household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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