Brookline High School

Florence Anne Dawson

Florence Anne Dawson is one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1931 yearbook entry gives: headed for Framingham Normal School; activities listed: French Club and Baseball; lived at 385 Pond Avenue.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 22 more named Dawson

Full name: Florence Anne Dawson
Lived at: 385 Pond Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: General.
Headed for: Framingham Normal School

Also searched as: Flo Dawson; Florence Dawson; Florence A. Dawson; Dawson, Florence.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 161
Neighbours 3
Same surname 15
Classmates 272
Same schools 8

In context

Going through the Brookline High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, Florence is the 55th of 273 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 47, in the first third of the stretch from page 34 to page 110 where this site found the book's portraits. From 1924 to 1931, 13 Brookline High School graduates on this site share the first name Florence, spread over 6 classes. Florence is listed under “Baseball”, along with 17 other classmates. In the class of 1931 the first names most often shared were William (12) and John (11); the class of 1930 had Mary (11), John (8) and Gertrude (7).

On the same scan page	Henry F. Daley, William Davidson, Elsie Aileen Dawson
Same club	French Club: 25 other classmates
Same club	Baseball: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 5 of 231 classmates with a plan (2%)
Same course	General: 71 of 252 classmates with a course (28%)

At home, 385 Pond Avenue

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

The 1931 city directory lists Florence Anne Dawson with the occupation “student” (page).

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

Florence N Dawson, widow of Ferdinand householderpage
Alice M Dawson, student lived herepage
Florence A Dawson, student lived herepage

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

What Florence did at school

French Club 460
Pinguard ’28
Hiking Club ’28
Baseball 155
Basketball 79
Captain of Speedball '30
Librarian ’31
D. S. Club 55
Girl Scout ’28, ’29, ’30, ’31.

Fellow members from Florence's own class:

What the yearbook said

A talent is developed, in retirement.

Also grew up on Pond Avenue

The class of 1931

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Others named Dawson

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

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Also headed for Framingham Normal School

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 47. 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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