Somerville High School

Florence E. Bourke

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Florence E. Bourke among 482 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: General course; activities listed: Glee Club and Typewriting Awards; lived at 17 Warwick St. Portrait and entry from the Radiator, page 30.

Class of 1928

482 in the class of 1928 · 5 more named Bourke

Full name: Florence E. Bourke
Lived at: 17 Warwick St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: General

Also searched as: Flo Bourke; Florence Bourke; Bourke, Florence.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 175
Neighbours 4
Same surname 2
Classmates 481

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 482 names from the Somerville High School class of 1928, Florence stands 41st. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, right at the start of the stretch from page 25 to page 89 where this site found the book's portraits. General was the course of 176 out of 478 classmates who printed one (37%), including Florence. Across 12 classes of Somerville High School on this site, from 1917 to 1931, 51 people are named Florence; the class of 1922 has the most, 11. Of the 478 entries in the class of 1928 that print a course, 115 (24%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 24% in 1927 and 20% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Vincent J. Boyle, George H. Bradford Jr, Edward J. Breen Jr, Ruth Mary Bridges and 3 more
Same club	Glee Club: 86 other classmates
Same course	General: 176 of 478 classmates with a course (37%)
The book's own title	Radiator

At home, 17 Warwick St

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

What Florence did at school

Glee Club 711
Typewriting Awards

Fellow members from Florence's own class:

Also grew up on Warwick St

The class of 1928

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Others named Bourke

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

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1928, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1928some_0).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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