Brookline High School

Harold Kirk “Ivirky”

Harold Kirk (“Ivirky”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Club; lived at 15 Williams Street. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 62.

Class of 1929

249 in the class of 1929 · 15 more named Kirk

Full name: Harold Kirk
Known as: Ivirky
Lived at: 15 Williams Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Commercial
Came from: English High School
Headed for: Boston University
Ambition: “LOST ! Reward offered”
Pastime: “Interior Decorator”

Also searched as: Ivirky Kirk; Hal Kirk; Harry Kirk; Kirk, Harold.

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 2
Neighbours 4
Same surname 10
Classmates 248
Same schools 270

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 249 names from the Brookline High School class of 1929, Harold stands 118th. Find Harold on page 62 of the scan; the people on this site from the Brookline High School class of 1929 are spread over pages 31 to 96. Of 127 classmates who gave a plan, 84 (66%) point to a college or university; Harold's entry says “Boston University”. Of the 239 entries in the class with a course, 59 (25%) say Commercial, Harold's among them. Against 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930, the class of 1929 comes to 249 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Miriam Doris King, Natalie H. King, Robert Kirk
Same kind of plan	college or university: 84 of 127 classmates with a plan (66%)
Same course	Commercial: 59 of 239 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 15 Williams Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Adeline Mari Ane KirkBrookline 1930

The 1931 city directory lists Harold Kirk with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Adolf S Kirk (wife Eline S), upholg householderpage

The Kirk household is listed here in 1931 too.

What Harold did at school

Club 6

Fellow members from Harold's own class:

Joseph WeisbergBrookline 1929

Also grew up on Williams Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Kirk

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

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Also came from English High School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 62. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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