Somerville High School

James Arthur Donovan

James Arthur Donovan is one of 482 graduates in the class of 1928 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: College course; activities listed: Glee Club and Thrift Association; lived at 21A Russell St.

Class of 1928

482 in the class of 1928 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: James Arthur Donovan
Lived at: 21A Russell St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College

Also searched as: Jim Donovan; James Donovan; James A. Donovan; Jimmy Donovan.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 199
Neighbours 1
Same surname 93
Classmates 481

In context

Going through the Somerville High School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, James is the 121st of 482 names on this site. The entry is on page 41 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 89. Across 6 classes of Somerville High School from 1920 to 1931, this site lists 11 people with the surname Donovan. James's course, College, is also the course of 114 others in the 478 entries that print one (24% in all). The share taking a college or college-preparatory course was 24% in the class of 1928 (115 of 478), against 24% in 1927 and 20% in 1929.

On the same scan page	George F. Donnellan, Lawrence Donovan, Margaret E. Donovan, Eleanor C. Downes and 3 more
Same club	Glee Club: 86 other classmates
Same club	Thrift Association: 26 other classmates
Same course	College: 115 of 478 classmates with a course (24%)
Same first name	James: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	Radiator

At home, 21A Russell St

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

What James did at school

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Gertrude F. KendallSomerville 1928

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1928, page 41. 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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