Brookline High School

James Joseph Lynch Jr “Jim”

Class of 1927, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: James Joseph Lynch Jr (“Jim”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Holy Cross; activities listed: Football; lived at 71 Toxteth Street. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 56.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 98 more named Lynch

Full name: James Joseph Lynch Jr
Known as: Jim
Lived at: 71 Toxteth Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: General
Headed for: Holy Cross
Ambition: “Lawyer”
Pastime: “Studying”

Also searched as: Jim Lynch; James Lynch; James J. Lynch; Jimmy Lynch.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 35
Neighbours 2
Same surname 82
Classmates 218
Same schools 16

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 219 names from the Brookline High School class of 1927, James stands 120th. The entry is on page 56 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 81. From 1923 to 1931, 25 Brookline High School graduates on this site share the first name James, spread over 7 classes and peaking at 6 in 1927. James shared “Football” with 10 seniors, going by what the yearbook prints. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1927 has 219 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 171 for 1926 and 232 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Estelle Lowenstein, Gerard J. Lynch, John I. Lynch
Same club	Football: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 65 of 125 classmates with a plan (52%)
Same course	General: 43 of 209 classmates with a course (21%)
Same first name	James: 5 other people in the class

At home, 71 Toxteth Street

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

The 1925 city directory lists James Joseph Lynch Jr with the occupation “lawyer B” (page).

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

James J Lynch (wife Louise M), Iwyr B householderpage
Donald F Lynch, student lived herepage
James J Lynch Jr., student lived herepage

The Lynch household is listed here in 1925 and 1931 too.

What James did at school

Football 108

Fellow members from James's own class:

What the yearbook said

A diamond in the rough

Also grew up on Toxteth Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Lynch

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

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Also headed for Holy Cross

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 56. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).

Published 1927, 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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