Cambridge High and Latin School

John Alfred Burch “Al”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John Alfred Burch (“Al”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Tufts College; lived at 50 Massachusetts Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 33.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 6 more named Burch

Full name: John Alfred Burch
Known as: Al
Lived at: 50 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Tufts College

Also searched as: Al Burch; Jack Burch; John Burch; John A. Burch.

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Household 1
Neighbours 124
Classmates 461
Same schools 70

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, John stands 43rd. On the scan, the entry sits on page 33, right at the start of the stretch from page 23 to page 140 where this site found the book's portraits. John is the second most common first name in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926, with 24 people. “Tufts College” is John's plan after graduation; 197 of 388 classmates with a printed plan (51%) named a college or university. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (197 of 355), against 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Doris A. Bullen, Richard G. Bullock, Anna Dorothy Burack
Same street	Massachusetts Avenue: 17 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	John: 23 other people in the class

At home, 50 Massachusetts Avenue

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

Mildred Lightbourne BurchCambridge 1922

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Burch at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John A Burch (wife Martha L), janitor householderpage

The Burch household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Weve conducted a long and arduous search, But we can’t find a better friend than Burch

Also grew up on Massachusetts Avenue

The class of 1926

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Tufts College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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