Cambridge High and Latin School

John Arthur Murphy “J Ohnnie”

John Arthur Murphy (“J Ohnnie”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. Paul’s School; headed for Boston College; lived at 279 Pearl Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: John Arthur Murphy
Known as: J Ohnnie
Lived at: 279 Pearl Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Jack Murphy; John Murphy; John A. Murphy; Johnny Murphy.

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Neighbours 53
Same surname 294
Classmates 415
Same schools 127

In context

This site lists 416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928; sorted by surname, John comes 287th. In the scan, John appears on page 100, in the last third of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). Murphy is the surname of 45 people across 14 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1915 to 1930. Over 14 classes from 1915 to 1930, Pearl Street is the street of 54 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. Of the 297 plans printed for the class of 1928 that name a kind of next step, 173 (58%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Gladys Elizabeth Mugridge, Elizabeth Anna Murphy, Francis Joseph Murphy
Same street	Pearl Street: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	John: 15 other people in the class

At home, 279 Pearl Street

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

Edmund J Murphy, teacher lived herepage
John R Murphy, student lived herepage
Mary G Murphy, clerk lived herepage
Richard Murphy, student B C lived herepage

The Murphy household is listed here in 1927 and 1930 too.

What John did at school

Chorus, 1925–26
Room Committee, 1925–26
Track, 1926

What the yearbook said

May you live all the days of your life.

Also grew up on Pearl Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Murphy

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

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Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 100. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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