Brookline High School

John C. Prendergast “Prendy”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed John C. Prendergast (“Prendy”) among 273 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Football; lived at 121 Browne Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 91.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 9 more named Prendergast

Full name: John C. Prendergast
Known as: Prendy
Lived at: 121 Browne Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial.
Headed for: Boston University

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Clubs & teams 25
Neighbours 18
Same surname 7
Classmates 272
Same schools 95

In context

Going through the Brookline High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, John is the 209th of 273 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 91 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 34 to page 110. In the Brookline High School class of 1931, 25% of the 252 printed courses are Commercial (62 people), John included. Among the 231 people in the class who printed a plan, 128 (55%) named a college or university, as John did (“Boston University”). Of the 162 plans printed for the class of 1931 that name a kind of next step, 128 (79%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 76% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Lester Popkin, Audrey Price, Samson Lincoln Price
Same club	Football: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same course	Commercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)
Same first name	John: 10 other people in the class

At home, 121 Browne Street

The 1931 city directory lists John C. Prendergast with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Prendergast at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Myrtle N Prendergast, widow of Martin J householderpage
John C Prendergast, student lived herepage

The Prendergast household is listed here in 1928 too.

What John did at school

Marshal '27
Football 108

Fellow members from John's own class:

What the yearbook said

Never judge from appearances.

Also grew up on Browne Street

The class of 1931

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Others named Prendergast

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

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Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 91. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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