Cambridge High and Latin School

John Edward Donovan

John Edward Donovan, Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; lived at 12 Pearl Terrace; a write-up.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: John Edward Donovan
Lived at: 12 Pearl Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Webster Grammar School

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Household 1
Neighbours 6
Same surname 94
Classmates 482
Same schools 57

In context

This site lists 483 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930; sorted by surname, John comes 118th. Find John on page 44 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 are spread over pages 21 to 118. John has 13 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930. Donovan is the surname of 12 people across 7 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1917 to 1930. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1930 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Frank John DiPietro, Margaret Frances Donahue, Miriam Catherine Donald, Ruth Calder Donnelly
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same first name	John: 13 other people in the class

At home, 12 Pearl Terrace

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

Charles Joseph DonovanCambridge 1924

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Donovan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Julia G Donovan, widow of Wm D householderpage
Wm F Donovan, clerk householderpage
Charles J Donovan, letter carrier lived herepage

The Donovan household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What John did at school

Chairman Home Room, 1926-27

What the yearbook said

Say, hasn't anybody told him yet He's the kind of a man that girls never forget.

Also grew up on Pearl Terrace

The class of 1930

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Others named Donovan

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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