Brookline High School

John J. Murphy

Class of 1931, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: John J. Murphy. The yearbook entry prints: Commercial course; lived at 8 Roberts Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 86.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 310 more named Murphy

Full name: John J. Murphy
Lived at: 8 Roberts Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial.
Headed for: To the College of Hard Knocks

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

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 290
Classmates 272

In context

273 people from the Brookline High School class of 1931 appear on this site, and Murphy puts John 191st among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 86, in the last third of the stretch from page 34 to page 110 where this site found the book's portraits. With 11 people called John, it ranks 2nd among first names in the class. John's course, Commercial, is also the course of 61 others in the 252 entries that print one (25% in all). Among first names, the class of 1931 favours William (12) and John (11); the class of 1930 had Mary (11), John (8) and Gertrude (7).

On the same scan page	Marie Patricia Mullowney, Charles Francis Nayor, Thomas E. Neary
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, 8 Roberts Street

The 1931 Brookline 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.

Wm Murphy (wife Elizabeth), shoerpg householderpage

The Murphy household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Fame is the fragrance of heroic deeds.

Also grew up on Roberts Street

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 86. 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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