Brookline High School

John Joseph Kelley “Johnnie, Kel”

Class of 1928, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: John Joseph Kelley (“Johnnie, Kel”). The yearbook entry prints: Commercial course; headed for College; lived at 10 Kerrigan Place. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 54.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 114 more named Kelley

Full name: John Joseph Kelley
Known as: Johnnie, Kel
Lived at: 10 Kerrigan Place, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: Commercial
Headed for: College
Ambition: “To get higher marks than”
Pastime: “Doing history work”

Also searched as: Jack Kelley; John Kelley; John J. Kelley; Johnny Kelley.

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 96
Classmates 231
Same schools 37

In context

Of the 232 names from the Brookline High School class of 1928 that have pages here, John is 113th in surname order. John's portrait is on scan page 54, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 26 to 87. 47 of the 229 classmates who printed a course (21%) took Commercial, as John did. Of 119 classmates who gave a plan, 63 (53%) point to a college or university; John's entry says “College”. The most common first names in the class of 1928 were Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8); in the class of 1927 they were Helen (7) and Mary (7).

On the same scan page	Mary Veronica Kelley, Hope Kelsey, Florence M. Keywood
Same kind of plan	college or university: 63 of 119 classmates with a plan (53%)
Same course	Commercial: 47 of 229 classmates with a course (21%)
Same first name	John: 4 other people in the class

At home, 10 Kerrigan Place

The 1928 city directory lists John Joseph Kelley with the occupation “laborer” (page).

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

John Kelley (wife Mary), laborer householderpage

The Kelley household is listed here in 1920 and 1925 too.

What the yearbook said

I'll warrant him heart-whole

Also grew up on Kerrigan Place

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1928broo).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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