Brookline High School

Josephine N. Johnson

Josephine N. Johnson was one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Chandler’s Secretarial School; activities listed: D. S. Club; lived at 125 Eliot Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 68.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 459 more named Johnson

Full name: Josephine N. Johnson
Lived at: 125 Eliot Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial.
Headed for: Chandler’s Secretarial School

Also searched as: Josie Johnson; Josephine Johnson; Johnson, Josephine.

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 24
Neighbours 7
Same surname 338
Classmates 272
Same schools 2

In context

Going through the Brookline High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, Josephine is the 132nd of 273 names on this site. The entry is on page 68 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 34 to page 110. Of the 252 entries in the class with a course, 62 (25%) say Commercial, Josephine's among them. Of 231 classmates who gave a plan, 14 (6%) point to a business or secretarial school; Josephine's entry says “Chandler’s Secretarial School”. 35% of those in the class of 1931 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 39% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Charles A. Johnson, Lillian Nordica Johnson, John Warren Joyce
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 14 of 231 classmates with a plan (6%)
Same course	Commercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 125 Eliot Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

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

Martin Johnson (wife Ellen), gdnr householderpage
Thomas J Johnson, student lived herepage

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

What Josephine did at school

D. S. Club 55

Fellow members from Josephine's own class:

What the yearbook said

Quiet and still, pleasant always.

Also grew up on Eliot Street

The class of 1931

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Others named Johnson

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Also headed for Chandler’s Secretarial School

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 68. 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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