Brookline High School

Katherine Mary Finan “Kay”

Katherine Mary Finan (“Kay”) appears in the 1925 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 771 Boylston Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1925

179 in the class of 1925 · 3 more named Finan

Full name: Katherine Mary Finan
Known as: Kay
Lived at: 771 Boylston Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Headed for: Boston University
Ambition: “Private secretary to the president”
Pastime: “Sports”

Also searched as: Kay Finan; Kate Finan; Katherine Finan; Katherine M. Finan.

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Household 1
Neighbours 40
Classmates 178
Same schools 305

In context

This site lists 179 people from the Brookline High School class of 1925; sorted by surname, Katherine comes 48th. Find Katherine on page 42 of the scan; the people on this site from the Brookline High School class of 1925 are spread over pages 26 to 84. 14 people named Katherine turn up in 8 Brookline High School classes on this site, 1923 to 1931. College or university was the plan of 37 of the 73 classmates who printed one (51%), and Katherine is listed with “Boston University”. The class of 1925: 71% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 73% in 1924 and 68% in 1926.

On the same scan page	Marian Esther Ellis, Arthur Falkson
Same street	Boylston Street: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 37 of 73 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 771 Boylston Street

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

Mary Audrey FinanBrookline 1929

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Finan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Thomas I Finan, I (Catherine M) clothing B householderpage

The Finan household is listed here in 1920, 1928 and 1931 too.

What Katherine did at school

Freshman Advisor ’25

What the yearbook said

Drink and be merry

Also grew up on Boylston Street

The class of 1925

All 179 in this class →

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1925, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1925broo).

Published 1925, 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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