Brookline High School

M. Mildred Nisson “Mil, Milly”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed M. Mildred Nisson (“Mil, Milly”) among 219 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: lived at 223 Winchester Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 63.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 5 more named Nisson

Full name: M. Mildred Nisson
Known as: Mil, Milly
Lived at: 223 Winchester Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: General. B. December 9
Headed for: A. To graduate from college

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 200
Neighbours 44
Same surname 2
Classmates 218

In context

Of the 219 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1927 read for this site, Mildred's is 148th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 63, in the last third of the stretch from page 26 to page 81 where this site found the book's portraits. From 1923 to 1930, 12 Brookline High School graduates on this site share the first name Mildred, spread over 7 classes. The yearbook puts 9 people from the class on Winchester Street, Mildred among them. Plans for a college or university made up 75% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1927 (65 of 87), against 68% in 1926 and 78% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Emily Anita Nelson, Benjamin Nesson, Louise O'Day
Same street	Winchester Street: 8 other classmates

At home, 223 Winchester Street

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

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

Solomon Nisson (wife Anna H), real estate householderpage

The Nisson household is listed here in 1931 too.

What Mildred did at school

Room Representative for Year Book ’27 21
FourMinute Speaker ’27
Publicity Committee of Girls’ League ’27 474

Fellow members from Mildred's own class:

What the yearbook said

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation

Also grew up on Winchester Street

The class of 1927

All 219 in this class →

Others named Nisson

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 63. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).

Published 1927, 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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