Brookline High School
May Elizabeth Kaffenburgh
May Elizabeth Kaffenburgh is one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1931 yearbook entry gives: College course; lived at 92 Sewall Avenue; a motto.
Class of 1931
273 in the class of 1931 · 2 more named Kaffenburgh
- Full name
- May Elizabeth Kaffenburgh
- Lived at
- 92 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
- Course
- College.
- Came from
- Choate School, 1930
- Headed for
- Connecticut College or wherever they’ll take me in
Also searched as: May Kaffenburgh; May E. Kaffenburgh; Kaffenburgh, May.
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In context
Of the 273 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1931 read for this site, May's is 135th alphabetically. May's portrait is on scan page 69, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 34 to 110. May's course, College, is also the course of 85 others in the 252 entries that print one (34% 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 | Evelyn Kantor, Marcia Kantor, Beatrice Doris Kaplan |
|---|---|
| Same course | College: 86 of 252 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 92 Sewall Avenue
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kaffenburgh at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Carl J Kaffenburgh (wife Bessie V), tobacco B householderpage
- Jane H Kaffenburgh, student lived herepage
The Kaffenburgh household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.
What May did at school
- Glee Club, ’27
- French Club, ’27, ’31
- Spanish Club ’31.
What the yearbook said
Just as graceful as she is tall.
Also grew up on Sewall Avenue
The class of 1931
John Warren JoyceBrookline 1931
Evelyn KantorBrookline 1931
Lillian Nordica JohnsonBrookline 1931
Marcia KantorBrookline 1931
Josephine N. JohnsonBrookline 1931
Beatrice Doris KaplanBrookline 1931
Others named Kaffenburgh
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 69.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).
Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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