Cambridge High and Latin School

Peter F. Burns “Pete”

Peter F. Burns (“Pete”) is one of 424 graduates in the class of 1925 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: came from St. Paul’s Grammar School; lived at 70 Mt. Vernon Street; born in 1906.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 111 more named Burns

Full name: Peter F. Burns
Known as: Pete
Born: January 24, 1906
Lived at: 70 Mt. Vernon Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: St. Paul’s Grammar School

Also searched as: Pete Burns; Peter Burns; Burns, Peter.

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Household 1
Neighbours 2
Same surname 87
Classmates 423
Same schools 10

In context

Of the 424 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 that have pages here, Peter is 50th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 98 shows Peter; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 137. Across 5 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1923 to 1930, 10 people are named Peter. The surname Burns turns up 21 times in 10 Cambridge High and Latin School classes (1915 to 1930) on this site. Of the 306 plans printed for the class of 1925 that name a kind of next step, 164 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan page	John A. Bunyon, James Joseph Campbell

At home, 70 Mt. Vernon Street

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

John Scott BurnsCambridge 1928

The 1928 city directory lists Peter F. Burns with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Joseph Burns, € salesman lived herepage

The Burns household is listed here in 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Mt. Vernon Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Burns

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

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Also came from St. Paul’s Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 98. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

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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