Brookline High School

Ruth Frances Mahon “Speed”

Ruth Frances Mahon (“Speed”), Brookline High School class of 1931 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: Commercial course; headed for Massachusetts General Hospital; lived at 244 Boylston Street.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 7 more named Mahon

Full name: Ruth Frances Mahon
Known as: Speed
Lived at: 244 Boylston Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Commercial.
Headed for: Massachusetts General Hospital

Also searched as: Speed Mahon; Ruth Mahon; Ruth F. Mahon; Mahon, Ruth.

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Neighbours 41
Same surname 4
Classmates 272
Same schools 6

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 273 names from the Brookline High School class of 1931, Ruth stands 173rd. The entry is on page 79 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 34 to page 110. 8 other people in the class share the first name Ruth. In the Brookline High School class of 1931, 25% of the 252 printed courses are Commercial (62 people), Ruth included. This site lists 273 names for the class of 1931, against 251 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Edmund Madden, Thomas J. Mahan, Margaret Malone
Same street	Boylston Street: 5 other classmates
Same course	Commercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)
Same first name	Ruth: 8 other people in the class

At home, 244 Boylston Street

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

James P Mahon (wife Alice E) householderpage
Alice I Mahon, bookkeeper lived herepage
Mary L Mahon lived herepage

The Mahon household is listed here in 1925 too.

What Ruth did at school

Hiking ’28
Baseball ’28. ’30
Girls’ League ’29, ’30, ’31

Also grew up on Boylston Street

The class of 1931

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Others named Mahon

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

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Also headed for Massachusetts General Hospital

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 79. 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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