Salem Classical and High School

William A. O'Brien

Salem Classical and High School in Salem, Massachusetts, listed William A. O'Brien among 326 graduates in the class of 1942. The entry gives: lived at 11 Forrester Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the Witch, page 46.

Class of 1942

326 in the class of 1942 · 158 more named O'Brien

Full name: William A. O'Brien
Lived at: 11 Forrester Street, Salem, Massachusetts
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1942

Also searched as: Bill O'Brien; William O'Brien; Billy O'Brien; O'Brien, William.

Spot a mistake? Wrong name Wrong photo Something else

Is William part of your family? Tell us — we will send you the full-resolution scan.

Household 2
Neighbours 22
Same surname 148
Classmates 325

In context

Of the 326 entries from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1942 read for this site, William's is 226th alphabetically. The entry is on page 46 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 17 to page 58. In the 7 classes of Salem Classical and High School between 1939 and 1945 that this site covers, 34 people have the first name William, with the largest group (10) in 1941. 10 Salem Classical and High School graduates on this site are named O'Brien, spread over 4 classes from 1941 to 1945. The class of 1942 has 326 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 331 for 1941 and 275 for 1943.

On the same scan page	George H. Moreau, John G. Morse, Raymond Morton, Arthur Nelson and 3 more
Same street	Forrester Street: 9 other classmates
Same first name	William: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Witch

At home, 11 Forrester Street

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

What William did at school

Art Club 1

What the yearbook said

Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.

Also grew up on Forrester Street

The class of 1942

All 326 in this class →

Others named O'Brien

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

All 158 people named O'Brien →

Look for William A. O'Brien in other records

FamilySearch census, birth, marriage and death records (free account)
Internet Archive other yearbooks, city directories and town reports that mention the name
Chronicling America digitized newspapers at the Library of Congress

Do you know William?

If William is part of your family we would like to hear from you, and we will gladly send the full-resolution scan of this page.

Get in touch

Source

Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1942, page 46. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1942clas).

Published 1942. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

How this page was made: the name, portrait and printed details were read from the scan by software and checked against the page; a few in every hundred details are still wrong. How it works · Report an error · Standards