Cambridge High and Latin School

William Brooks

William Brooks was one of 254 graduates in the class of 1922 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: lived at 14 Linnaean Street. Portrait and entry from the 1922 yearbook, page 21.

Class of 1922

254 in the class of 1922 · 105 more named Brooks

Full name: William Brooks
Lived at: 14 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Came from: the Peabody Grammar School

Also searched as: Bill Brooks; Billy Brooks; Brooks, William.

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Household 1
Neighbours 9
Same surname 76
Classmates 253
Same schools 21

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 254 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1922, William stands 28th. In the scan, William appears on page 21, in the first third of the run of 254 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 64). William has 5 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1922. The yearbook lists 22 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1922 as coming from the Peabody Grammar School, including William. 63% of the graduates in the class of 1922 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1921 and 55% in 1923.

On the same scan page	Barbara Brown, William P. Bunyon, Helen M. Burbank, Mildred Lightbourne Burch
Same earlier school	the Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same first name	William: 5 other people in the class

At home, 14 Linnaean Street

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

Barbara BrooksCambridge 1926

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Brooks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Clayton K Brooks (wife Grace H), ins B householderpage
Gertrude Brooks, student lived herepage

The Brooks household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

Also grew up on Linnaean Street

The class of 1922

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Other people named William Brooks in the archive

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William BrooksMelrose 1936

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Also came from the Peabody Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1922, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1922unse).

Published 1922, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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