Somerville High School

William Downey “Bill”

William Downey (“Bill”) is one of 120 graduates in the class of 1929 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: lived at 112 Hudson St.

Class of 1929

120 in the class of 1929 · 19 more named Downey

Full name: William Downey
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 112 Hudson St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1929

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

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Neighbours 50
Same surname 17
Classmates 119

In context

Of the 120 names from the Somerville High School class of 1929 that have pages here, William is 41st in surname order. Turning the scan to page 301 shows William; the portraits we read from this book run from page 274 to page 349. In the 13 classes of Somerville High School between 1917 and 1931 that this site covers, 75 people have the first name William, with the largest group (17) in 1931. 27% of those in the class of 1929 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930. “Somerville High School Radiator” is the title of this yearbook.

On the same scan page	Andrew Domingo, Walter F. Donahue, Esther Doolin, Edna Downes and 2 more
The book's own title	Somerville High School Radiator

What the page does not say. Course, clubs or activities and write-up or quotation are missing. The rest of the Somerville High School class of 1929 has them often (course 58%, clubs or activities 50% and write-up or quotation 36%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to William. The scan is the authority.

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 301. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervil1929some).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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