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"The Overseers of the Poor office was responsible for dispersing aid to the poor of Lowell. This collection consists of 6000+ individual files of people who applied for aid, ranging from transportation money to burials of the poor. The family history information contained in these files is extensive and often chronicle the complete travel history of many who came to Lowell looking for work." -Lowell City Hall Archives
For more information, please contact the Lowell Historic Board, 375 Merrimack Street, 2nd Floor, Room 55, Lowell, MA 01852, 978-674-4144 (P)
| Folder | Last Name | First Name | DOB | Birth Place | Spouse |
| 7123 | Packard | Hannah (Eacott) | 1831 | Scotland | Eli |
| 1720 | Packard | Hollis | 1828 | Belchertown, MA | Single |
| 3459 | Packard | Leonard | 1855 | Germany | Maggie (Tietel) |
| 3841 | Packard | Oscar R. | Not Given | Barnard, VT | Annette Roberts |
| 1603 | Packard | Sadie (Joyce) | 1867 | New York | Charles Packard |
| 6407 | Padock | James | 1861 | Austria | Helena Inacko; Anna Ambrosavicz |
| 5108 | Page | Amelia | 1878 | Canada | Single |
| 1527 | Page | Henry | 1865 | Canada | Louise Durant |
| 3385 | Page | Henry | 1/1871 | Burlington, ME | Single |
| 4586 | Page | Henry C | Not Given | Not Given | Mary A |
| 5392 | Page | Julia (Laundieville) | 1875 | Canada | Oliver Page |
| 6224 | Page | Louis | 1823 | Canada | Leona Paquette |
| 7148 | Page | Peter | 1866 | Canada | Not Listed |
| 1517 | Page | Philip | 1866 | Joliette, Canada | Angelina Mailet |
| 4415 | Paige | Alphonse | 1849 | Canada | Victorine Houle |
| 1144 | Paige | Frank | 1842 | Quebec, Canada | Agnes St. Thomas |
| 1865 | Paine | John | 1849 | Ireland | Kate Welch |
| 6386 | Paiva | Antoine | 1869 | Azores Islands | Mary (Augustin) Frates |
| 5132 | Pangburn | Sydney | 1867 | New York | Lizzie O'Brien |
| 4765 | Papagiorgis | Louis | 1874 | Greece | Single |
| 4967 | Papastacha | Pannete | 1881 | Greece | Single |
| 6424 | Papathanasia AKA Antonopulos | George | 1871 | Greece | Single |
| 993 | Paquette | Edward | 1848 | Canada | Delima Chartier |
| 6026 | Paquette | Joseph | 1860 | Canada | Delina (Couchon) |
| 6745 | Paquette | Marie (Ducharme) | 1881 | Canada | Wilfred |
| 3220 | Paquette | Theodora (Groulx) | 1854 | Canada | Elzear |
| 6820 | Paquin | Edward | 1861 | Canada | Odile Goulet |
| 6750 | Paquin | Marie St Pierre | 1855 | Canada | Felix |
| 1292 | Paradis | Cornelia | 1838 | Canada | Peter Paradis |
| 3827 | Paradis | Eugenie | 6/15/1855 | Canada | Octave Boutellier; Arsene Paradis |
| 923 | Paradis | Francois | 1847 | Canada | Zepherine (Rousseau) |
| 159 | Paradis | Frank | 1853 | St. Hyacinth, Canada | Single |
| 5129 | Paradis | Hermengilde | 1851 | Canada | Marie Richie |
| 3593 | Paradis | Joseph | 1856 | Canada | Sophia Perrault |
| 3132 | Paradis | Marie (Gagnon) | 1851 | Canada | Napoleon Paradis |
| 3140 | Paradis | Stephanie (Perreault) | 1861 | Canada | Joseph Paradis |
| 5876 | Pardalis | John | 1877 | Greece | Single |
| 4911 | Parent | Arthur | 1865 | Canada | Josephine Berthianne |
| 255 | Parent | Noah | 1857 | New York | Josephine (Daggle) |
| 6785 | Parent | Virginie (Paquette) | 1856 | Canada | Flavien |
| 3413 | Parka | Matta M. | 1857 | Finland | Single |
| 4136 | Parke | Charles | 1875 | Ireland | Single |
| 4498 | Parker | Charles A | 1872 | New Hampshire | Oria Hoyt |
| 927 | Parker | Charles L. | 1839 | Lowell, MA | Maria (Barker) |
| 5094 | Parker | William A | 1846 | Maine | Alice M Cook |
| 3294 | Parks | Frederick | 1854 | Nashua, NH | Jennie A Pease |
| 2588 | Parnell | Lydia | 1853 | Nova Scotia, Canada | Charles Parnell |
| 3286 | Parsons | Harry E | 1858 | Manchester | Sarah H |
| 5948 | Parsons | Sarah H. | 1814 | Maine | Harry E. Parsons |
| 5436 | Parsons | Sybil D (Mariner) | 1845 | Maine | Albert L Parsons |
| 6752 | Parsons | William | 1866 | England | Elizabeth Cummings |
| 4876 | Pass | James A | 1/1843 | England | Rebecca Martin |
| 5389 | Patenande | Joseph | 1831 | Canada | Liza Constantineau |
| 1215 | Patenaud | Charles | 1857 | Canada | Rose Demars |
| 3792 | Patenaud | Moses | 3/2/1866 | Lowell, MA | Catherine Collett |
| 5755 | Patenaude | Clovis | 1847 | Canada | Selina Collett |
| 2288 | Patenaude | John | 1871 | East Saginaw, MI | Jennie (Patenaude) |
| 5561 | Patenaude | Moses | 03/21/1866 | Fitchburg, MA | Not Listed |
| 6538 | Patenaude | Octavia (Trudeau) | 1846 | Canada | Prosper Patenaude |
| 3621 | Patrick | James | 1868 | England | Annie Farrington |
| 4064 | Patrick | Margaret (Russell) | 6/1850 | Scotland | Patrick |
| 143 | Patten | George F. | 1846 | Maine | Nellie F. (Hadley) |
| 6302 | Patterson | Charlotte | 1840 | Ireland | Single |
| 6546 | Patterson | George H. | 08/1878 | Maine | Single |
| 930 | Patterson | Maria | 1858 | Ireland | Single |
| 6541 | Patterson | Minnie E. (Allen) | 1871 | New Hampshire | George Chamberlain; Charles Patterson |
| 4950 | Patterson | Thomas | 12/1855 | Vermont | Margaret O'Hara |
| 2604 | Patteson | Robert S. | 1843 | Canada | Elizabeth McLuse |
| 3236 | Paul | Charles | 5/1854 | Ireland | Mary Ann Foley |
| 7231 | Payton | Mary | 1868 | Ireland | Single |
| 2700 | Peabody | Sara M | 1842 | Lowell, MA | John A Peobody |
| 4075 | Pearl | Isaac | 1830 | Tunbridge, VT | Mary F Bowker |
| 1386 | Pearson | Clara A. | 1856 | Not Given | Charles E. Pearson |
| 1755 | Pearson | Olaf | 1871 | Sweden | Single |
| 901 | Pearson | Sarah (Wilson) | 1848 | Sweden | John |
| 6376 | Pechacek | Joseph | 1879 | Wisconsin | Single |
| 6698 | Pedere | Patrick | 1841 | Ireland | Not Listed |
| 4795 | Pelletier | Adele | 1875 | Canada | Patrick Smith |
| 7252 | Pelletier | Joseph | 1866 | Canada | Adeline Levigne |
| 6477 | Pelletier | Louis | 1859 | Canada | Mary (Bonenfant) |
| 198 | Pellican | Paul | 1854 | North Grafton, MA | Mary (Christmas) |
| 3281 | Pellotte | John F | 1854 | Canada | Georgianna Brousard |
| 4769 | Pender | Mary (Winn) | 1863 | Not Given | John |
| 7180 | Pendergast | Martin | 1844 | Ireland | Margaret Shannon |
| 1093 | Pengally | John Cook | 1828 | England | Ellen Hunter |
| 442 | Pepin | Theodon | 1852 | Canada | Ada (Forget) |
| 4362 | Percival | Harry | 1863 | England | Jane Mack |
| 6329 | Perkins | Alfrida | 1876 | New Hampshire | Single |
| 313 | Perkins | George W. | 1862 | New Hampshire | Kate (Donegan) |
| 3472 | Perkins | Viola | 1870 | Vermont | Single |
| 5920 | Perkinson | Mary (Coyle) | Not Given | New Brunswick, Canada | James Perkinson |
| 3120 | Perley | Loring | 1872 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 359 | Perouse | Vitelline (Langton) | 1851 | Canada | Zephirene |
| 4295 | Perrault | Denis | 1863 | Canada | Cordelia Resho |
| 5391 | Perreault | Eli | 1870 | Canada | Mary Louise Cadorette |
| 6189 | Perreault | Joseph | 1850 | Canada | Adeline (Dion) |
| 7331 | Perry | Albert | 1882 | Canada | Single |
| 6728 | Perry | Amos | 1869 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Mary Arsenault |
| 5774 | Perry | Ann (Churchill) | 1847 | Ireland | Thomas Perry |
| 311 | Perry | Charles E. | 1854 | Dracut, MA | Single |
| 815 | Perry | Charles E. | 1853 | Dracut, MA | Mary (Gillogly) |
| 4278 | Perry | Emanuel | 1860 | Portugal | Cath. Silva |
| 4945 | Perusse | Clarina | 1876 | Canada | Single |
| 1643 | Peters | Mary | 1830 | Ireland | Single |
| 5092 | Peters | Sylvester | 1838 | Ireland | Susie Duplesses |
| 2998 | Peterson | Chas | 1870 | Sweden | Single |
| 3045 | Peterson | David P | 1870 | Sweden | Single |
| 3780 | Peterson | John | 8/1862 | Sweden | Caroline Johnson |
| 5329 | Peterson | John | 1823 | Not Given | Not Listed |
| 6256 | Petkevicz | Margaret | 1877 | Ireland | Andrew Petkevicz |
| 2820 | Pettie | Patrick F | 1831 | Ireland | Annie Ross |
| 6562 | Peverill | George | 1874 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Agnes Brown |
| 3856 | Phelan | Alice | 1875 | Hyde Park, MA | Single |
| 7075 | Phelan | Richard | 1874 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Kate Moran |
| 5486 | Phinney | Fred | 1852 | Lowell, MA | Ella S. Langley |
| 3868 | Picard | Alexandrine | 1872 | Canada | Single |
| 5257 | Piche | Joseph | 1864 | Canada | Marie Daclaire |
| 6629 | Pichette | Louis | 1853 | Canada | Marie L. Laveriere |
| 4514 | Pierce | Charles M | 3/1855 | New York | Agnes Boyea |
| 5435 | Pierce | Elmer | 1854 | Vermont | Nellie Sweeney |
| 3102 | Pierce | James A. | 1848 | Lowell, MA | Not Given - Divorced |
| 7076 | Pierce | Mary (Norton) | 1860 | Ireland | John |
| 165 | Pihl | Martin S. | 1847 | Sweden | Hannah (Palm) |
| 4286 | Pihl AKA Peter | Frank | 1874 | Portugal | Single |
| 5390 | Pike | Olive A | 1859 | Woburn, MA | Philip C. Pike |
| 4310 | Pilotte | Joseph | 1854 | Canada | Georgianna Brousseau |
| 4922 | Pilotte | Mrs Theophile | 1835 | Canada | Melinie Bourgeiss |
| 5570 | Pilotte | Wilfred | 08/1871 | Canada | Odielle Martell |
| 496 | Pinard | Adolphus | 11/1873 | St. Johnsbury, VT | Single |
| 5327 | Pincince | Lemina | 1876 | Canada | Single |
| 5127 | Pincince | Melina (Ratier) | 1858 | Canada | George |
| 2979 | Pinder | Thomas | 1834 | Ireland | Not Listed |
| 151 | Pinkham | Mary (Donnelly) | 1863 | England | George |
| 3096 | Pison | Thomas P | 1851 | New York | Jane Crossulote |
| 5326 | Pitts | Nason A | 1842 | Maine | Rose A Edwards |
| 2743 | Plamondon | Orphe | 5/1859 | Quebec, Canada | Emma Pelleter |
| 6265 | Plante | Georgianna | 1876 | Canada | Single |
| 3213 | Plante | Telesphore | 1857 | Canada | Amanda Chapdelaine |
| 4554 | Platt | Catherine (Ryan) | 1846 | Canada | Thomas |
| 7177 | Pleau | Joseph | 1869 | Canada | Philomene Gagnon |
| 7041 | Pledziwier | Jim | 1878 | Poland | Not Listed |
| No Number | Plomondon | Emma (Pelletier) | 1860 | Canada | Orphe |
| 492 | Plouff | Albert | 1850 | Canada | Mary (Crosby) |
| 3275 | Plouff | Anthony | 1841 | Waterbury, VT | Ellen Brooks; Mary Hunt; Mary Carpenter |
| 1018 | Plouff | Joseph | 1850 | Canada | Mary Ann Crosby |
| 5459 | Plouff | Remi | 1860 | Canada | Delia Landry |
| 274 | Plourde | Antoine | 1852 | Canada | Euphemie (Pelletier) |
| 4749 | Plumado | Laura A | 1832 | Vermont | Not Listed |
| 4194 | Plunkett | John | 1843 | Ireland | Katherine Brennan |
| 4212 | Poirier | Joseph | 1843 | Canada | Marie Giroux |
| 4052 | Poirier | Louis | 1868 | Canada | Single |
| 3291 | Poirier | Sifroid | 1844 | Canada | Saraphie Poirier |
| 1143 | Poliquin | Benj | 1834 | Canada | Clara Roger |
| 2110 | Pollard | John W. | 1853 | England | Single |
| 1871 | Pomerleau | Henry Phileas or Philias | 12/16/1849 | Canada | Souphine Desmarais |
| 3359 | Pomfred | James | 12/3/1871 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 2552 | Pondrier | Pierre | 1834 | Canada | Maria Lavelle |
| 4011 | Pontello | Manuel Domingus | 1871 | Portugal | Single |
| 1067 | Poor | Ella H. | 1848 | Haverhill, MA | Single |
| 892 | Porter | Mary J. (Vincent) | 1859 | Lowell, MA | Daniel |
| 4293 | Potter | Alice | 1855 | Ireland | Single |
| 59 | Potts | James | 6/16/1853 | England | Bertha Durrigan |
| 3769 | Potvin | Edwidge (Brouillette) | 2/1854 | Canada | Charles Potvin |
| 6509 | Potvin | John or Joseph | 1849 | Canada | Single |
| 7073 | Pouliot | George | 1873 | Canada | Mary Rafferty |
| 1842 | Powell | Chas | 1844 | Albany, NY | Ada L Sauder |
| 4186 | Powell | John | 12/1872 | Rochdale, England | Single |
| 4429 | Powell | Thomas | 1836 | Wales | Ann Larkin |
| 263 | Power | Catherine | 1843 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Thomas |
| 5597 | Powers | Ann (Walsh) | 1834 | Ireland | John Powers |
| 3517 | Powers | Bridget | 09/1854 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Single |
| 1495 | Powers | Delia (McCarthy) | 1861 | Lowell, MA | James Powers |
| 419 | Powers | Edward | 1848 | Ireland | Sabina (Joyce) |
| 4480 | Powers | Edward | 3/1870 | Ireland | Single |
| 793 | Powers | Henry | 1860 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 771 | Powers | John | 1828 | Ireland | Kate (Matthews) |
| 1937 | Powers | John | 1863 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 2967 | Powers | John | 1862 | Lowell, MA | Mary Garrity |
| 6164 | Powers | Joseph P. | 1871 | Lowell, MA | Annie E. (Murphy) |
| 6952 | Powers | Kate (Buckley) | 1869 | Ireland | James |
| 4603 | Powers | Lawrence | 1865 | Marblehead, MA | Single |
| 4877 | Powers | Michael | 1835 | Ireland | Ann Breen |
| 2610 | Powers | Patrick | 1855 | Ireland | Single |
| 2512 | Powers | Richard | 1861 | Ireland | Single |
| 6163 | Powers | Thomas | 1863 | Lowell, MA | Julia McHugh |
| 3676 | Powlowski | Joseph | 1867 | Poland | Not Listed |
| 3882 | Pratt | Clovis | 1836 | Canada | Morse Pratt |
| 6816 | Pratt | Mary A | 1863 | Maine | Single |
| 6313 | Preckles | Peter | 1880 | Greece | Not Listed |
| 2498 | Precourt | Jane | 1868 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 24 | Prenevost | Eli | 1851 | St. Prosper, Quebec, Canada | Zephise (Nobert) |
| 972 | Prescott | Carrie (Sharkley) | 1864 | Lowell, MA | Franck E. Prescott |
| 2152 | Prescott | William | 1803 | Concord, MA | Aseneath Knight; Emily G. Clark |
| 2661 | Presten | Mary (Brennan) | 1865 | Lawrence, MA | William E. Presten |
| 6519 | Preston | Elizabeth (Currie) | 1867 | England | Frederick Preston |
| 180 | Preston | Helena | 1865 | Ireland | Single |
| 2738 | Preston | John J | 1861 | England | Theresa Fay |
| 6204 | Prevost | David | 1836 | Canada | Martine Parent |
| 6756 | Prevy | Edmond | 1873 | Canada | Marie Louise Bergeron |
| 2032 | Price | Edwin Jr. | 06/27/1874 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 4959 | Price | James | 1860 | Ireland | Catherine Burke |
| 5328 | Priday | William | 1859 | Templeton, MA | Lucinda Harris |
| 5533 | Prince | Alonzo | 1879 | Canada | Single |
| 2315 | Prince | Timothy T. | 1821 | Connecticut | Julia (Fiske); Joanna (Richardson) |
| 2714 | Prior | John | 1845 | Providence, RI | Ann Riley Bownan |
| 6150 | Pritchard | Mary (Demmo) | 1844 | Maine | George Pritchard |
| 6070 | Proctor | Miranda B. | 1837 | Maine | Single |
| 1459 | Proctor | Sarah (Blanchflower) | 04/1857 | Staleybridge, England | Charles Proctor |
| 4551 | Proctor or Keeley | Annie (Keeley) | 4/1868 | Warren, MA | Charles |
| 5091 | Proulx | Henry | 1870 | Canada | Regina Perault |
| 5952 | Proulx | Josephine | 1882 | Canada | Single |
| 4604 | Proulx | Marie (Canchon) | 1860 | Canada | Narcisse |
| 6183 | Proulx | Marie AKA Mary | 1851 | Canada | Single |
| 6182 | Proulx | Philosor | 1877 | Canada | Single |
| 4526 | Provencher | Annie | 4/1876 | Biddeford, ME | Single |
| 5039 | Provencher | Jennie | 1874 | Maine | Single |
| 6503 | Provencher | Zepherin | 1856 | Canada | Mary (Fredette) |
| 5596 | Provost | Jean B. | 1844 | Montreal, Canada | Jessie Brouillette |
| 5969 | Provost | Medard | 1861 | Canada | Emelie (Savard) |
| 5484 | Prow AKA Proulx | Samuel | 1859 | Canada | Annie Plouff |
| 2862 | Prudhomme | Francois | 1839 | Canada | Mary Beaulieu |
| 199 | Puchette | Mederie | 1858 | Canada | Artemise (Puchette) |
| 6922 | Puissianios | Christos | 1880 | Greece | Single |
| 1941 | Pulaski | Mary (McMahon) | 1844 | Ireland | Louis Pulaski |
| 3065 | Purcell | Andrew | 1864 | England | Single |
| 831 | Purcell | John H. | 1855 | Boston, MA | Annie Shaughnessy |
| 2118 | Purcell | Mary A. | 1863 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 6437 | Purcell | Michael | 1836 | Ireland | Not Given - Widowed |
| 6874 | Purcell | Michael | 1843 | Ireland | Single |
| 3369 | Purcell | Thomas | 1865 | Lowell, MA | Mary A Young |
| 5093 | Purcell | Thomas P | 1862 | New Hampshire | Single |
| 7032 | Purnell | Benjamin | 1820 | England | Charlotte |
| 4324 | Purple | Sarah (Wescott) | 1848 | Lonsdale, RI | Preston Clark; Sidney E Purple |
| 1069 | Purtell | Michael | 1842 | Greenfield, MA | Single |
| 1694 | Putman | Pierre | 1864 | Canada | Single |
| 4448 | Pyne | Daniel | 1868 | Ireland | Single |
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