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Overseers of the Poor Collection (1880s - 1920s) Index - F

"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
2360 Fadden Lizzie (Allard) 1856 Canada Alonzo Fadden
2128 Fadden William 12/1867 St. Albans, VT Clara Lawler
3281 Fagin Elizabeth (Clark) 1854 Manchester, England James Taylor; James Fagin
1993 Fagin James 1865 Bolton, England Margaret Ellen Collier
3282 Fagin John 1842 Ireland Mary Downs
4227 Fahey Bridget  1835 Ireland Edward
3694 Fahey Eleanor A (Gleason) 1862 Ireland Martin Fahey
1742 Fahey Ellen (Ryan) 1853 England John Fahey
327 Fahey James 1848 Ireland Mary (Roark)
857 Fahey James 1851 England Mary (Dacy)
1695 Fahey Mary Ann (Cosgrove) 1861 Ireland Owen Fahey
5803 Fahey Owen 1866 Ireland Kate (Johnson)
5106 Fahey AKA Boyle Annie (Willis) 1872 Scotland James Fahey
1580 Fairbanks Edward 1857 South Charlestown, NH Nellie (Stratton) Pecor
1157 Faircloth Frank 1861 Bangor, ME Single
5978 Fairfield John 1873 Ireland Single
3336 Fairweather William D. 1860 New Brunswick, Canada Single
4337 Fake Catherine (Donohoe) 2/1870 Ireland Willliam A
1085 Falk Harris 1862 Russia Sarah Alkin
2056 Fall John 1828 Ireland Margaret Murphy
1326 Fallen Margaret 1865 South Hadley Falls, MA John Fallen
4684 Fallon Catherine  1826 Ireland Patrick
970 Fallon Edward J. 1856 Littleton, MA Single
3720 Fallon Michael 1829 Ireland Bridget Ann Keenan
4282 Fallon Michael 1838 Ireland Single
750 Fannen Margaret 1860 Ireland Single
2302 Fanning Kate (Fury) 1845 Ireland John Fanning
2395 Fannon John 1831 North Attleboro, MA Single
1311 Farley Bernard 1812 Ireland Bridget Brady
2582 Farley John 1860 Dover, NH Single
5297 Farley Mary 1871 Chelsea, MA Not Listed
2387 Farley Mary (Hennessy) 1842 Ireland Patrick Farley
5645 Farley Owen 1837 Ireland Mary O'Brien
6160 Farley  Hannah (O'Connell) 1844 Ireland James Farley
2729 Farrand George   5/1858 England Polly Mills
3742 Farrar Hannah AKA Annie (Leach) Not Given Hallowell, ME Daniel H Farrar
558 Farrell Aurelia 1873 Lowell, MA  Single
6279 Farrell Delia 1856 New York Patrick Farrell
212 Farrell James 1852 England Elizabeth McCaull
2914 Farrell James 1871 England Not Listed
3486 Farrell James 03/1871 England Single
4866 Farrell James 1828 New Brunswick, Canada Margaret Stanley
1405 Farrell James H 1863 Rhode Island Not Listed
5624 Farrell John 1842 Ireland Mary Foster
6492 Farrell John 1846 Ireland Mary (Watson)
6885 Farrell Lawrence 1845 Ireland Ellen Toolin
3566 Farrell Mary 1837 Ireland Single
4341 Farrell Mary 1838 Ireland Single
3774 Farrell Owen 7/1826 Ireland Single
7169 Farrell Patrick 1871 Ireland Single
3013 Farrell Thomas P 1870 West Chelmsford, MA Single
6779 Farrell Winifred (Dooley) 1864 Ireland Christopher
1949 Farrell  Eliza A. (Frazier) 1848 New Boston, NH Thomas Farrell
1980 Farrell   Patrick (Frazier) 1845 Ireland Margaret Madden
6045 Farrington Ann (Breen) 1837 Ireland Michael Farrington
4269 Farrington Kittie E  1859 Charlestown, MA John Cameron; Fred L
6339 Farris Kalil 1845 Syria Padet Damous
4014 Farris Thomas E. 6/1864 Maine Josephine McKenna
258 Farrisey James 1854 Ireland Mary (Geelan)
978 Faucett Powell (Paul) 1839 Ireland Charlotte Anderson
6395 Faulkner Frank 1863 Lowell, MA  Bridget Rourke
6512 Fauvel Ludger 1868 Canada Mary AKA Pamelia (Genet)
6510 Fauvel Napoleon 1866 Canada Adeline (Prennsault)
4940 Favreau Mary (Swett) 1859 Maine William
4053 Fay Owen 1864 Ireland Kate Johnson
760 Fay Or Fahey John 1861 Lowell, MA  Mary (Quinn)
3361 Fearn Peter 1861 Cohoes, NY Lena Otis
155 Fearnley William 1825 England Ellen McGunnigle
1066 Feeney Ann (Feeney) 1843 Ireland John Feeney
3165 Feeney John 1842 Ireland Ellen Riley
4807 Feeney Mary (Roach) 1856 Ireland John J
764 Fell Ellen (Moran) 1858 Ireland Patrick
4611 Fellows Arthur 6/22/1850 Billerica, MA Not Listed
1895 Fenderson Edward J 1851 Lowell, MA  Mary J Rush
6668 Fennell Henry 1871 Dracut, MA Kate Garvey
7036 Fennessey Richard 1858 Canada Not Listed
6485 Fenton Alice 1871 Connecticut Single
1074 Fenton Joseph 1838 England Not Given
2807 Fenton Mary 1836 Ireland Single
2728 Fergusen David 1801 Scotland Ann Moran
3340 Ferguson James 1832 Ireland Single
116 Ferguson Joseph 1852 New York Sarah Ann Orman
1899 Ferguson Mary (Finn) 1859 Ireland William Ferguson
2250 Fernley Thomas 1846 England Elizabeth Hyde
6123 Ferrent or Ferron or Farron Severe or Saville 1849 Canada Emma (Lambert)
1331 Ferrin Edward 1858 Shirley, MA Fannie Garland
2112 Ferris Edward 1862 England Kate Moran
6599 Ferris George 1866 Dracut, MA Single
7292 Ferris John H 1895 Lowell, MA  Single
5295 Ferris Stephen 1865 Dracut, MA Elizabeth Heffernan
4190 Ferron Joseph 1865 Canada Lizzie Cote (Ferront)
1605 Ferry Peter 1860 Ireland Mary (Heffernan)
2760 Ferry  Byron 1864 Grafton, MA Single
3834 Ferson James 1864 New York Single
5416 Fezette Felix C 1861 New York Margaret Lundey
3788 Field Lyman S 1837 Newport, ME Lydia Merrill
6193 Fielding Ann (Gallagher) 1840 Ireland Samuel Fielding
4652 Fielding James 10/1871 England Alice Edwards
250 Files Frank 10/1848 Franklin, VT Emma (Beach)
20 Finan Lutetia 1847 Ireland Single
70 Finlan Catherine (Mulholland) 1862 England Martin
6283 Finn John C 1862 Ireland Lizzie O'Brien
3430 Finnan John 08/1873 Lowell, MA  Single
1448 Finnegan Joseph 1841 Ireland Hannah (McArthur) McLaughlin
2084 Finneran Margaret  1850 Ireland Geo. Miles, John Finneran
6696 Finnerty Kate 1858 Ireland Single
706 Finnon Daniel 1850 England Single
7002 Finucane Mary (Shea) 1829 Ireland John
3104 Firth Victoria (Northam) 1857 England Thomas (Smith) Firth
4024 Fish John E 1862 Fall River, MA Mary Hawthorne Waite
1499 Fisher Annie J (McKeever) 1838 Ireland Charles Fisher
3854 Fisher Celia 1863 Germany Barnet Fisher
5446 Fisher Jane 1827 Vermont George Fisher
1535 Fitzgerald Alice (Parker) 1849 Ireland Thomas Fitzgerald
5650 Fitzgerald Bridget 1857 Ireland Edward Fitzgerald
4361 Fitzgerald Catherine (Wand) 1867 Prince Edward Island, Canada Edward
5882 Fitzgerald George 1829 Ireland Single
4709 Fitzgerald Honora   1850 Ireland John
184 Fitzgerald James 1842 Ireland Margaret McDonough
949 Fitzgerald Lawrence 1867 Ireland Not Listed
593 Fitzgerald Mary (Fitzgerald) 1823 Ireland John
5069 Fitzgerald Mary (Murphy) 1836 Ireland Terrence
4525 Fitzgerald Michael 4/1872 Ireland Margaret Carney
6919 Fitzgerald Michael 1870 Ireland Lizzie Pierce
940 Fitzgerald Patrick 1858 Groton, MA Ellen (Hughes)
1026 Fitzgerald Thos 1866 Ireland Single
6565 Fitzgerald William   1852 Ireland Mary Lane
2366 Fitzgibbons Paul F. 1855 Ireland Single
1934 Fitzmorris John 1861 Ireland Single
342 Fitzpatrick Ann (Conway) 1856 England John
254 Fitzpatrick Bernard 1864 Lowell, MA  Single
2358 Fitzpatrick Bridget AKA Delia 12/24/1863 Ireland Single
2671 Fitzpatrick Daniel 1847 Lowell, MA  Single
3395 Fitzpatrick James 1842 Ireland Not Listed
5420 Fitzpatrick James 1852 Lowell, MA  Single
622 Fitzpatrick Lizzie (Hanley) 1859 England John
638 Fitzpatrick Mary 1848 Ireland Single
4168 Fitzpatrick Patrick 12/1870 Ireland Single
5417 Fitzsimmons Ellen (Donohoe) 1860 Ireland Thomas Fitzsimmons
267 Flagg Albert 1848 Grafton, NH Fanny E. (Lord)
3966 Flahavan James 1838 Ireland Jane Conlon
1585 Flaherty Agnes (McCarthy) 1868 England William Flaherty
6454 Flaherty Annie (O'Donnell) 1821 Ireland Patrick Flaherty
5778 Flaherty James 1865 Fall River, MA Mary Mulraney
5360 Flaherty Patrick 1868 England Ann Riley
6486 Flaherty Patrick 1871 England Bridget (Davitt)
6928 Flanagan Kate (Early) 1838 England Patrick 
582 Flanagan Patrick 1840 Ireland Bridget (Hoar)
2635 Flanagan Patrick 1862 Ireland Single
7319 Flanagan Peter 1862 Ireland Jennie Gray
3805 Flanagan Thomas 1869 Ireland Mary O'Rourke
6275 Flanagan William 1866 England Margaret
2500 Flanagan   Annie (McMahon) 06/1857 Ireland Michael Flanagan
5611 Flanders Frances E. (Collins) 1865 Ireland Charles S. Flanders
1278 Flanders Fred L 1860 Hudson, ME Margaret M Lyons
5944 Flanders Harriet 1834 Lowell, MA  Single
672 Flannagan Mary 1828 Ireland Single
3245 Flannery Charles 1837 Ireland Catherine Murphy
6693 Flannery Charles 1860 England Margaret Hamilton
178 Flannery John 1851 England Mary Ann (Sexton)
2244 Flannery Kate 1870 England Single
6692 Flannery Kate 1872 Ireland Single
2559 Flannery Mary 1867 England Single
5419 Flannery  Catherine (Curran) Not Given Ireland Michael Flannery
5361 Flannery  Kate 1870 England Single
3895 Flavin Florence 1876 Prince Edward Island, Canada Single
1961 Flavin John 1835 England Jane Walls
474 Fleming Bridget (Smith) 5/1848 England James
5418 Fleming Ellen (McLaughlin) 1853 Boston, MA Patrick Fleming
4170 Fleming John 1833 England Ann White
90 Fleming Matilda (Children Of) 1868 Ballardvale, Andover, MA Single
713 Fleming William 1858 Lowell, MA  Margaret (Cunningham)
3831 Fleming William 1871 Ireland Single
1029 Flemming Mary (Ryan) 1836 England Thomas Flemming
4318 Fletcher Ella 1857 Lowell, MA  Single
3589 Fletcher Ellen M 1834 Lowell, MA  Not Listed
1323 Fletcher Frederick A. Not Given Lowell, MA  Rose
5790 Fletcher Henry 1854 England Mary Maddox
4744 Fletcher William 1839 England Nellie Hewitt
6128 Fleurie or Fleury Joseph 1868 Canada Edith (Lajoie)
1065 Flood Bridget (Maguire) 1838 Ireland Patrick Cavanaugh; James Flood
4330 Flood John 1871 Ireland Single
2140 Florence Wm L. 06/10/1864 Lowell, MA  Single
4365 Flory Jacques 1836 Germany Reine Brunsinger
2422 Flynn Frank 1855 Lawrence, MA Mary Ann Moore
911 Flynn Hannah (Hessian) 1865 Ireland James
1595 Flynn Julia (Burns) 1851 Ireland Patrick Flynn
41 Flynn Kate (Scully) 6/2/1861 Ireland William Flynn
4687 Flynn Margaret (Barry) 1866 Ireland John
1261 Flynn Maria 1845 Ireland Thomas Flynn
667 Flynn Michael 1833 Ireland Lizzie McAdams
339 Flynn Owen 1834 Canada Not Listed
6780 Flynn Patrick 1862 Ireland Ann Buckley
276 Flynn Thomas 1852 Ireland Single
2965 Flynn Thomas J. 1861 England Catherine Dunpley
2233 Flynn  Ann (Pendergast) 1853 Ireland John Flynn
5741 Flynn  Owen 1870 Andover, MA Single
1902 Fogerty Friend 1856 England Jennie Dorance
2075 Fogg Mary A. (Park AKA Curtis) 12/10/1825 Dixfield, ME Edward C. Fogg
4358 Foley Bartholomew 1834 Ireland Julia Murphy
3969 Foley Frank 1857 England Single
5770 Foley Jeremiah 1865 Ireland Maggie Feeney
3669 Foley John J 04/1866 Ireland Mary Casey
3373 Foley Mary (Hoar) 1842 Ireland Daniel
3970 Foley Michael Not Given Not Given Not Listed
2794 Foley Patrick 1821 Ireland Julia Roach
6530 Foley Patrick 1846 Ireland Kate (Beecher)
5294 Foley Thomas 1850 Ireland Mary Gunning
6323 Follansbee Delia (Spellman) 1862 Amesbury, MA Moses Follansbee
2879 Follansbee or Campbell Rose 1865 New York Frank H. Follansbee
2209 Folsom Jeremy B. 1854 Lowell, MA  Emma Comerford
2811 Fontaine Edmund 6/27/1874 Lowell, MA  Delia Blais
5296 Fontaine Ferdinand Not Given Canada Caroline
3547 Fontaine Olive (Allard) 1852 Canada Francois Fontaine
2789 Fontaine AKA Lafontaine Zepher 1862 Canada Catherine Birmingham
1126 Ford Daniel 1853 Ireland Bridget Lehey; Mary Brown
275 Ford Jeremiah 1824 Ireland Mary (Butler)
1300 Ford Lawrence 1853 England Margaret Thompson
2800 Ford Margaret 1838 Ireland Single
1186 Ford Margaret (Regan) 1839 Ireland Thomas Ford
594 Ford Patrick 1840 Ireland Margaret McGrath
121 Forest Noe 12/21/1848 Canada Eulalie (Boulanger)
4658 Forget Colbert 1826 Canada Not Listed
5706 Formichella Augustus 1874 Italy Single
5962 Forrest Ella 1871 Ireland Single
2471 Forrest Jules E. 1860 Nova Scotia, Canada Single
1045 Fortin Antoine 1836 Canada Melina Lapierre
6404 Fortin Arthur 1872 Canada Matilda Beauparlant
7090 Fortin Edouard 1859 Canada Angeline Huot
4399 Fortin Felix 1849 Canada Clara Rousseau
2120 Foss Alberta 10/1850 Stanstead, Quebec, Canada Single
2517 Foss Elizabeth P. 1841 Gorham, ME Warren M. Foss
2546 Foss Mary J. 1853 Lawrence, MA Chas. H. Foss
4612 Foss Warren S 5/10/1842 Stanstead, Canada Maud R
6120 Foster Edward M 1849 Littleton, MA Minnie (Chase)
7175 Foster Frank N. 1861 Vermont Ada G. Keyes 
5072 Foster James 9/1856 England Louise Grady; Elizabeth 
1779 Foster Thomas H. 1847 Boston Single
3221 Foucher AKA Forsaith John 1858 Canada Melvina Morin
3714 Fountain Frank 1/1840 Canada Grace Williamson
2269 Fournier Alexander 1864 Canada Azeline (Dube)
1179 Fournier Henry 1870 Canada Single
6917 Fournier Hospice 1835 Canada Not Listed; Adeline Bastien
6590 Fournier Julia (Allard) 1844 Canada Henry Fournier
4784 Fournier Louis P 10/5/1859 Canada Not Listed
5544 Fournier Philip S. 1880 Canada Single
4008 Fowler Charles F 1848 Maine Emma J Tibbetts
4160 Fowler Daniel 1825 England Harriet Broughton
1646 Fox Ellen 1857 Ireland John Fox
2322 Fox Harvey M. 1858 White Plains, NY Eliza (Southwick)
7333 Fox James 1882 Ireland Single
2883 Fox Michael Not Given Not Given Not Listed
7269 Fox Patrick 1847 Ireland Catherine Curry
835 Foy Michael 1868 England Single
3639 Foye Thomas 1858 Ireland Single
4479 Fracoure Sarah 1874 Canada Single
106 Frain Mary (Callahan) 1853 Ireland Edward
6831 Frain Thomas 1867 England Agnes Burns
2245 Fraizer Thomas 1823 England Single
3664 Francha John 1869 Portugal Single
3172 Frappier Francis 1836 Canada Sarah Gagnon
3435 Fraser Hughina 03/1868 Nova Scotia, Canada Single
5689 Fratis Lewis Joseph 1869 Portugal Mary Consecen Silva
7289 Frawley Peter 1865 Ireland Mary A Welch
816 Frazier Mary (McClellan) 1866 Ireland William
4796 Frazier Mary (Philips) 1838 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada John
3671 Frazier Simon J 1830 Nova Scotia, Canada Lavina Chisholm
6291 Frazier Thomas 1870 Houlton, ME Helen Paradis
No Number Frazier Thomas Not Given Manchester, England Jane Kelshaw
6652 Frechette Louis 1836 Canada Louise Belland
6522 Frechette Marie Louise (Charrette) 1855 Canada Louis Frechette
1478 Frechette Mitchell AKA Modeste 1863 Canada Adeline Pratt
4491 Frechette Narcisse 7/1863 Canada Delina Lord
6474 Freedman Louis 1856 Germany Julia (Singer)
1203 Freeman Catherine 3/1860 Ireland James Freeman
5805 Freeman Henry 1861 England Bridget (O'Neil)
3171 Freeman William 1865 Boston, MA Single
4179 Fremont Antoine 1828 Canada Not Listed
2859 French Jane 1838 Ireland Single
4080 Frenette Thomas 1836 Canada Matilda Paradis
4581 Frevin Thomas 1844 Ireland Not Listed
310 Frewen Thomas 1840 Ireland Mary Ann (Welch)
2810 Frishane Alias Trashane Mary 1848 Scotland Michael Frishane Alias Trashane
2875 Frista Bartlett 1867 Ireland Single
1534 Frondeau Joseph 1859 Canada Hermine Dugois
3893 Frost Harry 1872 Manchester, NH Single
2962 Fryar Ellen 1839 Ireland John Fryar
3950 Frye Bridget 1865 Ireland Single
1822 Fuchette Louis 1834 Canada Louise Billou
6038 Fugere Louis 1848 Canada Not Given; Denise (Delarge)
5362 Fuller George 1853 England Martha Wilcox
1768 Fuller John A. 1843 Brimfield, MA Single
3871 Fuller Sarah E 1827 New Ipswich, NH John B. Fuller
4716 Fullerton John J 9/1856 Concord, NH Not Listed
5670 Furlong Hebert 1876 Lowell, MA  Carrie McLellan
7258 Furtock Kost 1873 Austria Mary Lagar
1542 Fury Hannah (Reardon) 1854 Ireland John Fury
5697 Fury Mary (Hogarty) 1857 Ireland Patrick Fury