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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 |
| 2660 | Wade | James | 1846 | Boston, MA | Single |
| 285 | Wade | Joseph S. | 1855 | New York City | Bridget (Bailey) |
| 4966 | Wade | Omega | 1860 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 5526 | Wainwright | Alfred J. | 1870 | Lowell, MA | Alice M. Mason |
| 265 | Waite | George | 1847 | England | Hattie (Hooven) |
| 126 | Waite | Nathaniel | 12/20/1797 | Vermont | Elizabeth P. Bennett |
| 5402 | Walch | August | 08/1849 | Germany | Caroline Peltz |
| 1682 | Waldron | Alice | 1888 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 851 | Waldron | James | 1853 | England | Elizabeth (Keough) |
| 757 | Walford | Bridget (Devine) | 1846 | England | Alfred |
| 5440 | Walker | Eugene | 1875 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 1159 | Walker | Jennie (Sullivan) | 1866 | Lawrence, MA | James Walker |
| 4173 | Walker | Josie (Dutton) | 1850 | Canada | James F |
| 3933 | Walker | Margaret | 1865 | England | Single |
| 4599 | Walker | Martha | 1877 | Plainfield, NH | Single |
| 1247 | Walker | Mary | Not Given | Montreal, Canada | John Normando; William Walker |
| 5244 | Wall | Michael | 1847 | Ireland | Bridget Gaffney |
| 2616 | Wallace | Margaret (Collins) | 1857 | Boston, MA | William Wallace |
| 1484 | Waller | Herbert S. | 1867 | England | Single |
| 2045 | Waloon | Annie B. (McNeil) | 1838 | New Brunswick, Canada | Joseph W Waloon |
| 2864 | Walsh | Alexander | 1839 | England | Nancy Ramsbothom |
| 5137 | Walsh | Dennis F | 1836 | Ireland | Ellen Sullivan |
| 5851 | Walsh | Jeannette (Seevey or Seavey) | 1865 | Crawford, ME | John Walsh |
| 1828 | Walsh | John | 1832 | Ireland | Single |
| 5439 | Walsh | Kate (Ryan) | 1862 | Ireland | Thomas Walsh |
| 2823 | Walsh | Mary (Sherlock) | 1863 | Ireland | James Walsh |
| 4933 | Walsh | Mary E (Dolan) | 1847 | Ireland | Richard |
| 4521 | Walsh | Richard | 1843 | Ireland | Eliza Skiffington |
| 585 | Walsh | Thomas | 1872 | England | Single |
| 3644 | Walton | Frank | 1846 | Liverpool, England | Single |
| 3961 | Walton | Simeon | 1841 | England | Single |
| 102 | Ward | John | 1840 | Ireland | Elizabeth (Cummings) |
| 1894 | Ward | John | 1852 | Lowell, MA | Bridget Niland |
| 215 | Ward | John H. | 1851 | Lowell, MA | Kate (Moran) |
| 4228 | Ward | John T | 1861 | England | Ruth Lees |
| 1598 | Ward | Joseph | 1839 | England | Charlotte (Vickery) |
| 3007 | Ward | Kate | 1867 | Lowell, MA | Joseph P Ward |
| 5583 | Ward | Luke | 1867 | England | Sabrina Collins |
| 3292 | Ward | Margaret | 1824 | Scotland | John |
| 5616 | Ward | Oliver | 1863 | New Hampshire | Single |
| 2002 | Ward | Patrick | 1830 | Ireland | Margaret (Conley) Hodge |
| 5010 | Ward | Patrick | 1809 | Ireland | Not Listed |
| 2847 | Ward | Theresa | 1866 | Ireland | Single |
| 4600 | Ward | Thomas H | 1832 | Lowell, MA | Catherine Slavin |
| 393 | Ward | William H. | 1861 | Ireland | Kate (Welch) |
| 6828 | Ward | William P | 1869 | Ireland | Norah Savage |
| 4973 | Warner | Charles | 1866 | West Indies | Winifred Dempsey |
| 3070 | Warnock | Julia | 1852 | Ireland | James Warnock |
| 562 | Warren | Catherine (Morgan) | 1861 | Pennsylvania | Thomas |
| 4755 | Warren | Ellen (Sullivan) | 1825 | Ireland | John |
| 6076 | Warren | Michael | 1854 | Ireland | Susan McMahon |
| 4394 | Washington | Ann (Brian or Bryan) | 1838 | Ireland | John |
| 473 | Washington | Maggie | 1869 | Washington, DC | Single |
| 4133 | Washington | Michael | 1831 | Ireland | Mary Smith |
| 5626 | Waters | Arthur | 1853 | Ireland | Single |
| 4000 | Waters | James | 1840 | Ireland | Single |
| 6028 | Waters | Joseph | 1864 | Ireland | Kate (Chambers) |
| 3980 | Waters | Michael | 1840 | Worcester, MA | Single |
| 1629 | Waters | Patrick J | 1849 | Ireland | Single |
| 3687 | Waterson | Catherine | 1874 | Ireland | Single |
| 3448 | Waterson | Elizabeth | 1870 | Ireland | Single |
| 998 | Watson | John | 1863 | Scotland | Rebecca Callahan |
| 6007 | Watson | Licurgus | 1835 | Lowell, MA | Abbie (Soper) |
| 3605 | Watson | Robert L. | 12/10/1864 | Lowell, MA | Mary Ann Kincaid |
| 586 | Watson | Susanna (McMullin) | 1855 | England | George |
| 1222 | Waugh | Waldo E | 6/10/1851 | Lowell, MA | Annie M Shepard |
| 4026 | Wayne | Catherine (St John) | 7/1864 | England | Thomas H |
| 7151 | Webb | Ann (Shanley) | 1847 | Ireland | Frederick J |
| 4515 | Webb | Richard | 1839 | England | Mary Dolan |
| 3243 | Webber | Ellen (Sullivan) | 1849 | Lowell, MA | Arthur Q. |
| 6276 | Webber | Georgie E | 1870 | Boston, MA | Fred J. Webber |
| 1930 | Webber | Maria L. (Cunningham) | 1836 | Maine | Eban Cleaves, Winslow Webber |
| 1526 | Webster | John | 1855 | England | Ann Rowan |
| 4528 | Wedge AKA Aucoin | Maxime | 1858 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Olive Aban; Emma Chaisson (Gaudette) |
| 4238 | Weeks | John Frank | 4/1855 | New Brunswick, Canada | Ida Shauvnell |
| 5401 | Weeks | William | 1822 | Ireland | Margaret Brennan |
| 671 | Welch | Abby (Welch) | 1834 | Ireland | Joseph |
| 4735 | Welch | Arthur L | 1878 | Lowell, MA | Not Listed |
| 1583 | Welch | Bartholomew | 1832 | Ireland | Catherine (Roarke) |
| 6162 | Welch | Edward | 1833 | Ireland | Catherine (Murray) |
| 6349 | Welch | Ellen | 1846 | Ireland | Single |
| 3444 | Welch | Ellen (Welch) | 1826 | Ireland | Thomas Welch |
| 2339 | Welch | James | 1850 | Ireland | Julia (Washington) |
| 4277 | Welch | James | 1847 | Ireland | Mary Cunningham |
| 5021 | Welch | James | 1858 | England | Mary Sherlock |
| 5154 | Welch | James | 3/1846 | Providence, RI | Mary Cronin |
| 2355 | Welch | Jane (Ryan) | 1855 | England | Thomas Welch |
| 1245 | Welch | John | 1813 | Ireland | Mary Hurley |
| 3460 | Welch | John | 1869 | Ireland | Single |
| 1043 | Welch | Joseph | 1853 | England | Annie Maxwell |
| 4236 | Welch | Joseph AKA William | 9/1862 | England | Mary Sayers or Sears |
| 6175 | Welch | Kate | 1838 | Ireland | Single |
| 3101 | Welch | Katie | 1873 | Ireland | Single |
| 4847 | Welch | Louise (Howard) | 1871 | New York | James |
| 4383 | Welch | Margaret (McAter) | 1855 | Lowell, MA | Edward F |
| 5735 | Welch | Margaret (McCabe) | 1838 | Ireland | John Welch |
| 439 | Welch | Mary (Landers) | 1808 | Ireland | Michael |
| 3656 | Welch | Mary Ann (Tynel) | 05/1864 | Ireland | William Welch |
| 1700 | Welch | Michael | 1868 | Ireland | Single |
| 1721 | Welch | Michael | 1834 | Ireland | Single |
| 2162 | Welch | Michael | 1825 | Ireland | Ann Hunt |
| 7260 | Welch | Michael | 1825 | Ireland | Jeannette Ballard |
| 3965 | Welch | Moses C | 1845 | Maine | Single |
| 5535 | Welch | Nellie | 1869 | Ireland | Single |
| 5400 | Welch | Patrick | 1848 | Ireland | Single |
| 6792 | Welch | Richard F | 1868 | Lowell, MA | Lizzie Foley |
| 3740 | Welch | Robert | Not Given | Not Given | Not Listed |
| 3917 | Welch | Rose | 1873 | Fitchburg, MA | Single |
| 6293 | Welch | Rosetta | 5/1852 | Lowell, MA | John Welch |
| 1946 | Welch | Hannah (Conlon) | 1838 | Ireland | Thomas Welch |
| 5022 | Welch or Walsh | James | 1860 | Ireland | Bridget Hall |
| 4761 | Welch or Walsh | William | 1830 | Ireland | Joanna Dannahy |
| 6273 | Welcome | Rockwell | 1860 | Plattsburgh, NY | Mary Hoolihan |
| 3279 | Wells | Annie (Brady) | 1863 | Jersey City, NJ | Frank J |
| 1853 | Wells | Edward C | 1879 | New Hampsted, NH | Eldora E Shedd |
| 2392 | Wells | Frank | 1854 | Canada | Ida (Miller) |
| 1776 | Wells | Mary (Croker) | 1816 | Vermont | Benjamin Foss; Arni Wells |
| 4407 | Welsh | Francis | 1867 | Montreal, Canada | Single |
| 315 | Wentworth | Eugene | 1865 | Maine | Annie Sanborn |
| 6655 | Wentworth | Lottie (Phillips) | 1862 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Merrill |
| 1651 | Wesiele | Carl | 1870 | Sweden | Single |
| 7156 | West | Charles B | 1866 | New York | Theresa Leydon |
| 3426 | Weston | George | 1834 | Maine | Not Given; Martha J. (Weston) (Tilton) |
| 4734 | Weston | Margaret | 1857 | Beverly, MA | John |
| 6697 | Westran | William | 1846 | New Hampshire | Not Listed |
| 5828 | Wetherbee | Mary Ellen (Livingston) | 1848 | New Hampshire | George M. Wetherbee |
| 6711 | Whalen | Ann | 1877 | New Hampshire | Single |
| 516 | Whalen | Bridget (McMahon) | 1843 | Ireland | Patrick |
| 1418 | Whalen | Celia | 1852 | Ireland | Patrick Whalen |
| 997 | Whalen | Christopher | 1864 | Ireland | Ellen Carroll |
| 1977 | Whalen | John B. AKA John A. | 1869 | Stirling, MA | Mary Daly McCarthy |
| 1128 | Whalen | Mary | 1868 | England | Single |
| 5193 | Whalen | Mary | 1877 | Fitchburg, MA | Single |
| 6908 | Whalen | Mary (Coleman) | 1864 | Ireland | Francis |
| 6859 | Whalen | Mary (Finn) | 1856 | Scotland | Michael |
| 959 | Whalen | Patrick | 1870 | Ireland | Single |
| 732 | Whalen | Sarah (Enright) | 1860 | Ireland | Patrick |
| 397 | Whalen | Thomas | 1850 | England | Nellie McDonald |
| 2114 | Whalley | John | 1848 | England | Mary Lewiston |
| 2803 | Wheeler | Margaret (Spellman) | 1835 | Ireland | Henry Wheeler |
| 38 | Whiston | Robert H. | 1851 | New Brunswick, Canada | Sarah (Burgess) |
| 3017 | White | Arthur | 1870 | Utica, NY | Single |
| 6786 | White | Frederick | 1868 | England | Sarah J Fowell |
| 3699 | White | Jennie (Reynolds) | 1862 | Lowell, MA | James S White |
| 1367 | White | John | 1842 | Newfoundland, Canada | Not Listed |
| 2459 | White | John | 1850 | Ireland | Margaret McDermott |
| 3937 | White | Joseph | 1865 | Pittsburgh, PA | Single |
| 2841 | White | Martha | 1872 | Cambridgeport, MA | Single |
| 3079 | White | Minerva | 1829 | Not Given | Levi White |
| 2086 | White | Norah (Donohoe) | 08/1865 | Ireland | John White |
| 2960 | White | Sarah | 1862 | Boston, MA | David White |
| 1637 | White | William | 1852 | Chicopee, MA | Ellen Halsey |
| 4929 | White | William J. | 1871 | Lowell, MA | Delia McGrath |
| 3353 | White AKA Leblanc | Benjamin | 3/1869 | Lawrence, MA | Augustine St Onge; Adele |
| 4332 | White AKA Leblanc | George | 1855 | Nova Scotia, Canada | Maggie Mills |
| 3434 | Whitehead | Delia (Brennan) | 1868 | Ireland | John Whitehead |
| 527 | Whitehead | James | 1814 | England | Martha (Whitaker) |
| 3202 | Whitehead | Joseph | 1863 | England | Single |
| 7259 | Whitehead | Minnie (Shea) | 1873 | Lowell, MA | George E. |
| 6146 | Whiteley | Joseph H. | 1871 | Lowell, MA | Elvina (Bernhart) |
| 3093 | Whitley | Annie E | 8/1862 | England | George L Whitley |
| 3093 | Whitley | George L | 1863 | England | Annie Reagan |
| 5983 | Whitman | Edward | Not Given | Bolton, MA | Ellen (Murphy) |
| 4377 | Whitmore | Hattie (Pierce) | 1834 | Douglass, MA | John |
| 4598 | Whitney | Flora A | 1863 | Vermont | Single |
| 5904 | Whitney | Fred | 04/10/1881 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 209 | Whitney | Fred W. | 1853 | Northfield, MA | Annie (Marr) |
| 2447 | Whitney | Norman | Not Given | Weymouth, MA | Not Listed |
| 6035 | Whitney | Theresa (Qua) | 1853 | New York | William D. Whitney |
| 4347 | Whittaker | Ella | 1877 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 4846 | Whittaker | James J | 1867 | England | Martha Garlick |
| 5338 | Whittaker | John | 1841 | England | Not Given - Widowed |
| 1244 | Whittemore | Frank A | 1851 | New Hampshire | Nellie Connell |
| 5166 | Whitten | Lydia G | 1816 | New Hampshire | Charles P |
| 4805 | Whittier | John | 1866 | Lowell, MA | Sarah McDonald |
| 3366 | Whittig | Mary (McManus) | 1847 | England | John |
| 6929 | Whitworth | Walter | 1864 | England | Not Listed |
| 6115 | Whitworth | William | 1833 | England | Mary A. |
| 7183 | Widdop | Maggie | 1882 | England | Single |
| 4493 | Widland AKA Widlun | Eric | 1847 | Sweden | Emma Klalry |
| 356 | Wiel | Isaac | 1838 | Baden Baden, Germany | Augusta (Meyer) |
| 909 | Wiers | Elizabeth (Norris) | 1836 | Ireland | James |
| 4405 | Wiland | Thomas | 1877 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 1546 | Wild | Alfred | 1863 | England | Single |
| 5903 | Wild | John | 1826 | England | Not Given (Boyden) |
| 4076 | Wilde | Charles S | 1870 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 938 | Wilde | John | 4/9/1834 | England | Agnes (Sharpe) |
| 4788 | Wilder | William H | 1860 | Maine | Emma Rodgers |
| 6025 | Wiley | James | 1856 | England | Eliza McShea |
| 5895 | Wilinsky | Adolph | 1860 | Poland | Belvina (Bloom) |
| 6039 | Wilkins | Albert | 1848 | Nashua, NH | Delia (Carter) |
| 6420 | Wilkins | John H | 1860 | England | Mary Knight |
| 1228 | Wilkinson | Hattie | 1865 | Maine | Single |
| 3488 | Wilkinson | Henry | 12/1869 | England | Single |
| 974 | Wilkinson | Joseph | 1860 | New Hampshire | Mary Gillett |
| 1594 | Wilks | William | 1823 | England | Single |
| 2689 | Willett | Josephine (Perrault) | 02/1870 | New Hampshire | Joseph Willett |
| 2692 | Willett | Laura | 11/1868 | Canada | Single |
| 4803 | Willett | Mary (Kavenny) | 1865 | Ireland | Thomas |
| 1715 | William | Driscoll | 1834 | Ireland | Catherine Donovan |
| 5090 | William | Merance | 1808 | Canada | Israel |
| 535 | Williams | Charles | 1856 | England | Mary (Madden) |
| 6822 | Williams | Emma R (Malbon) | 1848 | New York | Fred |
| 7307 | Williams | Fred | 1874 | Canada | Margaret Arthur |
| 2771 | Williams | Gearge H | 1869 | Alton, NH | Marcie Ball |
| 2844 | Williams | George | 1863 | Wilmington, NC | Single |
| 2599 | Williams | Henry | 1837 | Washington, DC | Not Given; Annie McCabe |
| 4201 | Williams | James | 1829 | England | Hannah Foley |
| 7261 | Williams | John | 1832 | Wales | Margaret Murphy |
| 6086 | Williams | Joseph | 1874 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 3730 | Williams | Margaret (Flanagan) | 1852 | Medway, MA | John A Williams |
| 6773 | Williams | Mary | 1851 | England | Not Listed |
| 4379 | Williams | Mary A | 8/01/1856 | Concord, MA | Single |
| 4436 | Williams | Mary A | 1877 | Ireland | Single |
| 4668 | Williams | Mary A (Powers) | 1825 | Ireland | John |
| 3299 | Williams | Sarah (Murgatro) | 1/1862 | England | James |
| 1324 | Williams | Thomas | 1852 | Manchester, England | Margaret Robinson |
| 693 | Williamson | John | 1851 | England | Single |
| 4121 | Willis | Annie | 3/1878 | Providence, RI | Single |
| 1397 | Wilmont | Mary Ann | 1870 | Ireland | Jeremiah Wilmont |
| 2663 | Wilmore | James H. | 1858 | Boston, MA | Margaret L. Stakern |
| 4344 | Wilnot | Alexander | 1833 | Canada | Rosa Miller |
| 5164 | Wilson | Clara | 1878 | England | Single |
| 2246 | Wilson | Edward | 1863 | Scotland | Francis Connor |
| 6520 | Wilson | Elizabeth (Watson) | 1851 | Scotland | James Wilson |
| 4601 | Wilson | Elsie | 1859 | New Hampshire | Single |
| 1532 | Wilson | Fanny | 1864 | England | Edward Wilson |
| 6129 | Wilson | George A. | 1866 | England | Bella (Russell) |
| 811 | Wilson | Harry | 1864 | Fall River, MA | Single |
| 3310 | Wilson | James | 1842 | Scotland | Margaret Cornelia Grimsby |
| 3196 | Wilson | Joseph | 1853 | Henniker, NH | Not Listed |
| 994 | Wilson | Margaret E. (Watson) | 1846 | Scotland | James Wilson |
| 3181 | Wilson | Nellie | 1866 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Single |
| 6106 | Wilson | Thomas | 1869 | Ireland | Emma (Gorman) |
| 1338 | Wilson | William | 1857 | Ireland | Sarah Wilson |
| 2312 | Wilson | William | 1849 | Scotland | Margaret (Elliott) |
| 27 | Wilson | William N. | 1854 | New Brunswick, Canada | Not Given - Widowed |
| 3645 | Wilson AKA Morrison | Mary (McQuaid) | 1861 | Ireland | Wilson, Edward Morrison |
| 348 | Winn | Denis | 1844 | Ireland | Mary A. (Kelley) |
| 623 | Winn | Edward | 1818 | Ireland | Margaret McMahon |
| 382 | Winn | George H. | 1856 | Franklin, NH | Annie (Mahoney) |
| 2068 | Winn | Kate (Mealey) | 1856 | England | James J Winn |
| 1480 | Winn | Norah | 1870 | Ireland | Single |
| 4829 | Wintner | William J | 1863 | Russia | Rose Goldstein |
| 5339 | Wise | Thomas | 1868 | Ireland | Margaret Shea |
| 2166 | Witherell | George A. | 1867 | Lowell, MA | Ida |
| 6808 | Witkos | John | 1880 | Poland | Single |
| 37 | Witts | Nathaniel J. | Not Given | Not Given | Adelina (Fisher) |
| 2114 | Wolf | Abraham | 1859 | Germany | Liba Mowshowich |
| 1086 | Wood | Annie | 1865 | Portsmouth, NH | Single |
| 2530 | Wood | Annie | 1866 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Single |
| 7132 | Wood | Daniel | 1857 | Canada | Etta Smith |
| 6131 | Wood | Emma | 1864 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Single |
| 7115 | Wood | Herbert L | 1876 | Dayton, OH | Annie Burton |
| 6003 | Wood | Jane (Roland) | 1853 | Ireland | John Carr; Dominic Wood |
| 4446 | Wood | John | 1841 | England | Single |
| 4090 | Wood | Mabel | 1876 | Maine | Fred A |
| 6961 | Wood | Mary (Walker) | 1870 | Lowell, MA | Charles H |
| 71 | Woodward | George F. | 1845 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 3830 | Woolbridge | Nora | 1874 | Vermont | Charles Woolbridge |
| 6011 | Worrall | Robert H. | 1852 | Boston, MA | Bessie (English); Nellie (Crosby) |
| 2290 | Worthley | Frank E. | 1867 | Lowell, MA | Single |
| 6932 | Wrenn | Nellie | 1872 | Ireland | Single |
| 4826 | Wrenn | Winifred (O'Hare) | 1873 | Ireland | Daniel P |
| 7135 | Wright | George F | 1869 | New Jersey | Katie Dockery |
| 5693 | Wright | Harry C. | 1859 | North Chelmsford, MA | Annie McQuillan |
| 975 | Wright | James E. | 1828 | Canada | Single |
| 2337 | Wright | Jane (Comstock) | 1811 | Connecticut | Charles Wright |
| 4801 | Wright | Mary | 1820 | Boston, MA | Single |
| 5717 | Wright | Stephen W. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Listed |
| 6111 | Wylie | Samuel | 1858 | Scotland | Margaret McAnally |
| 1140 | Wyman | Bessie | 1871 | Phillips, ME | Single |
| No Number | Wymersch | Domnique | 1820 | Belgium | Marie |
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