The Irish Catholic
Genesis of Lowell[1]
is the title of a short publication that provides some very interesting
genealogical information about Irish immigrants and their descendants in this
Massachusetts city. Published in 1920, it focuses on the 1820-1850 time period
and there are short articles and lists concerning the following topics:
The arrival of the first wave of Catholic Irish in the 1820s and 1830s,
including a mention of how many of them were from counties Cork and Dublin
The establishment of the first Catholic Church
A list of important dates and events for the Lowell Irish community
A profile of Hugh Cummiskey, one of the early leaders of the Irish
community and stated as being from Tyrone
The first Irish school
Irishmen who paid a poll tax in the city between 1826 and 1830
Entries for those who were believed to be Irish from the Lowell city
directory of 1835
All in all, this is a very useful publication for anyone
with pre-Famine ancestors in Lowell, MA. A word of caution though, as with all
of these types of early biographic/city history publications, there are no
citations from primary sources. Use the information as a guide in your research
and, as much as is possible, verify any information with primary documents.
I have also previously written about St. Patrick's Cemetery
in Lowell, click here to read.
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