The Waltham Savings Bank was founded in Waltham, Middlesex
County, Massachusetts in 1853. The bank kept a wide range of records and those
from 1853 to 1987 were donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) in
1994.
MHS has cataloged and condensed the records into three
series. Among the collection are Deposits (1853-1891) located in Series II, Customer
Records (1853-1935). The catalog description for the deposits outlines that
"although much of the information contained in the deposit records is
duplicated in the customer account balances, the records were kept because they
also contain personal information on the customer, including signatures of new
account holders, place of residence, age, place of birth, and parents' and
spouse's name."[1]
I have not viewed records from this collection but there seems to be tremendous potential for these records to provide place of origin
information for any Irish immigrants that banked with the Waltham Savings
Bank. From 1860 to 1900, the percentage of the Irish-born population in
Waltham was approx. 18-20%.[2]
Therefore, it is quite likely that a sizeable number of the bank's customers
were from Ireland.
You can read the Waltham Savings Bank's collection description and how to access its records on the Massachusetts Historical Society website.
My thanks to the @Catholicgeneal twitter account for bringing this collection to my attention.
[1] Kristen
A. Farmelant and Brenda M. Lawson. Waltham Savings Bank Records, 1853-1987
Guide to the Collection. September 2014. Massachusetts Historical Society.
Available online: http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0132 : accessed
8 January 2017.
[2]
Based on my own calculation from the 1860, 1870, 1880 & 1900 U.S. Federal
Censuses on Ancestry.com
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