McEvoy

Lowell Massachusetts Genealogy

1894 Map of Lowell

Tracing ancestors in Lowell, Massachusetts online and for free has been greatly enhanced by the University of Massachusetts in Lowell which provided digitized version of a large quantity of the Lowell public records. Combined with the cemetery and census records available freely online, you should be able to easily trace your ancestors from the founding of Lowell in 1826 through 1940, the last year of available census records. To add color to the otherwise basic facts of your ancestors existence we provide free access to a wide range of manuscripts on the history of Lowell, it’s manufactures and residents.

Biography of P. H. McEvoy

P. H. McEvoy was born on May 9, 1848, in Sidney, Australia, and emigrated to San Francisco with his family in 1849. After a challenging six-month voyage, they settled in Monterey before relocating to the Carey Jones ranch near Redwood City in 1852. McEvoy attended the first school in San Mateo County and began farming at eighteen. A lifelong Democrat, he served as the township’s supervisor for sixteen years. After retiring in 1914, he remains active and is encouraged by his peers to run for supervisor again.