The Lowell Directory, 1950

Creator: R. L. Polk & Co.
Date: 1950
Type: book
Repository: Internet Archive (lowellma-directory-1950); a copy is in the house library
Locator: Cited pages: scan leaves 275, 587
Access: The title page and the pages cited on this site are reproduced here from the copy in the house library (owner’s ruling, October 28, 2026); the whole volume can be read at the Internet Archive. Read the source · Original at archive.org
Rights: Published 1950 by R. L. Polk & Co. with a copyright notice. No renewal was found in a quick check of the renewal records (October 28, 2026); city directories were generally not renewed. Reproduced under the owner’s ruling of October 28, 2026; it will be removed on request.

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The title page and the 2 pages this site cites (3 page images), cut from the scanned book. The Lowell Directory, 1950 (R. L. Polk & Co.). Internet Archive scan lowellma-directory-1950; copy in the house library. Published 1950 by R. L. Polk & Co. with a copyright notice. No renewal was found in a quick check of the renewal records (October 28, 2026); city directories were generally not renewed. Reproduced under the owner’s ruling of October 28, 2026; it will be removed on request. This copy is kept on this site so that it stays one click away.

Title page
Leaf 275 of the scan. Cited in note C-175.
Leaf 587 of the scan. Cited in note C-139.

Statements this record supports

C-139 — Owen J. Tansey, the Bonneys' coachman, declared in his naturalization petition of November 1893 that he lived at No. 172 Fairmount Street and that his occupation was that of a coachman. Born at Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland (the petition gives August 13, 1870; other records 1867), he arrived at Boston on May 15, 1888, married Kate E. Burns at Ayer in 1892, and died June 16, 1955. He left service with the house before 1900, when the directory lists him as a fireman at Wyman's Exchange, living at 286 High Street, and became a Lowell police officer: from 1906 to 1931 the directories list 'Owen J police Market bldg', and the police department rosters of 1906, 1916 and 1926 name him among the patrolmen. He lived at 25 Bowden Street (1906–16) and then at 68 Loring Street with his wife, Catherine A. (1926–31), where he is still listed in 1950.
C-175 — The Herrons, who owned the house from 1951 to 1957, are not listed at it in the directories consulted, which give 'Herron Alex T (Agnes E) slsmn h 8 Mansfield rd' in 1950, 'Herron Alex T (Agnes E) h 8 Mansfield rd' in 1956, and 'Herron Alex T retd h8 Mansfield Rd' in 1975.