Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
People, Pictures and News From the Past
Where is Lynn, Massachusetts, USA? Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Lynn was settled by colonists from the New England Company in Salem in 1629. Early settlers relied primarily on family farming and shell fishing although an iron works was established in the city in 1643.
Leather tanning became a major industry very early on and by 1775 there were a string of tanneries along Black Marsh Brook, called Tanney Brook, to the harbor. When the Eastern Railroad was extended from Boston to Salem in 1837, it went through Lynn, encouraging growth in the shoe industry and a factory district was created as well as shoe workers' neighborhoods of boardinghouses. The Civil War brought great prosperity to the city and further growth of the shoe factories. Even the fires of 1869 and 1889, which destroyed much of the central business district from Central Square to Broad Street, didn't stop expansion. The gutted buildings were simply replaced by five and six story shoe factories.
While Lynn developed its major industrial capacity, handsome summer estates were being built along its shore by the middle of the 19th century. These established the city as a fashionable Boston resort area. At least a dozen large shore estates were built and other land was subdivided for increasingly suburban residential development. When Lynn Shore Drive was opened in 1910, it encouraged the development of high rises to take advantage of the shore view.
Lynn, now the largest city in Essex County, is an urban manufacturing and commercial center, densely populated and culturally diverse. Residents are proud of the city's long history, which parallels the history of New England as a whole.
It is located in eastern Massachusetts on the northern shore of Massachusetts Bay and is bordered by Saugus and Lynnfield on the west, Peabody and Salem on the north, Swampscott and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and Nahant and Revere on the south. Lynn is 9 miles north of Boston; 51 miles east of Worcester; 95 miles south of Portland, Maine; and 229 miles from New York City.
Narrative compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.www.ci.lynn.ma.us/ aboutlynn_history.shtml
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
 was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. Although Pinkham's Vegetable Compound sold well to the general public, it was regarded by health experts as quackery... wikipedia
Found at Old Drugstore, St Augustine, Florida )
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made in Lynn, MA
Lydia Estes Pinkham (February 9, 1819 – May 17, 1883) was an iconic concocter and shrewd... Read MORE...
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Elastic Stockings
Curtis & Spindell Co.
38 Wyman Block
Lynn, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
April 1898
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Washington Square showing Oxford and Women's Clubs, Lynn, Mass.
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Lynn Beach, State Bath House, Lynn, Mass.
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Central Square. Lynn, Mass.
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
City Hall. Lynn, Mass.
History / News
Add History/News[Hide/Show]
1629 - The first tannery in the U.S. began operations in Lynn.
2. LYNN. [Pop. 9,369. Inc. 1637.]
Lynn, called Saugus by the Indians, was named after a town of the same name in England. The...Read MORE...
Lynn, called Saugus by the Indians, was named after a town of the same name in England. The...Read MORE...
1860 - February 22 – Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages. The strike spreads throughout New England and eventually involves 20,000 workers.www.wikipedia.org
February 22, 1860
1889 - Accidentally Shot DeadLYNN, Mass., Nov. 27. - William F. Sartelle, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a performer in a dime...Read MORE...
1889 - $10,000,000 FIRE! A CITY GOES UP IN FLAMES. Lynn, Mass. Desolated. - Boston Subscribes Nearly a Million Dollars For the Sufferers.Lynn, Mass, the city of shoes, was visited Tuesday afternoon by the greatest fire in its history...Read MORE...
Lynn Massachusetts, 1890
LYNN is a manufacturing town on the seaboard in the extreme southern part of Essex County, 11 miles ...Read MORE...
LYNN is a manufacturing town on the seaboard in the extreme southern part of Essex County, 11 miles ...Read MORE...
1899 - SEIZED BY A LEOPARD. Lynn Boy Goes too Near the Cages at the Circus.The next time the Forepaugh-Sells Brothers circus visits Lynn, Mass., Frank Ducey, a 10 year old...Read MORE...
1903 - NOT KNOWN HERE. Railroad Man Killed At Lynn Said To Belong In Portsmouth.A Lynn dispatch of the 18th stated that a man named Moorehouse, an employe of the milk train, with...Read MORE...
1910 - AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH AT LYNNLynn, Feb. 9. - While working around her kitchen range today the clothing of Mrs. Mary S. Coombs...Read MORE...
1916
Lynn, a city and seaport of Essex co., Mass., is pleasantly situated on Massachusetts Bay, 10 miles ...Read MORE...
Lynn, a city and seaport of Essex co., Mass., is pleasantly situated on Massachusetts Bay, 10 miles ...Read MORE...
1923 - FIVE PERSONS DIE IN APARTMENT FIRE. TEN REPORTED MISSING WHEN ESSEX CASTLE HOUSE IS CONSUMED.United Press
Lynn, Mass., April 19. - Five persons are known to have been killed, and ten are...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
We currently have information about 109 ancestors who were born in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
View Them Now (sorted by last name) View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
View Them Now (sorted by last name) View Them Now (sorted by year of birth)
Ancestors Who Died Here
We currently have information about 256 ancestors who died in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
View Them Now (sorted by last name) View Them Now (sorted by year of death)
View Them Now (sorted by last name) View Them Now (sorted by year of death)
Ancestors Who Were Married Here
We currently have information about 36 ancestors who were married in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
View Them Now
Cemeteries in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Are you from Lynn, Massachusetts, USA? Do you have ancestors from there?
If you'd like to be contacted by others who have ancestors from Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.
Search
This FREE genealogy website is a collection of contributions from many generous "family" members who want to share their family with others. We are not necessarily related to or researching a person just because their name is on this site. While we do our best to be accurate, we sometimes make mistakes. Please use this information as a guide. Verify the information with your own research. If you find any errors, please email us and report them. Thanks!
Terms of Use / Accuracy and Content Disclaimer
© 1999-2018 Cow Country Systems. All rights reserved.
Terms of Use / Accuracy and Content Disclaimer
© 1999-2018 Cow Country Systems. All rights reserved.