Michael R. Mullaney (b. ~1856 Michigan; d. 19 May 1929 Walkerville; Chatham cousin; letter-writer)
Also known as: Cousin Mike, Mike Mullaney, M.R.M.
family confidence: 95 — certain (corroborated)
Bachelor / unmarried miner of 500 N. Fourth street, Walkerville. Native of Michigan; emigrated Butte c.1886 (43-year resident at 1929 death per his Montana Standard obit). Cousin of Agnes Kelly Murphy via the Chatham line. Author of three surviving family documents in the archive: - 1925-03-31 letter to Agnes Kelly Murphy (Jimmie's death) - c.1925-29 January 25-27 letter to Agnes (buffalo robe) - c.1916/1926 "Sixty Years / Seventy Years" verse manuscripts Per the 1929 obit, his six cousins are five Chatham sisters (Brennan, Sullivan, Pascoe, plus the Dougherty + Duggan in-laws) plus James Chatham. This places him in the second-generation Michigan-Chatham diaspora to Butte. Family confidence 95 — confirmed Chatham branch member by obit's cousins list.
Facts
- Birth:
- ~1856, place_michigan
- Death:
- 1929-05-19, Butte, Montana
- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
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≥75 — High confidence — 4
- c1916 — Family papers — Michael R. Mullaney verse manuscriptsMullaney verse: 'Sixty Years' (c.1916) + 'Seventy Years' (c.1926) — bachelor-cousin meditations on mortalityrole: author · confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Michael Mullaney / Michael R. Mullaney / M.R.M.
- c1925-1929-01-25 — Family letters — Michael R. Mullaney to Agnes Kelly MurphyMullaney to Agnes Kelly Murphy, Jan 25-27 (c.1925-29) — Walkerville; thanks for buffalo robe and magnifying glass; mentions Melda, Maggie, Jen, Winifredrole: writer · confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Cousin Mike
- 1925-03-31 — Family letters — Michael R. Mullaney to Agnes Kelly MurphyMullaney to Agnes Kelly Murphy, 31 Mar 1925 — Walkerville; reports tragic death of nephew Jimmie; mentions Aunt Agnes Brennan, Nellie Dennison, Maggie Devitt of Crofton BCrole: writer · confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Cousin Michael Mullaney
- 1929-05-20 — The Montana Standard, p.7OLD-TIME BUTTE RESIDENT PASSES — Michael Mullaney Dies at Walkerville; Funeral Not Arrangedrole: subject · confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Michael Mullaney / Michael R. Mullaney