[3-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS PATRICK MURPHY DIES]
The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1896-06-24, p.5
Summary
Anaconda Standard brief death notice: > The 3-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy > died yesterday morning and will be buried at 2 o'clock this > afternoon from the residence at No. 313 South Washington > street. **FAMILY IDENTIFICATION**: Most plausibly the **Pat Murphy + Ellen Lyne family** (= person_patrick_murphy_my_ancestor + person_ellen_murphy_fox_hotel_1935; PJM the bartender and his wife). 313 South Washington Street, Butte was very likely their 1896 residence, preceding the 1908-known address 120 West Quartz Street and the 1912-death address 3 West Agate Street. **DOCUMENTS ONE OF THE FIVE LOST CHILDREN**: per the 1908 Montana State Hospital clinical notes for PJM, "Has had eight children — only three are living. Some were still born & some died in infancy." This 1896 daughter is one of those five who died before 1908. Born ~late March 1896, died 23 June 1896 at age 3 months. Female. ## ADDRESS CHAIN Pat + Ellen Murphy's Butte residence trail (per the archive's documents): - 1896: **313 South Washington Street** (this clip) - 1908: **120 West Quartz Street** (per 1908-03-23 commitment clipping in archive) - 1912: **3 West Agate Street** (per 1912-04-24 PJM death obit in archive) All within a few blocks of one another in Butte's central Irish-quarter — the family stayed in the same neighborhood for at least 16 years. ## CONFIDENCE Held at family confidence 75 — strong contextual fit (right city, right name, right era, right family-pattern of infant mortality) but not directly corroborated by name of the infant or by cross-reference to another 1896 record. A back-pass cross-check against Silver Bow County 1896 vital records or Catholic parish death registers could confirm the family identity by naming the infant + parents explicitly.
People
- Patrick Murphy (my ancestor)(as printed: Mr. Patrick Murphy)role: father of decedent · family confidence: 75 strong
Most plausibly PJM the bartender (1896 Butte residence at 313 South Washington fits the family's address chain).
- Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Mrs. Patrick Murphy)role: mother of decedent · family confidence: 75 strong
Most plausibly Ellen Lyne Murphy. Same family-attribution caveat as PJM above.
- Unnamed Murphy infant daughter (b. ~Mar 1896 Butte; d. 23 Jun 1896 Butte age 3 months; PJM + Ellen Lyne's daughter)(as printed: [unnamed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy])role: decedent · family confidence: 75 strong
One of Pat + Ellen Murphy's eight children, five of whom died before 1908 (per PJM's 1908 asylum clinical notes family-history interview). This daughter b. ~March 1896, d. 23 June 1896 age 3 months. Newspaper does not name her.
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
- Anaconda, Montana (source)
Themes
Story threads
Tags
- source_primary_family
- direct_family
- evidence_corroborating
- book_chapter_material
Source type
death_notice
Related sources
- 1908-03-23 — Montana State Hospital admission records — Patient P. J. Murphy — Patrick J. Murphy asylum admission record — Warm Springs MT, 23 March 1908, age 52, bartender, 8 children only 3 living
- 1908-03-23 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.10 — PATRICK J. MURPHY IS FOUND INSANE
- 1881-02-13 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown — Marriage of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne, 13 Feb 1881, Ardgroom
Transcription
Open questions
- Name of the deceased 3-month-old daughter — not given in this brief. Worth a Silver Bow County 1896 vital records or Catholic parish death-register search for "Murphy" infant deaths June 1896 to name her.
- Cross-check that 313 South Washington Street, Butte was in fact the Pat + Ellen Murphy 1896 residence. Could verify against a Butte City Directory of 1896 (a "Patrick Murphy bartender" entry at that address).
- The five Murphy infant losses (per PJM's 1908 clinical notes) — what were the names + dates of the others? This 1896 daughter is one; four more (some stillborn) are undocumented in the archive so far.