The Butte Miner, 1901-01-16, p.8

Summary

Three-couple marriage-license daily listing. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday (Tuesday January 15 1901) as follows: - Joseph Ryan, 32, and Mary Lavelle, 23, both of Butte - George Bertsch, 31, and Anna Elby, 28, both of Butte - **Jeremiah D. Murphy, 29, and Margaret Murphy, 22, both of Butte** ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **(a) Jeremiah D. Murphy + Margaret Murphy married Jan 15 1901, ages 29 and 22.** Birth years c. 1872 (Jeremiah D.) and c. 1879 (Margaret). **(b) "Jeremiah D. Murphy" = "Jerry D. Murphy"** of the later Butte Irish-American cluster: - 1910-06-09 Centerville AOH degrees clipping — Jerry D. Murphy gives an address - 1912-02-27 Young Men's Club 4th anniversary — Jerry D. Murphy as new president - 1910-12-16 Centerville Young Men's Club founding history — J. D. Murphy as sentinel (first election Oct 30 1908) The "D." middle initial is the consistent distinguisher. Jeremiah / Jerry are the same name; the 1901 marriage gives his full given name. **(c) Bride "Margaret Murphy"** — same surname as groom but the source does not state any relationship (and Murphy-Murphy marriages between unrelated parties were common in Irish-American Butte). The text gives no kinship, parents, parish, or origin — held in mentioned only without inference. NOT the same as Miss Margaret Murphy who is sister of Pat the bartender (she remains unmarried as "Miss Margaret Murphy" through the 1908 hearings and the 1912 Pat-obit; she is also a different age from this 1901 bride). (d) Joseph Ryan + Mary Lavelle marriage — surnames in the user's Butte Irish-American orbit; the Ryan-Murphy in-laws (cf. P. V. Ryan, Mrs. Nan Ryan) recur. Captured here as peripheral.

Also mentioned

• Jeremiah D. Murphy · groom_age_29

  = Jerry D. Murphy of the later Centerville cluster. Given name confirmed here as Jeremiah. Birth year c. 1872. Distinct from Jere J. Murphy (Butte police chief 1915-22, middle initial J. not D.).

• Margaret Murphy · bride_age_22

  b. c. 1879 Butte (or earlier emigrated from Ireland). Married Jeremiah D. Murphy Jan 15 1901. Surname coincidence — no kinship to groom stated in source. Distinct from Miss Margaret Murphy sister-of-Pat-bartender (who remains unmarried through 1912).

• Joseph Ryan · peripheral_groom_age_32
• Mary Lavelle · peripheral_bride_age_23
• George Bertsch · peripheral_groom_age_31
• Anna Elby · peripheral_bride_age_28

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

• marriage
• irish_american_community

Story threads

• Berehaven Murphys

Tags

• candidate_family
• evidence_primary

Source type

marriage_announcement

Related sources

• 1910-06-09 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3 — MORE THAN HUNDRED CANDIDATES
• 1910-12-16 — The Butte Daily Post, p.30 — CENTERVILLE YOUNG MEN'S CLUB EMBRACES ATHLETES OF DESERVED REPUTATION
• 1912-02-27 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5 — YOUNG MEN'S CLUB IS COMPLIMENTED

Open questions

• Margaret Murphy as bride — the surname coincidence makes identifying her family of origin difficult. Could be a relation of the groom (cousin marriages happened) or unrelated Butte Murphy of birth-year 1879. Worth a back-pass against the Butte 1900 census Murphy women aged 20-21.