MURPHY-KELLY NUPTIALS.

Summary

Wedding notice. "A very pretty wedding was solemnized on Monday morning [Oct 19 1908] at St. Lawrence church by the Rev. F. X. Batens when **Miss Agnes Kelly became the wife of James Murphy**. Miss Mamie Kelly, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was attended by **Charles H. Gallagher**. Following the ceremony a sumptuous wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, **Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 412 West Daly street**, after which the happy couple left on an extended trip to the coast." ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **The actual wedding notice of** `person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927` and his bride Agnes Kelly. The existing `person_agnes_kelly_murphy` record says "Married James Murphy of the Hennessy Mercantile company at St. Lawrence church on 19 October 1908. Provisionally the same woman as the widow Mrs. Agnes Murphy in the 1927 James J. Murphy obit." **This clipping confirms the date (Mon Oct 19 1908), the church (St. Lawrence), the officiant (Rev. F. X. Batens), the bride's parents (Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of 412 West Daly street Butte), the bridesmaid (Mamie Kelly, bride's sister), and the best man (Charles H. Gallagher).** The pre-existing record speculated "John Kelly of Walkerville" — this clipping says **412 West Daly street** (a Butte address, near the city center, not Walkerville). The "Walkerville" attribution in the pre-existing record should be corrected to "412 West Daly street, Butte" on back-pass. Best man **Charles H. Gallagher** = the C. H. Gallagher who recurs through the JJM-cluster AOH coverage. Confirms a social tie between the (1927-d.) James J. Murphy and the JJM-Centerville-AOH circle as early as Oct 1908. The Kellys of 412 West Daly are DISTINCT from the Kellys of the Mullins house Centerville (the John Kelly who d. 1914-06-22 of pneumonia, native of Ireland in Montana since 1876) — two separate Butte Kelly households.

People

• James J. Murphy (Butte, d. 1927 age 58)(as printed: James Murphy)
  role: groom · family confidence: 10 flag

  Identification based on the wedding date and bride exactly matching the existing person_agnes_kelly_murphy record ("Married James Murphy of the Hennessy Mercantile company at St. Lawrence church on 19 October 1908"), which in turn cross-references the 1927-04-05 obit identifying the widow Mrs. Agnes Murphy.

• Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Miss Agnes Kelly)
  role: bride · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

• Rev. F. X. Batens · officiant_st_lawrences

  = Father Batens / Rev. Father F. X. Batens who recurs in the JJM-cluster (toast 'Montana' at the 1912-03-05 Gregson Regan banquet).

• Miss Mamie Kelly · bridesmaid_sister_of_bride

  Sister of Agnes Kelly. Daughter of John Kelly of 412 West Daly street Butte.

• Charles H. Gallagher · best_man

  = the C. H. Gallagher who recurs through the JJM-cluster AOH coverage as AOH treasurer (1909-12 Div 2), state-level officer, etc. Confirms social tie between the 1927-d. James J. Murphy and the broader JJM-Centerville circle as early as Oct 1908.

• Mr. John Kelly · father_of_bride_412_west_daly

  Father of Agnes and Mamie Kelly. Residence 412 West Daly street Butte. DISTINCT from the John Kelly who d. 1914-06-22 of pneumonia at the Mullins house Centerville (different address, different family composition).

• Mrs. John Kelly · mother_of_bride_412_west_daly

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Centerville (district of Butte) (secondary)

Themes

• marriage
• irish_american_community
• catholic_church_and_politics

Story threads

• Berehaven Murphys

Tags

• candidate_family
• evidence_primary

Source type

marriage_announcement, society_column

Related sources

• 1927-04-05 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 — JAMES J. MURPHY DIES

Open questions

• Update person_agnes_kelly_murphy record: - Confirm marriage at St. Lawrence church 19 Oct 1908 (now direct evidence) - Correct father's address from "Walkerville" to "412 West Daly street Butte" - Add sister Mamie Kelly to the record - Add Charles H. Gallagher as the best man at the wedding — social-tie datapoint
• Are the Kellys of 412 West Daly (Agnes + Mamie + John as parents) related to any other Butte Kelly family? The 1914 John Kelly pneumonia obit is a different Kelly household — different address, different children. The Walkerville Kelly attribution in the pre-existing record may have come from the 1927 obit context (John Kelly of Walkerville); worth re-reading the 1927 obit for the "Walkerville" claim.