MARY A. SULLIVAN IS NAMED AS GUARDIAN FOR MARGARET MURPHY

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1909-04-07, p.5

Summary

Silver Bow probate-court notice. Judge McClernan appointed **Mary A. Sullivan** of Yellowstone county as guardian of **Margaret Murphy** and her minor child. The final account of the administrator of the estate of **Ellen Murphy** (of which Margaret Murphy was sole heir) was approved and the administrator, **Rev. Father DeSiere**, discharged. The estate consisted of $572.72 in cash and lot 4, block 1, Travonia addition, and was turned over to Mary A. Sullivan as guardian. **NAMESAKE / PERIPHERAL CONTEXT**: This Ellen Murphy is NOT the Ellen Lyne Murphy of the family (PJM's wife, who died 1935 — alive in 1909). This is a separate, smaller-estate Butte Ellen Murphy who predeceased 1909 leaving a Margaret Murphy heir. The Margaret + Mary A. Sullivan + Travonia addition cluster has no obvious link to the documented family beyond the surname. **POTENTIAL INTEREST POINTS** if a later record corroborates: - **Travonia addition** in Butte — small subdivision - **Yellowstone county** Mary A. Sullivan — could be the Catholic-Foresters-Yellowstone Sullivan diaspora - **Rev. Father DeSiere** — Butte priest 1909, estate administrator (probably affiliated with one of the Butte Irish-Catholic parishes) Held at very low family confidence pending evidence of a link.

Also mentioned

Mary A. Sullivan · appointed_guardian
Of Yellowstone county. Common name; no documented link to family Sullivans.
Margaret Murphy · ward
Widow / mother of minor child; sole heir of Ellen Murphy. Common name; no documented family link.
Ellen Murphy · estate_decedent
Predeceased 1909; small estate. NOT the same Ellen Murphy as Pat Murphy's wife Ellen Lyne (who lived to 1935).
Judge McClernan · presiding_probate_judge_1909
Rev. Father DeSiere · discharged_administrator
Butte priest; estate administrator. Possibly affiliated with a Butte Irish-Catholic parish 1909.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)

Themes

Source type

probate_notice, court_record

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# MARY A. SULLIVAN IS NAMED AS GUARDIAN FOR MARGARET MURPHY *The Butte Daily Post · Wednesday, April 7, 1909 · Page 5* Mary A. Sullivan of Yellowstone county was today appointed guardian of Margaret Murphy and her minor child by Judge McClernan. The final account of the administrator of the estate of Ellen Murphy, of which Margaret Murphy is the sole heir, was approved by Judge McClernan today and the administrator, Rev. Father DeSiere, discharged. The estate of Ellen Murphy consists of $572.72 in cash and lot 4, block 1, Travonia addition, and will be turned over to Mary A. Sullivan.

Open questions