ST. LAWRENCE'S.

Summary

Society-column entry under the "St. Lawrence's" parish heading (Centerville's Catholic church). Flurry Sullivan, "a well-known and popular young man of this city," was married Tuesday September 5 1911 by Rev. Father P. J. Crawley to Miss Ellen Kelly. Con Sullivan (cousin of the groom) and Miss Nora Sullivan (sister of the groom) were best man and bridesmaid, respectively. After a honeymoon trip the young couple will be at home to their friends in a cozy home at the corner of Minah and Mullins street. Wedding breakfast served at the home of Mrs. Murphy on Mullins street. **"Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are natives of Castletownbere, county Cork, Ireland, and are old schoolmates."** ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **(a) Explicit Castletownbere → Butte chain-migration document.** Both bride and groom (Flurry Sullivan and Ellen Kelly) are natives of Castletownbere (= Castletown Berehaven, Beara peninsula, Co. Cork) — the same Cork town that anchors the 1846 Times famine clipping (1846-12-31), the 1881 Reynolds case clippings (1881-12-09, -10, -24), and the 1881-12-24 Lady-Leaguer-imprisoned Beara material. The two were "old schoolmates" — i.e. went to the same Castletownbere national school as children before emigrating separately. (b) **Wedding breakfast at "the home of Mrs. Murphy on Mullins street"** — Mrs. Murphy's home is a Centerville community-matriarch space that hosts Castletownbere weddings. The text does NOT identify which Mrs. Murphy (multiple Mrs. Murphys in Centerville Butte 1911), or whether she is related to either party. Just that her home was the breakfast venue. (c) **Mullins street** in Centerville is the same locality as the "Mullins house in Centerville" where John Kelly d. 1914-06-22 lived (per the 1914-06-22 obit). Suggests the Mullins street block was a Centerville Irish-Catholic immigrant residential cluster — plausibly Castletownbere / Beara-rich. (d) **Flurry Sullivan** = "Florence" Sullivan (Flurry is the West-Cork diminutive). Same Flurry Sullivan who appears on the 1924-09-13 Democratic finance committee at the Murphy-Softley building (an Anaconda Standard / Butte Miner print form). (e) **Rev. Father P. J. Crawley** of St. Lawrence's Centerville — recurring Centerville Catholic priest in the JJM cluster (1911 Silver Bow Club banquet attendee among others).

Also mentioned

• Flurry Sullivan · groom

  Native of Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland. 'Flurry' is West-Cork diminutive of 'Florence'. = the Flurry Sullivan on the 1924-09-13 Democratic finance committee (per the Democratic-rally clipping).

• Miss Ellen Kelly · bride

  Native of Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland. Schoolmate of the groom in Castletownbere before emigration.

• Rev. Father P. J. Crawley · officiant

  Of St. Lawrence's Centerville. Recurring Centerville Catholic priest.

• Con Sullivan · best_man_cousin_of_groom
• Miss Nora Sullivan · bridesmaid_sister_of_groom

  Sister of Flurry Sullivan. Possibly = the recurring 'Norah Sullivan' of the Gaelic League / Erin's Daughters cluster. If so, that Norah Sullivan is from Castletownbere — important Beara-origin attribution. Held cautiously: this Nora Sullivan is the groom's biological sister, and the cluster's Norah Sullivan may or may not be the same person. Worth a back-pass identification effort.

• Mrs. Murphy · wedding_breakfast_host_mullins_street

  Centerville community matriarch on Mullins street. The text does not identify which Mrs. Murphy — no first name, no specific address number, no kinship to the bride or groom stated. Held in mentioned only with NO inference of which Murphy household.

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Centerville (district of Butte) (primary)
• Castletownbere, County Cork (primary)
• County Cork (secondary)

Themes

• irish_american_community
• marriage
• emigration_from_ireland

Story threads

• Berehaven Murphys
• Famine to emigration

Tags

• candidate_family
• color
• evidence_primary

Source type

news_item, marriage_announcement, society_column

Related sources

• 1881-12-10 — The Times, p.6
• 1881-12-24 — The Leeds Mercury, p.3 — CHARGE AGAINST MISS REYNOLDS.
• 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 — VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA.
• 1924-09-13 — The Butte Miner, p.5 — DEMOCRATIC RALLY SCHEDULED TONIGHT

Open questions

• place_castletownbere_cork — add to /vocab/places.yaml. The Castletownbere → Butte chain-migration is a major archive thread; the place_berehaven entry exists, but Castletownbere proper deserves its own record.
• Is the bridesmaid "Miss Nora Sullivan" (the groom's biological sister) the same person as the recurring Butte Norah / Nora Sullivan of the Gaelic League / Erin's Daughters cluster? If yes, that cluster's central female organiser is documented as Castletownbere-born — a major Beara-Butte attribution. Held without claim; needs back-pass.
• Mrs. Murphy on Mullins street as Centerville community matriarch — which Mrs. Murphy? Insufficient detail in text. Possibly Mrs. B. Murphy of the 1912-03-29 Erin's Daughters arrangements committee, or Mrs. J. D. Murphy (past state president), or another. Held as namesake-only until disambiguated.