ERIN'S DAUGHTERS TO HOLD SESSIONS

Summary

Sub-head: "Will Meet in Anaconda Next Week — Number of Local Delegates." State convention of the Daughters of Erin will be held in Anaconda concurrent with the AOH convention (Sept 5-6 1912 — same convention covered in the 1912-08-29 AOH delegates clipping). **Delegates from Butte No. 1 (Daughters of Erin):** - Mrs. Kate Heimes — alternate for Mrs. Mamie Lenahan (division president), who attends as state treasurer - Mrs. Margaret Connell - Mrs. Lizzie Burke - Miss Norah Sullivan - Mrs. Mamie Melia - Miss Annie Shea - **Mrs. J. D. Murphy** — past state president - Miss Mary Cosgrove - **Mrs. John R. Murphy** — alternate for financial secretary - Miss Mary Barrett - Mrs. James J. McCarthy - Mrs. Margaret Lewis — county president, will also attend ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) **Mrs. J. D. Murphy listed as past state president** of the Daughters of Erin (= Ladies' Auxiliary of the AOH for Montana). The J. D. Murphy of the 1904 Democratic primary slate (Precinct 5 delegate) has a wife who was state president before August 1912 — so the "J. D. Murphy" household is established in Butte Irish-American leadership in both political (men) and women's-auxiliary (women) capacities. (b) **Mrs. John R. Murphy as alternate for financial secretary** — John R. Murphy is the AOH man named in the 1914-08-18 Missoula delegation. His wife is also active in the Daughters of Erin. Another distinct Butte-Murphy household. (c) Mrs. Mamie Lenahan as state treasurer (Daughters of Erin) here, two years before she signs the 1914-12-02 Brennan-reply letter as L. A. A. O. H. state secretary. Career arc. (d) Norah Sullivan again on the Butte No. 1 delegate slate — recurring through the 1907 Gaelic League founding article, 1911 Gaelic League picnic, 1912-01 welcome social, 1912-03 Easter Monday ball arrangements, and now here as an Anaconda-convention delegate.

Also mentioned

• Mrs. Kate Heimes · alternate_for_division_president

  = same Mrs. Kate Heimes who is on the 1912-03-29 Erin's Daughters Easter Monday ball arrangements and door committees.

• Mrs. Mamie Lenahan · division_president_state_treasurer

  Division No. 1 president of the Daughters of Erin and state treasurer of the L. A. A. O. H. as of Aug 1912. By Dec 1914 she is state secretary (per the 1914-12-02 Brennan-reply letter).

• Mrs. Margaret Connell · delegate
• Mrs. Lizzie Burke · delegate
• Miss Norah Sullivan · delegate

  Recurring Butte Norah Sullivan, central Butte Irish-cultural female organiser 1907-1912.

• Mrs. Mamie Melia · delegate
• Miss Annie Shea · delegate
• Mrs. J. D. Murphy · delegate_past_state_president

  Wife of J. D. Murphy (= Precinct 5 Democratic delegate per the 1904-09-11 clipping; recurring Butte 'D.'-middle-initial Murphy). Was state president of Montana Daughters of Erin sometime before Aug 1912.

• Miss Mary Cosgrove · delegate

  = same Miss Mary Cosgrove on the 1912-03-29 Easter Monday ball floor committee.

• Mrs. John R. Murphy · delegate_alternate_financial_secretary

  Wife of John R. Murphy (= AOH delegate to 1914-08-18 Missoula convention).

• Miss Mary Barrett · delegate
• Mrs. James J. McCarthy · delegate
• Mrs. Margaret Lewis · county_president_attendee

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Anaconda, Montana (primary)

Themes

• irish_american_community

Story threads

• Berehaven Murphys
• Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA

Tags

• candidate_family
• evidence_supporting

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

• 1904-09-11 — The Butte Miner, p.7 — DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR PRIMARIES
• 1912-03-29 — The Butte Daily Post, p.2 — ERIN'S DAUGHTERS TO GIVE A BALL
• 1912-08-29 — The Butte Daily Post, p.7 — A. O. H. NAME THE COUNTY DELEGATES
• 1914-12-02 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 — IRISH SOCIETIES REPLY TO LETTER OF MR. BRENNAN

Open questions

• Mrs. J. D. Murphy as past state president of Daughters of Erin — would be worth tracking back-pass for which year(s) she was state president (pre-Aug 1912).