Interment record — Mrs. Ellen Murphy, d. 23 Aug 1935, buried 26 Aug 1935

Summary

Cemetery office interment register entry for Mrs. Ellen Murphy. Entry fields visible: - Deceased: Mrs. Ellen Murphy - Purchaser: Dan Murphy (her son Daniel L. Murphy) - Address: Fox Hotel (Butte) - Permit Number: [partial] - Age: 73 - Date of Death: 8-23-35 (= 23 Aug 1935) - Date of Burial: 8-26-35 (= 26 Aug 1935) - Cause of Death: [illegible — possibly "confining illness"] - Place of Birth: Ireland - Services: S A Mass (possibly "St. Patrick's Mass") - Lot: 74 (or 14) - Block: 5 - Grave: 4 - Remarks: St. Patrick Parish [illegible] Financial column totals $220.00 with itemised charges. Corroborates the existing person_ellen_murphy_fox_hotel_1935 record (death 23 Aug 1935, age 73, Fox Hotel resident). Adds specific plot location for the headstones/cemetery thread.

People

• Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Mrs. Ellen Murphy)
  role: decedent · family confidence: 100 certain

  age: 73 · birthplace: Ireland

• Daniel L. Murphy (Butte, b. 1894)(as printed: Dan Murphy)
  role: lot purchaser · family confidence: 95 certain

  Listed as lot purchaser/contact for the burial. Same Dan = Daniel L. Murphy, JJM's brother, who handled the Butte end of Ellen's estate.

Places

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

Themes

• irish_american_community

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• source_primary_family
• evidence_corroborating
• direct_family

Related sources

• 1935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.5 — MRS. ELLEN MURPHY, 70, SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL
• 1935-08-25 — The Montana Standard, p.9 — ATTENTION, L. C. B. A. + MURPHY funeral notice
• 1935-08-27 — The Montana Standard, p.5 — MURPHY RITES HELD.

Open questions

• Cemetery identification — Holy Cross is the most likely Catholic cemetery for a St. Patrick's parishioner, but the source page does not name the cemetery; verify against the 1935-08-27 burial-rites clipping.
• Cause of death — illegible handwriting. Worth a vision-script pass.