MRS. MARY KELLY, EX-WALKERVILLE RESIDENT, TAKEN

Summary

Obituary for Mrs. Mary Kelly (per the user's filing, maiden name CHATHAM), former Walkerville resident, who died Tuesday 28 May 1940 at her Los Angeles home. Native of Michigan; came to Butte more than 50 years ago (i.e. by 1890 or earlier); left Butte for California "a number of years ago." SURVIVORS: - Three daughters — Mrs. James J. Murphy (Los Angeles); Miss Mary Kelly (Los Angeles); Mrs. Fred Hauser (Seattle) - One son — Walter Kelly (Los Angeles) - Three sisters (all of Butte) — Mrs. Nellie Tracy; Mrs. William Pascoe; Mrs. Agnes Brennan - Several nieces, nephews, and grandchildren in Butte and Los Angeles Mrs. Tracy and Mrs. Brennan travelled to LA for the funeral. CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER KELLY-MURPHY CLIPPINGS: - The "three daughters and one son" list matches the surviving siblings of Imelda Kelly Krueger (d. 1926) — except Imelda herself was deceased by 1940. The four children of Mary Chatham Kelly are thus: Imelda (d. 1926), Mrs. James J. Murphy, Mary (Mayme), Walter, plus Mrs. Fred Hauser (= Irene Kelly Hauser). - Mrs. William Pascoe of Butte = the same Mrs. W. J. Pascoe named as "aunt" in the 1954 Mary Kelly obit. - The Walkerville origin + Michigan-to-Butte arrival pattern matches Mrs. Johanna (Lynch) Murphy (1917 obit, also Michigan-born, also Butte from c. 1882) — though the two are NOT the same person (different husbands, different children). ARCHIVE NOTE. Per user direction (2026-05-26) the speculative lineage tree linking Mary Chatham → Kelly daughters → Mrs. James J. Murphy of LA → 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy bride is held in the docs/speculative-lineage/ file, NOT in archive/people/. This clipping records the primary-source facts. CHATHAM CLUSTER. The user has clipped several Chatham items (James Chatham delegate to Democratic Country Convention; John Chatham bank robbery juror; Mary Chatham Kelly obit here) — Chatham is one of the recurring user-research-orbit surnames. The fact that Mary Chatham was one of FOUR Chatham sisters, three of whom remained in Butte (Tracy, Pascoe, Brennan married names), makes the Butte Chatham line denser than the surname-frequency alone would suggest.

Also mentioned

• Mrs. Mary Kelly · deceased

  Née Chatham per the user's filing; native of Michigan; in Butte 50+ years; died LA May 28 1940.

• Mrs. James J. Murphy · surviving_daughter

  Of Los Angeles. The same Mrs. James J. Murphy of Victoria Ave LA whose daughter Agnes Terese was bride at the 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy wedding (Nov 9 1940 — 5½ months after this obit). Her maiden name is now confirmed as KELLY; her mother was Mary Chatham Kelly.

• Miss Mary Kelly · surviving_daughter

  Of Los Angeles. Same Miss Mary 'Mayme' Kelly whose 1954 obit appears elsewhere in this archive.

• Mrs. Fred Hauser · surviving_daughter

  Of Seattle in 1940 (per this obit) — moved to Los Angeles by 1954 (per the Miss Mary Kelly obit). Almost certainly Irene Kelly Hauser, the 'Irene' named in the 1926 Imelda Kelly Krueger obit.

• Walter Kelly · surviving_son

  Of Los Angeles in 1940; of Arcadia, California by 1954 (per Mary Kelly obit). Same Walter Kelly named in the 1926 Imelda obit.

• Mrs. Nellie Tracy · surviving_sister

  Of Butte. Chatham by birth (maiden); married a Tracy.

• Mrs. William Pascoe · surviving_sister

  Of Butte. Chatham by birth; married William Pascoe. Same Mrs. W. J. Pascoe named as 'aunt' in the 1954 Miss Mary Kelly obit (confirming the relationship across the two obits).

• Mrs. Agnes Brennan · surviving_sister

  Of Butte. Chatham by birth; married a Brennan.

Places

• Butte, Montana (context)
• Walkerville, Montana (context)
• Los Angeles, California (primary)
• Michigan (context)
• Seattle, Washington (context)

Themes

• death
• obituary
• emigration_from_ireland

Tags

• color
• context_setting

Source type

obituary

Related sources

• 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14 — Wedding Bells.
• 1917-03-02 — The Butte Miner, p.8 — MRS. JOHANNA MURPHY IS VICTIM OF AN OPERATION
• 1926-11-11 — The Los Angeles Times, p.20 — KRUEGER [paid death notice]
• 1940-11-09 — The Los Angeles Times, p.24 — Llewellyn-Murphy Bridal Solemnities Due Today
• 1954-10-28 — The Montana Standard, p.2 — Miss Mary Kelly Dies in California

Open questions

• The Chatham surname is recurring across the user's research-orbit clippings — James Chatham (Dem politics), John Chatham (juror). The three Chatham-born Butte sisters (Tracy, Pascoe, Brennan married names) extend the Chatham presence further. Worth a Chatham vocab / person consolidation pass when supplemental records arrive.