Butte City Directory (year unknown) — Murphy James J, clk, r 913 N Anaconda + dense John/Jeremiah Murphy cluster
Butte City Directory (R. L. Polk & Co.) — Murphy surname pages (pp. 462–463) · Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
date confidence: unknown
Summary
A Butte City Directory Murphy spread dominated by **Murphy John** and **Murphy Jeremiah** entries. The entry the file was saved for: **Murphy James J — clk (clerk) — r 913 N Anaconda** AMBIGUOUS attribution (confidence 50). A bare "James J Murphy, clerk" in pre-1915 Butte could be the user's JJM in his Hennessy clerk years (before his 1915 promotion) — but 913 N Anaconda is NOT among JJM's documented addresses (he is at 423 N Jackson by 1917). It could equally be the *other* James J. Murphy (the 35-year Butte resident d. 1927) or a third namesake. No employer is given to disambiguate. Flagged for the user — a pre-1915 JJM address would settle it. Other notable (un-promoted, namesake/collateral) Murphys on the page: - **Murphy Jeremiah J** — City [employee], City Hall, r 715 W Granite - **Murphy Jere C** — Editor, [Daily] Inter[-Mountain] - many "Murphy John" miners (Anaconda, High Ore, Mt Con, Diamond, Pennsylvania mines) and "Murphy Jeremiah" miners/ laborers These are recorded as a surname cluster, not as person records (lump-rather-than-split; common-name Butte Murphys).
Also mentioned
- Murphy James J · directory_entry_clerk
"clk, r 913 N Anaconda." confidence_is_my_family: 50. Could be the user's JJM in his pre-1915 Hennessy clerk era, the other James J. Murphy (d.1927), or a third. Address 913 N Anaconda not otherwise in the archive. NEEDS USER: any pre-1915 JJM residence record.
- Murphy Jeremiah J · directory_entry
City [Hall employee], r 715 W Granite. Namesake/collateral; not promoted.
- Murphy Jere C · directory_entry
Editor, [Daily] Inter-Mountain (Butte newspaper). Notable Butte Murphy; namesake unless a family link surfaces.
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
Themes
Story threads
Tags
- context_setting
- candidate_family
- needs_verification
Related sources
Open questions
- NEEDS USER: Is 913 N Anaconda a documented pre-1915 residence of the user's JJM? If yes, "Murphy James J, clk, 913 N Anaconda" is JJM in his clerk era and confidence rises to 95.
- Directory year unknown. Murphy on p462 (vs p724 in the c.1917 volume) implies a thinner, earlier book. A title-page or running-header capture would date it.