Butte City Directory c.1917 — Murphy Jas J, Mngr Hennessy's Centerville, r 423 N Jackson (= the user's JJM)

Summary

Butte City Directory Murphy-surname column. The bold primary entry is: **MURPHY JAS J** — Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch], r 423 N Jackson This is **the user's JJM** (person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen), identified with certainty: both the *role* (manager of Hennessy's Centerville branch, which he held 1915–1920) and the *address* (423 N Jackson) match independent records — JJM's 1918 WW1 draft registration gives his home as 423 N. Jackson, and a JJM child was born at 423 N Jackson on 7 Sep 1917. The address therefore both confirms identity and dates the directory to c.1917–1918. The same column lists many other (common-name) Butte Murphys, none promoted here: - MURPHY J EDW — Auditor, Davis-Daly Copper Co, The Napton - MURPHY JACK — Timekpr, Mt Con Mine - Murphy Jas M, slsman Jones Fr[uit], r 224 W Alum (a DIFFERENT James — salesman; the original filename's "store mgr" appears to be a mislabel; the store/branch manager is JAS J, not JAS M) - Murphy Jas N, meat ctr, Swift & [Co], 209 Dakota - numerous "Murphy Jas" miners / carpenters / truckers (Anaconda, Original, Mt Con, Stewart, N S mines; Centerville, Florence Hotel, Clarence Hotel, etc.) - Murphy J T, comp eng, Blk Rk [Mine], Lenox blk

Directory entries

• Murphy Jas J — Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch], r 423 N Jackson
  = James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 100

People — link detail

• James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy Jas J)
  role: directory entry subject · family confidence: 100 certain

  occupation: Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch] · residence: 423 N Jackson

Places

• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Centerville (district of Butte) (primary)
• Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)

Themes

• irish_american_community
• butte_economic_life

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980
• Murphy-Softley and Money Back Store — JJM's Butte retail era 1920-1924

Tags

• source_primary_family
• direct_family
• evidence_corroborating
• book_chapter_material

Related sources

• 1918-09-12 — WW1 US Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 (Third / final registration) — James Joseph Murphy WW1 Draft Registration — 12 Sept 1918, Butte
• 1915-08-13 — The Butte Miner, p.5 — PROMOTIONS MADE AT HENNESSY'S
• 1906 — Butte City Directory 1906 (R. L. Polk or similar publisher) — 1906 Butte City Directory — five Maloughneys at 421 North street, Walkerville

Open questions

• Exact directory year (1917 vs 1918). The captured pages carry no printed year header; the 423 N Jackson + Hennessy's-Centerville combination fixes it to 1917-1918. A title-page capture would settle it.