JJM Jr's typewritten resume — age 44, Anaheim CA (~1958)

Summary

Four-page typewritten employment resume of **James J. Murphy Jr.** (= person_james_j_murphy_jr_la, son of JJM Sr the LA-d. 1938 Murphy). Written when he was 44 years old (so ~1958 — the filename "1960" appears to be a rounded user-labeling; the math is 1914 + 44 = 1958). First-person family document, machine-typed, signed identity self. **Personal data**: - Name: James J. Murphy (Jr.) - Address: 1861 Morgan Lane, Anaheim, California - Telephone: JEfferson 4-5469 - Age: 44 - Birthdate: **20 March 1914** - Place of Birth: **Butte, Montana** - Married: **22 October 1936** (to Marie A. Schueller — per the corresponding marriage-intention clipping; the actual wedding 15 days after the 7 Oct 1936 intention filing) - Children: **Six**, ages 21, 18, 13, 10, 5, 4 at writing (b. ~1937, 1940, 1945, 1948, 1953, 1954) **Education**: - Loyola High School, LA, 1927-1931 - Loyola University, LA, 1932-1934 (Pre Legal) - Loyola Law College, LA, 1934-1937 (Night Session) **Hobbies**: All sports, particularly golf and swimming. **School activities**: Sports, particularly football; Debating Society. **Employment record**: 1. **Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank CA** — Feb 1943 to June 1946. Supervisor C. Snow. Salary $275-$450/mo. Last position Supervisor of Parts and Service Sales Department. 2. **Leo J. Mayberg, LA** — June 1946 to June 1948. Mr. F. Buehler. Wholesale Norge appliance salesman. 3. **Kelvinator Sales Corp, 2211 Davie St LA** — June 1948 to Feb 1950. Mr. J. D. Downing. Wholesale Kelvinator appliances. 4. **Kelvinator Sales Corp, LA** — Feb 1950 to Aug 1955. Branch Manager San Diego + Imperial Counties. 5. **Kelvinator Sales Corp, 2819 Elliott, Seattle WA** — Aug 1955 to Mar 1957. **Zone Manager Northwest** (Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho). 27 employees. 6. **Kelvinator Sales Corp, 2012 NW Vaughn, Portland OR** — Mar 1957 to July 1958. Branch Manager Oregon (demotion from Zone Manager). 7. **Kelvinator Sales Corp, 2211 Davie St LA** — July 1958 to present. Wholesale salesman. **Page 4 narrative**: Explains he wants to change jobs because the appliance industry was "unsound" (Kelvinator, Frigidaire, GE all abolished high-level positions ~1956-1958, causing chain-reaction demotions). Wanted to stay in Southern California rather than relocate again. Demotion from Seattle Zone Manager to Oregon Branch Manager (with family climate dislike of the Pacific Northwest) drove the move back to LA. **Book material**: an evocative self-portrait of the 2nd- generation Murphy in California. Pre-WW2 Loyola Law education + wartime Lockheed Aircraft + post-war appliance-industry career arc. JJM Sr (d. 1938 LA) was a Hennessy's clothing manager; JJM Jr followed into wholesale sales but in appliances, not clothing. The Murphy-as-salesman career trait carried into the second generation.

People

• James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)(as printed: James J. Murphy (Jr.))
  role: subject · family confidence: 100 certain

  age: 44 · born: 1914-03-20 · birthplace: Butte, Montana

  JJM Sr's son James J. Murphy Jr. Resume is self-written and provides primary-source dates, addresses, employer history, education, and family composition. Major leverage for the LA-Murphy-second-generation chapter of the book.

• Marie A. Schueller Murphy (b. 31 Aug 1916 Ferdinand ID; d. 11 Apr 2012 La Mesa CA age 95; "Marie by the Sea"; user's paternal grandmother)(as printed: (named only as 'married Oct 22 1936'; spouse identity from corresponding marriage-intention clipping is Marie A. Schueller))
  role: spouse · family confidence: 100 certain

Also mentioned

• C. Snow · lockheed_supervisor
• F. Buehler · mayberg_supervisor
• J. D. Downing · kelvinator_la_supervisor
• R. B. Trick · kelvinator_portland_supervisor

Places

• Los Angeles, California (primary)
• Butte, Montana (primary)
• Montana (primary)
• Seattle, Washington (secondary)

Themes

• irish_american_community

Story threads

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

Tags

• source_primary_family
• book_chapter_material
• direct_family

Related sources

• 1936-10-07 — The Los Angeles Times, p.42 — MURPHY—SCHUELLER
• 1938-12-19 — The Montana Standard, p.3 — JAMES MURPHY DIES ON COAST
• 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)

Open questions

• Six children — names not given in the resume; would map onto the user's GEDCOM JJM Jr descendants. The 1948-born child is plausibly Daniel Mark Murphy (the user's father per GEDCOM). Worth checking the GEDCOM to identify which of JJM Jr's six children is the user's father (= Daniel Mark Murphy) per user confirmation 2026-05-27.
• The resume was likely written 1958 (age 44 + March 1914 birth). Filename "1960" is a user labeling round-up; the document itself dates to early 1958 (before his March 1958 birthday making him 44) or mid-1958 to mid-1959 (post-44, pre-45).