John /Kelly/
family confidence: 95 — certain (corroborated)Kelly (paternal in-law)
Facts
Each fact shows how sure the archive is of it (0–100) and the sources it rests on.
- Birth:
- 1854-06, Ireland 502026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 1967 — Murphy family papersThe tree: June 1854, County Clare ('Claire'), citing the Montana death record, the 1900 and 1910 censuses and Find a Grave (the month-year form is the 1900 census's). The death notice of 22 June 1914 says 'aged 65 years', i.e. born 1848-49. Ireland: 'a native of Ireland' (95). County Clare: 'he came from Ireland Co. Clare, a very young boy ... His family address was Kildysert or Kildisert' (Agnes's 1949 notes); the 1967 chart letters 'County Cork' but has 'Kildysart' (a Clare parish) added twice by hand. Co. Clare is 90.
- Death:
- 1914-06-21, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, USA 951914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)'died at a local hospital yesterday of pneumonia' in the Monday 22 June 1914 issue = Sunday 21 June 1914. The tree gives the same, citing the Montana death record.
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | emigration · 'lived in Montana since 1876'; 'among the pioneers of the big camp, coming to the city in 1876' (Butte, Montana) Two Anaconda Standard items (22 and 23 June 1914). The tree's immigration years (1870 from the 1910 census, 1873 from the 1900 census) conflict, 50. | 95 | 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
| 1886-09-19 | marriage · married Mary Chatham 'in St. Patrick's church, Butte Montana Sept. 19 - 1886' (Butte, Montana) Agnes's 1949 notes and the 1967 chart's added note; the tree has 1887 (50). | 80 | 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 1967 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1899-1910 | residence · 412 W Daly, Butte (tree: city directory, 1899); Walkerville (tree: 1900 census; 1910 census, Walkerville Ward 2) (Walkerville, Montana) Tree only. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-10 | residence · 412 West Daly street (Walkerville): 'the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly' (Walkerville, Montana) 1908 wedding reports ('of Walkerville'). | 95 | 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26; 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14 |
| 1914-06 | residence · his home, 'the Mullins house in Centerville', 'at the corner of Mullins and Main streets' (Centerville (district of Butte)) 1914 notices. | 95 | 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
| 1914-06 | membership · Banner lodge, D. of H.: its members were 'requested to meet at the Mullins house at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of our late brother, John Kelly' (Centerville (district of Butte)) Lodge notice on the same page as his death notice (clipping's full-page transcription); same place and hour as his funeral. | 90 | 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
| 1914-06 | burial · Butte (tree, citing Find a Grave) (Butte, Montana) Tree only; cemetery not named. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1914-06-23 | event · funeral Tuesday 23 June 1914, 9 a.m., at his home, the Mullins house, Centerville; high mass at St. Lawrence's church; 'pallbearers will be selected from his old friends in Centerville and Walkerville' (Centerville (district of Butte)) The two notices. | 95 | 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
| — | emigration · 'he came from Ireland Co. Clare, a very young boy, his mother died long before'; 'His family address was Kildysert or Kildisert' (Kildysart, County Clare, Ireland) Agnes Kelly Murphy's handwritten notes 'The Chatham Family', dated May 6, 1949 (pages 3-4 of the enclosures to Joan Murphy's letter of 20 Feb 1995; read from the scan for this analysis, the folder's transcription quotes only the Murphy lines). Agnes writes that 'Josephine sent me the following'. His daughter's account, written 35 years after his death; the 1967 chart's added 'Kildysart' agrees. 'A very young boy' does not fit the tree's immigration years 1870 or 1873 well (he would have been about 16-24). | 75 | 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 1967 — Murphy family papers |
| — | description · kin in 1949 by his daughter's notes: 'had a sister Nellie Devitt in Chicago, her daughter [?] Fitzgerald - Elizabeth[?] ... and a niece Annie Brogan too'; 'The dwelling place of his [last?] brother Matt Kelly was [Ernbui?], the parish was Labasheeda[?] Kildysert' Agnes Kelly Murphy's handwritten notes 'The Chatham Family', dated May 6, 1949 (pages 3-4 of the enclosures to Joan Murphy's letter of 20 Feb 1995; read from the scan for this analysis, the folder's transcription quotes only the Murphy lines). Agnes writes that 'Josephine sent me the following'. Several words are hard to read on the photocopy; read for this analysis at 400 dpi. The Chicago sister 'Nellie Devitt' is not the Margaret (Mullaney) Devitt of British Columbia. | 75 | 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers |
| before 1914 | occupation · 'engaged in mining in Butte for many years, but had been otherwise engaged in his declining years' (Butte, Montana) Funeral notice, 23 June 1914. | 95 | 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
| c. 1910-1914 | occupation · 'proprietor of the Mullins house in Centerville for the past few years' (Centerville (district of Butte)) Funeral notice. | 95 | 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7 |
Relationships
Family (blood)
- child of Martin /Kelly/75Tree, which cites his Montana death record for his parents' names and birthplaces; not filed. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- child of Bridget /Mahoney/75Same basis. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- parent of Agnes Kelly Murphy100Baptismal certificate; 1908 reports; 1914 notice ('Mrs. Joseph Murphy'). · 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words; 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14; 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26; 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 1967 — Murphy family papers; 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers
- parent of Miss Mary "Mamie" Kelly (LA, d. 1954)100'Mamie' among his daughters (1914); bridesmaid sister of his daughter (1908). · 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- parent of Imelda Kelly Krueger (1890–1926; Agnes Kelly Murphy's sister)95inferredJohn Kelly's death notice (Anaconda Standard, 22 Jun 1914) lists 'a widow and five children ... Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Mamie, Amelia and Irene Kelly, and the son, Walter'; that this John Kelly of the Mullins house is Agnes's father is 95 (the same five children; the family tree); the family's typed 'Murphy Family Tree 1979', enclosed with Joan Murphy's letter of 20 Feb 1995 (page 2 of the PDF; not transcribed because it lists living people; read from the scan on 4 Oct 2026) lists Imelda among John Kelly's children; the family tree (citing the 1900 census) agrees. · 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- parent of Irene Kelly Hauser (1902–1986; 'Mrs. Fred Hauser'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's sister)100inferredJohn Kelly's death notice (Anaconda Standard, 22 Jun 1914) lists 'a widow and five children ... Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Mamie, Amelia and Irene Kelly, and the son, Walter'; that this John Kelly of the Mullins house is Agnes's father is 95 (the same five children; the family tree); the family's typed 'Murphy Family Tree 1979', enclosed with Joan Murphy's letter of 20 Feb 1995 (page 2 of the PDF; not transcribed because it lists living people; read from the scan on 4 Oct 2026) lists 'Rene' under John Kelly; the family tree agrees. · 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- parent of Walter Kelly (1895–1962; 'Beadle Kelly'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's brother)100inferredJohn Kelly's death notice (Anaconda Standard, 22 Jun 1914) lists 'a widow and five children ... Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Mamie, Amelia and Irene Kelly, and the son, Walter'; that this John Kelly of the Mullins house is Agnes's father is 95 (the same five children; the family tree); the family's typed 'Murphy Family Tree 1979', enclosed with Joan Murphy's letter of 20 Feb 1995 (page 2 of the PDF; not transcribed because it lists living people; read from the scan on 4 Oct 2026) lists Walter under John Kelly; the family tree agrees. · 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Marriage
- married to Mary (Chatham) Kelly100Agnes's baptismal certificate names John Kelly and Mary Chatham as her parents; 'Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly' (1908); he left 'a widow' (1914); her sisters' and her own obituaries call her Mrs. Mary Kelly. · 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words; 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14; 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26; 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 1967 — Murphy family papers
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Appears with
- Agnes Kelly Murphy7 shared sources
- 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14
- 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26
- 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7
- 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words
- 1967 — Murphy family papers
- ~2026-05 — Family research deck — Luke Murphy (user) self-prepared PowerPoint
- 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers
- Mary (Chatham) Kelly6 shared sources
- 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14
- 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26
- 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words
- 1967 — Murphy family papers
- ~2026-05 — Family research deck — Luke Murphy (user) self-prepared PowerPoint
- 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papers
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)5 shared sources
- Miss Mary "Mamie" Kelly (LA, d. 1954)4 shared sources
- Daniel ("Dan") Murphy3 shared sources
- Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)3 shared sources
- Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)3 shared sources
- John A. /Chatham/3 shared sources
- Catherine /Ryan/3 shared sources
- James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)3 shared sources
- Charles H. Gallagher (b. c.1875 Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland; d. 28 Aug 1964 Butte, age 89; founder of Wiz-Way Stores; AOH state president)2 shared sources
- Rev. F. X. Batens (pastor of St. Lawrence O'Toole, Walkerville; married James and Agnes, 1908)2 shared sources
- Imelda Kelly Krueger (1890–1926; Agnes Kelly Murphy's sister)2 shared sources
- Irene Kelly Hauser (1902–1986; 'Mrs. Fred Hauser'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's sister)2 shared sources
- Walter Kelly (1895–1962; 'Beadle Kelly'; Agnes Kelly Murphy's brother)2 shared sources
- …and 50 more people with shared sources.
Sources linking to this person
≥75 — High confidence — 8
- 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own WordsThe Sagebrushers — JJM's diary of the July-August 1907 Yellowstone Park triprole: father_on_baptismal_certificate · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly
Identity: 'Agnes Bridget Kelly Child of John Kelly and Mary Chatham'.
- 1908-10-24 — The Butte Miner, p.14Wedding Bells.role: father_of_bride · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly
Identity: 'Miss Agnes Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Walkerville'.
- 1908-10-25 — The Anaconda Standard, p.26MURPHY-KELLY NUPTIALS.role: father_of_bride_412_west_daly · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Mr. John Kelly
Identity: 'the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 412 West Daly street'.
- 1914-06-22 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA.role: deceased_subject · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly
Identity: His death notice. The children 'Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Mamie, Amelia and Irene Kelly, and the son, Walter' are Agnes's family (1926, 1940, 1954 obituaries; tree). The tree attaches this notice to him.
- 1914-06-23 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7OLD FRIENDS TO ASSIST AT A PIONEER'S FUNERALrole: deceased · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly
Identity: The same man as the Anaconda Standard's notice of 22 Jun 1914 (Mullins house, Centerville; in Montana since 1876; funeral Tuesday at 9), whose survivors, a widow and Mrs. Joseph Murphy, Mamie, Amelia, Irene and Walter, are the family tree's children of John Kelly and Mary Chatham. The tree dates his death 21 Jun 1914 at Butte and attaches this clip to him; the pallbearers from 'old friends in Centerville and Walkerville' fit the John Kelly of 412 West Daly, Walkerville, of 1908. Against: 'Joseph' for James J., and an age of 65 against a June 1854 birth.
- 1967 — Murphy family papersMurphy Family Tree, 1967: 'Patrick Murphy, Balykrewan, County Cork, Ireland'; Ellen Lyne (1859-1935)role: father_of_agnes · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly
Identity: Father of Agnes R. Murphy on the 1967 chart ('County Cork, Ireland', with 'Kildysart' added by hand); in mentioned: only.
- 1995-02-20 — Murphy family papersJoan Murphy to Dan, 20 Feb 1995: Grandma Murphy's arranged marriage to 'a much older man'; the foremost shoemakerrole: subject_of_enclosed_1949_notes · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: my father; John Kelly
Identity: Agnes's 1949 notes on her father and the 1979 typed tree ('John Kelly' and his six children).
- ~2026-05 — Family research deck — Luke Murphy (user) self-prepared PowerPointLuke Murphy's Murphy Family Research deck — Ancestry-tree summary cards for great-great-grandparents back through 3rd-great-grandparent generationrole: second_great_grandfather_kelly_side · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: John Kelly (b. Jun 1854 Co. Clare Ireland; d. 21 Jun 1914 Butte)
Identity: His Ancestry card (derived from the tree); in mentioned: only.