Larry Duggan
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Larry Duggan

Also known as: L. Duggan, Lawrence Duggan

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Butte funeral director / undertaker (recurring "Larry Duggan" undertaker advertisements in the Butte Daily Post and Butte Miner column-1 funeral-notice strips, 1908-1924). Active in Butte Irish-American civic life: vice-president of St. Joseph's Literary Society (Jan 1908), AOH 1911 St Patrick's banquet attendee (Silver Bow Club), AOH 1912 Gregson Springs banquet attendee, chairman of the 1914 AOH St Patrick's Day committee that planned the parade / mass / public meeting / three grand balls, and tickets-committee member 1914 (alongside J. K. O'Rourke and James Connolly).

Facts

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Residence:
Butte, Montana
Affiliations:
Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Joseph's Literary Society, Butte funeral-director cohort (with Joseph Richards, Sherman & Reed, M. J. Walsh, White & Krebs)
DateFactConf.Sources
1908-01-07office · elected 'vice-president, Larry Duggan' of St. Joseph's Literary society (Butte, Montana)

A separate item ('ST. JOSEPH SOCIETY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS') on the page of the 8 Jan 1908 Butte Miner clipping.

951908-01-08 — The Butte Miner, p.12
1908-1920occupation · 'LARRY DUGGAN Reliable Undertaker and Embalmer. 322 North Main Street' (display ad); undertaker ads beside the death notices from 1908 to 1920 (Butte, Montana)

His own ads on many pages; separate items on clippings filed for other stories (fact sources only, not links).

1001912-04-24 — The Butte Miner, p.6; 1916-03-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6; 1908-03-24 — The Butte Miner, p.6; 1917-02-16 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3; 1920-10-24 — The Anaconda Standard, p.32
1910-1924event · bodies held 'at Duggan's undertaking rooms' or 'parlors' before burial (1910-1924) (Butte, Montana)

Death notices on the same pages naming his establishment.

901910-12-15 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5; 1912-04-24 — The Butte Miner, p.6; 1916-03-25 — The Butte Miner, p.6; 1924-01-01 — The Butte Miner, p.5
1911-03-16event · attended the St. Patrick's banquet at the Silver Bow club (Butte, Montana)

Printed list.

951911-03-17 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5
1912-03-04event · seated at the Gregson Springs banquet for National President Regan (Gregson Hot Springs)

Printed list.

951912-03-05 — The Butte Daily Post, p.4
1912-12event · gave $10 to the Irish parliamentary (Home Rule) fund (Butte, Montana)

Curated text 'Larry Duggan'; the vision text reads 'Garry'.

901912-12-13 — The Butte Miner, p.8
1914-03-01office · 'Larry Duggan was chairman' of the committee from the Ancient Order of Hibernians that drew up the St. Patrick's Day plans; also on the tickets committee (Butte, Montana)

Printed.

951914-03-02 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7
1914-08-17membership · among Butte's A. O. H. delegates to the Missoula convention ('L. J. Duggan') (Missoula, Montana)

Printed (proofed); initials L. J., not the name Larry.

801914-08-18 — The Daily Missoulian, p.10
1916-04-29membership · signer of the call to form a Butte branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom (Butte, Montana)

Printed.

951916-04-29 — The Butte Miner, p.5
1920-03-17membership · reception committee at Pallas hall for St. Patrick's night (Butte, Montana)

Read from the Butte Miner image 4 Oct 2026.

901920-03-16 — The Butte Miner, p.12; 1920-03-18 — The Anaconda Standard, p.1
1923-1924office · sheriff of Silver Bow county: 'Sheriff Duggan left for Los Angeles last night to bring back Lawrence Rooney, charged with grand larceny' (Mar 1923); 'Sheriff Larry Duggan' spoke at the Liberty league meeting against consolidation, where 'in a rabid address, [he] indulged, as expected, in his customary mud-slinging campaign' (Apr 1924) (Butte, Montana)

Two separate items on the pages of Murphy-Softley and election-judge clippings (fact sources only); the 1924 item names him in full. The Miner's words are partisan.

951923-03-04 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10; 1924-04-13 — The Butte Miner, p.20
1935-08event · an appraiser ('Appraisers Frank Korn, Larry Duggan and Nick Likarish') of the estate of Joe Benich (Butte, Montana)

A separate court item on the page of the 24 Aug 1935 clipping.

901935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.5
1935-08event · the remains of Mrs. Ellen Murphy, James's mother, lay at 'Duggan's Merrill mortuary' (Shamrock and Colonial rooms) and her cortege left from there for St. Patrick's church (Butte, Montana)

The firm name is certain (95); that it was still Larry Duggan's firm in 1935 is not shown: the 1935 ad reads 'Duggan's Merrill Mortuaries, Pat R. Gagner, Manager'. 60 for the tie to him.

601935-08-24 — The Montana Standard, p.2; 1935-08-25 — The Montana Standard, p.9; 1935-08-27 — The Montana Standard, p.5

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×10×8×7×7×6×6×6×6×6×5×5×5James Joseph "James J." M… — 10 shared sourcesJames Joseph "James J." M…Judge J. J. Lynch — 8 shared sourcesJudge J. J. LynchJohn K. O'Rourke — 7 shared sourcesJohn K. O'RourkeJames Connolly — 7 shared sourcesJames ConnollyCharles H. Gallagher — 6 shared sourcesCharles H. GallagherW. J. Sewell / Walter J. … — 6 shared sourcesW. J. Sewell / Walter J. …Hugh Daly — 6 shared sourcesHugh DalyJames B. Mulcahy — 6 shared sourcesJames B. MulcahyT. J. McCarthy — 6 shared sourcesT. J. McCarthyP. J. Brophy — 5 shared sourcesP. J. BrophyJohn J. O'Meara — 5 shared sourcesJohn J. O'MearaRev. Michael M. McCormick — 5 shared sourcesRev. Michael M. McCormickLarry Duggan

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  • 1906-08-23 — Ancient Order of Hibernians of Montana: proceedings of the twelfth biennial convention, Anaconda, 23-24 Aug 1906 (typescript)23 Aug 1906: Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial Convention of the AOH of Montana (typescript), p. 6: delegates seated for Division No. 2, Silver Bow County
    role: named · identity 80 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: Printed name 'Larry Duggan' matches this record's name exactly and no other record carries it; the record's other sources place him with James in Butte's Hibernian bodies. Mechanical match on the Sonnet transcription of 13 Sept 2026, not proofed against the image (estimate, Claude, 4 Oct 2026).

  • 1911-03-17 — The Butte Daily Post, p.5PROMINENT MEN ATTEND BANQUET
    role: banquet_attendee · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: Printed on the banquet list; full name.

  • 1912-03-05 — The Butte Daily Post, p.4MERRY EVENING AT GREGSON SPRINGS
    role: banquet_attendee · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: Printed among those seated.

  • 1912-12-13 — The Butte Miner, p.8CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOME RULE FUND
    role: donor_10_dollars · identity 90 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: 'Larry Duggan, $10' (curated); 'Garry' in the vision text is a misreading.

  • 1914-03-02 — The Anaconda Standard, p.7IRISH TO MARCH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
    role: planning_committee_chairman · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: 'Larry Duggan was chairman' of the AOH planning meeting; tickets committee.

  • 1914-08-18 — The Daily Missoulian, p.10[From Butte.]
    role: butte_aoh_delegate · identity 80 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: L. J. Duggan

    Identity: Initials only, in the Butte AOH delegation; Larry Duggan was the AOH St. Patrick's chairman that year.

  • 1914-10-15 — Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division No. 1 (Butte): correspondence15 Oct 1914: Division No. 1 invitation to its social of 21 Oct 1914, signed by the committee of arrangements, 'Jas J Murphy' last
    role: named · identity 80 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: LARRY DUGGAN

    Identity: Printed name 'LARRY DUGGAN' matches this record's name exactly and no other record carries it; the record's other sources place him with James in Butte's Hibernian bodies. Mechanical match on the Sonnet transcription of 13 Sept 2026, not proofed against the image (estimate, Claude, 4 Oct 2026).

  • 1916-04-29 — The Butte Miner, p.5ATTENTION! Irish-Americans
    role: signatory_to_foif_call · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: 'Larry Duggan' among the signers.

  • 1920-03-16 — The Butte Miner, p.12IRISH PROFESSOR TO TELL OF PRISON LIFE
    role: pallas_hall_reception_committee · identity 90 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: Read from the image 4 Oct 2026.

  • 1920-03-18 — The Anaconda Standard, p.1GREATEST OF ALL ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS AIDS CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND
    role: pallas_hall_reception_committee · identity 90 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Larry Duggan

    Identity: Same list in the Anaconda Standard.

Person ID: person_larry_duggan_butte_undertaker