Mrs. James Stafford (née Chatham; first name unknown)
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Mrs. James Stafford (née Chatham; first name unknown)

family confidence: 75 — strongChatham (Kelly maternal grandparent line)

Named in 1916 Catherine Chatham Maloughney obit (surviving sister, Butte). Husband James Stafford of Butte. Not on 1940 Mary Chatham Kelly surviving-sisters list — so predeceased Mary 1916-1940.

Facts

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Birth:
unknown date, Michigan 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)Tree: 1860, Michigan (1870 Calumet and 1880 Portage censuses as cited).
Death:
pre-1940, Butte, Montana 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 1940-05-30 — The Montana Standard, p.5She is not among Mary's surviving sisters in 1940. The tree gives 18 Jan 1925, Portland, Oregon (citing Oregon death records), with an obituary 'E. STAFFORD' in the Butte Miner of 8 July 1925 and burial in Butte.
Residence:
Butte, Montana
DateFactConf.Sources
1886marriage · married James Patrick Stafford (b. 1855, Lovelton, Pennsylvania), 1886 (tree)

Tree only.

752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
1900residence · Silver Bow, wife (tree: 1900 census) (Silver Bow County, Montana)

Tree only.

752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
1916-04-21residence · 'Mrs. James Stafford', of Butte (Butte, Montana)

1916 obituary.

951916-04-21 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10
1916-11-08event · widowed: her husband James Stafford died 8 Nov 1916, Butte, after an injury at the Black Rock mine (tree items, Sept-Nov 1916) (Butte, Montana)

Tree only.

752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
1920residence · Portland, Oregon, widowed head of household (tree: 1920 census) (Portland, Oregon)

Tree only.

752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
—name · first name Emma: 'Emma' among the Chatham daughters on the 1979 typed tree, with 'Nellie Stafford' added under her; 'Nellie Stafford under Aunt Emma' (Joan Murphy, 1995); 'Emma Chatham Stafford' (Ancestry tree)

Two family statements and the tree; 'Mrs. James Stafford' in 1916 matches the tree's husband James Patrick Stafford.

951995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com); 1916-04-21 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10
—description · mother of Nellie Stafford, 'Mom's favorite cousin, who was an only child' (Joan Murphy of her mother Agnes)

Joan's 1995 letter. The tree gives Emma two children, Nellie and Fred, against 'an only child'.

751995-02-20 — Murphy family papers; 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)

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Sources linking to this person

≥75 — High confidence — 2

  • 1916-04-21 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10MRS. CATHERINE MALOUGHNEY.
    role: surviving_sister_chatham · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 75 · as printed: Mrs. James Stafford

    Identity: The record is made from this list; 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 shoemaker
    role: on_enclosed_1979_family_tree · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 75 · as printed: Emma

    Identity: The 'Murphy Family Tree 1979' typed by Joan Murphy (page 2 of the enclosures to her 1995 letter; read from the scan, not transcribed in the folder because it lists living people). 'Emma' is one of the seven daughters of John Chatham and Kathryn Ryan. 'Nellie Stafford' is added in pen under Emma, and Joan's letter speaks of 'Nellie Stafford under Aunt Emma'.

Person ID: person_mrs_james_stafford_chatham