Patrick J. Murphy (Butte AOH)
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
With middle initial "J." On the Reception Committee for the Butte AOH Division No. 1 Grand Ball, 17 March 1889; named in both the Butte Daily Post ad (Mar 18) and the Butte Weekly Miner news coverage (Mar 20). Active in Butte Irish-American organisational life. CANDIDATE for the user's Patrick Murphy line. Could plausibly be the same person as person_patrick_murphy_anaconda_1889 (8 months later); two records preserved until evidence consolidates.
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- Residence:
- Butte, Montana
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-03-18 | membership · Reception Committee of the Division No. 1, A. O. H. annual ball at Miners' Union hall ('RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Patrick J. Murphy, D. Driscoll, John Cadigan, ...') (Butte, Montana) The ad and the news report print the same list; he is first named. | 100 | 1889-03-18 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.2; 1889-03-20 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.4 |
| 1900-03 | residence · First Ward, Butte (as a First Ward delegate) (Butte, Montana) A ward delegate normally lived in the ward. Only the 1900 source gives a ward; the 1889 sources give no address. | 50 | 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3 |
| 1900-03-21 | membership · delegate of the First Ward to the Democratic city convention ('First Ward—Delegates: ... Mike Dempsey, Patrick J. Murphy') (Butte, Montana) The name is now read from the page (vision transcription, 4 Oct 2026), confirming the user's filing. Identity with the 1889 man is 50: the same name and initial eleven years later, in a city with several Patrick J. Murphys. | 50 | 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3 |
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- 1890 — R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, c.1890 (year per the user's file name; Ancestry "U.S., City Directories" image 16098717)Polk c.1890 — no bartender Patrick Murphy in Butte; the only 'Patrick J' is a Lexington-mine miner boarding at the Walker House, Walkervillerole: candidate_directory_entry · identity 30 family confidence on this source: 25 · as printed: Murphy Patrick J
Identity: 'Murphy Patrick J, miner Lexington mine, bds Walker House': the only 'Patrick J' in the c.1890 directory, but nothing ties this miner to the 1889 committee.
<25 — Namesake / flag / context — 3
- 1889-03-18 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.2GRAND BALL by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the Miners' Union Hall on Monday, March 18, '89.role: reception_committee_member · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Patrick J. Murphy
Identity: 'Patrick J. Murphy', first on the reception committee; the source that defines the record.
- 1889-03-20 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.4ST. PATRICK HONORED. / Observance of the Saint's Natal Day in Butte. / Procession of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Emmet Guards and Parnell Rifles Witnessed by Crowds — The Ball at Miners' Union Hall a Financial and Social Success.role: reception_committee_member · identity 95 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Pat J. Murphy
Identity: Same list in the Butte Weekly Miner's report two days later.
- 1900-03-22 — The Butte Daily Post, p.3DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. / Daly Faction Has a Working Majority. / HARRIS IS TURNED DOWN. / Beaten by McArthur For Temporary Chairman—The Platform is Harmless.role: ward_one_democratic_delegate · identity 50 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Patrick J. Murphy
Identity: 'Patrick J. Murphy', First Ward delegate, 1900; possibly the same man.