Polk 1884 — two Patrick Murphys in Butte, both Alice-mine men in Walkerville boarding houses; neither is the father

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, 1884 · Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana · 1884

date confidence: probable

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Summary

Baseline page from the 1884 directory, when the father was still in Dakota Territory (declaration of intent at Jamestown, 4 Nov 1884). The Patricks: - Murphy Patrick, carman Alice G & S M Co, bds Timothy Sidley. - Murphy Patrick, fireman Alice G & S M Co, bds Dennis Lynch. Both work for the Alice Gold & Silver Mining Co (Walkerville) and board in private houses (Timothy Sidley; Dennis Lynch, who is on the 1889 AOH ball reception committee with a "Patrick J. Murphy"). No "Patrick J". Also on the page: Murphy Thomas A, clerk at the Utah & Northern Ry freight and ticket office; Murphy Michael, waiter for Eugene Sullivan. Useful as the pre-arrival control: the name pool of Patrick Murphys in Butte before 1885. Gap: p. 193 (Murphy A-Michael) was not photographed.

In its time

Directory entries

(not listed; in Jamestown, Dakota Territory, in 1884)
= Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT) · 0

People — link detail

Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)(as printed: (not listed; in Jamestown, Dakota Territory, in 1884))
role: absent · family confidence: 0 not family

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Walkerville, Montana (secondary)

Themes

Butte economic life

Story threads

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

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

--- newspaper: R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory date: 1884 page: 194 --- *Read from the page image (Claude, 26 Sept 2026). Running head "194 R. L. POLK & CO'S". Entries as printed.* Murphy Michael, miner, bds Dennis Lynch. Murphy Michael, waiter Eugene Sullivan, bds same. Murphy Patrick, carman Alice G & S M Co, bds Timothy Sidley. Murphy Patrick, fireman Alice G & S M Co, bds Dennis Lynch. Murphy Peter, laborer, bds Daniel Dwyer. Murphy Quinlan, miner, bds Dennis Lynch. Murphy Stephen, miner Liquidator mine. Murphy Thomas A, clerk U & N Ry freight and ticket office, rooms nr freight depot. Murphy Thomas, laborer, Parrot S & C Co. Murphy Timothy, miner Anaconda G & S M Co, bds Timothy Sidley. Murray Frank M, jailer, bds Centennial Hotel. Murray James, rooms 13 E Copper. Murray James, roaster Bell S & C M Co, bds Luke Flynn. Murray John, miner Anaconda G & S M Co. Murray John H, miner Moulton Mining Co, res ¼ mile n of same. Murray Joseph F, barber w s Main 3 s of Daly, rooms s w cor Daly and Main. Murray K, laborer Parrot S & C Co, bds Thomas Gibbins. Murray M, bds Thomas H Gibbins. Murray Peter, furnace feeder Bell S & C M Co, bds Luke Flynn. Murrish Henry, miner Lexington Mining Co, res Centreville nr M E Chapel. Myers H, rooms Caplice Bldg. N Nadeau Mrs Charlotte, dressmaker 168 Arizona, res same. Nadeau Isaac, carpenter, rooms 126 Arizona. Nadeau John, miner, res 168 Arizona. Nadeau John B, miner, bds 21 E Galena. Nadeau Joseph (Allain & Nadeau), res 48 W Galena. ## Peripheral items - Plain text page, no advertisements. The Murphy entries continue from p. 193 (Murphy A-Michael, not photographed).

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