Polk c.1890 — no bartender Patrick Murphy in Butte; the only 'Patrick J' is a Lexington-mine miner boarding at the Walker House, Walkerville
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, c.1890 (year per the user's file name; Ancestry "U.S., City Directories" image 16098717) · Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana · 1890
date confidence: probable
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Summary
The second Murphy page of the c.1890 Polk directory (Mrs Mary to Wm, then the Murphy firms and the first Murrays). Patrick entries: - Murphy Patrick, miner Diamond Mining Co, res 509 E Summit. - Murphy Patrick, miner Mountain Consolidated mine, res 812 N Wyoming. - Murphy Patrick, lab, bds 324 N Wyoming. - Murphy Patrick, miner Diamond Mining Co, res 629 E Galena. - **Murphy Patrick J, miner Lexington mine, bds Walker House.** - Murphy Patrick K, miner, res 113 Mullins, Centreville. No Patrick Murphy is a bartender. Two saloons carry Murphy partners: Murphy & Harrington (Jeremiah Murphy, Cornelius Harrington), saloon 508 N Wyoming; Murphy & Howard (John R Murphy, Robert Howard), saloon 37 W Park. What it means for the father (Patrick J. Murphy, bartender, b. 1858): either he was not in Butte when this directory was compiled (the 1892 manifest sends Ellen to Miles City, Montana), or he is the Lexington-mine "Patrick J" boarding at the Walker House in Walkerville. The second reading would explain the "injured about the head in a mine accident" of the 1908 hearing and would put him in the Division 1 (Centerville/Walkerville) territory of the March 1889 AOH ball committee. Neither is proven. The 1891-92, 1893 and 1894-95 directories would show when "Patrick J, bartndr" first appears. Gap: pp. 418-419 (Murphy A-Mary, including any Daniel Murphy) were not photographed.
In its time
Directory entries
- = Patrick J. Murphy (Butte AOH) · 25
- = Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT) · 0
People — link detail
- Patrick J. Murphy (Butte AOH)(as printed: Murphy Patrick J)role: candidate directory entry · family confidence: 25 candidate
occupation: miner Lexington mine · residence: bds Walker House
The only "Patrick J" Murphy in Butte c.1890; a candidate for both the March 1889 AOH reception-committee man and (less securely) the father, if he mined before returning to bartending. Unproven.
- Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)(as printed: (no bartender Patrick Murphy listed))role: absent · family confidence: 0 not family
Negative evidence: no bartender of the name in Butte c.1890.
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Walkerville, Montana (secondary)
- Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
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Related sources
- 1889-03-18 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.2 — GRAND BALL by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the Miners' Union Hall on Monday, March 18, '89.
- 1889-03-20 — The Butte Weekly Miner, p.4 — ST. 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.
- 1896 — R. L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, 1896 — Polk 1896 — 'Murphy Patrick J, bartndr, res 313 S Washington' with 'Murphy Maggie, bds 313 S Washington': the family household identified
Transcription
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