[3-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER OF MR AND MRS PATRICK MURPHY DIES]
The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1896-06-24, p.5
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Summary
Short death notice: the three-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy died on 23 June 1896 and was buried at 2 o'clock the next afternoon from the family residence at No. 313 South Washington street. No first name is given for the daughter or for Mrs. Patrick Murphy. > The 3-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy > died yesterday morning and will be buried at 2 o'clock this > afternoon from the residence at No. 313 South Washington > street. **FAMILY IDENTIFICATION**: the Pat Murphy + Ellen Lyne family (person_patrick_j_murphy_bartender_1908 + person_ellen_murphy_fox_hotel_1935). The 1896 Butte city directory (Polk, pp. 310-311) lists "Murphy Patrick J, bartndr, res 313 S Washington", with Maggie Murphy boarding at the same house — so the address is in Butte, not Anaconda, and it is Pat's. **ONE OF THE FIVE LOST CHILDREN**: per the 1908 Montana State Hospital clinical notes for Pat, "Has had eight children — only three are living. Some were still born & some died in infancy." This daughter, born c. late March 1896 and died 23 June 1896, is one of the five who died before 1908. ## ADDRESS CHAIN Pat + Ellen Murphy's Butte residences in the archive: - 1896: **313 South Washington Street** (this notice; 1896 city directory) - 1908: **120 West Quartz Street** (March 1908 commitment) - 1912: **3 West Agate Street** (April 1912 death notice)
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Narrative
The three-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy died yesterday morning; burial is set for 2 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence at No. 313 South Washington street.
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People
- Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)(as printed: Mr. Patrick Murphy)role: father of decedent · family confidence: 95 certain
Corroborated by the 1896 Butte city directory: Patrick J. Murphy, bartender, res 313 S Washington — the address in this notice, in the same year.
- Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Mrs. Patrick Murphy)role: mother of decedent · family confidence: 95 certain
Ellen Lyne Murphy, Pat's wife (the user's PDF filename also names her Ellen). The notice itself gives no first name.
- Unnamed Murphy infant daughter (b. ~Mar 1896 Butte; d. 23 Jun 1896 Butte age 3 months; PJM + Ellen Lyne's daughter)(as printed: [unnamed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy])role: decedent · family confidence: 95 certain
Follows from the parents' identification above. One of Pat and Ellen's eight children, five of whom died before 1908 (Pat's 1908 asylum clinical notes). The newspaper does not name her.
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
- Anaconda, Montana (source)
- Montana (context)
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Source type
news_item, death_notice
Related sources
- 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
- 1908-03-23 — Montana State Hospital admission records — Patient P. J. Murphy — Patrick J. Murphy asylum admission record — Warm Springs MT, 23 March 1908, age 52, bartender, 8 children only 3 living
- 1908-03-23 — The Daily Inter Mountain, p.10 — PATRICK J. MURPHY IS FOUND INSANE
- 1881-02-13 — Marriage Returns, Superintendent Registrar's District of Castletown — Marriage of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Lyne, 13 Feb 1881, Ardgroom
- 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.
Transcription
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Open questions
- Name of the deceased 3-month-old daughter — not given in this notice. A Silver Bow County 1896 vital-records or Catholic parish death-register search for "Murphy" infant deaths in June 1896 could name her.
- The five Murphy infant losses (per Pat's 1908 clinical notes) — what were the names and dates of the others? This 1896 daughter is one; four more (some stillborn) are undocumented in the archive so far.