Wedding Bells.
The Butte Miner, Butte, 1908-10-24, p.14
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Summary
Society note. James Murphy of Butte married Miss Agnes Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Walkerville, on Monday morning (19 October 1908) at St. Lawrence church. "A large number of the friends and relatives of the contracting parties" were present. The groom is described as "a well-known and popular young clerk in the employ of the Hennessy Mercantile company on the second floor." Mr. and Mrs. Murphy will reside in Butte. The groom is the user's JJM (person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen), then a Hennessy's clerk; the bride's mother was Mary Chatham Kelly. Not person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927, whose 1927 obituary names a different widow, also Mrs. Agnes Murphy.
In its time
Narrative
James Murphy and Miss Agnes Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Walkerville, were married on Monday morning at St. Lawrence church before a large gathering of friends and relatives. Murphy is a clerk on the second floor at the Hennessy Mercantile company; the couple will live in Butte.
- “Mr. Murphy is a well-known and popular young clerk in the employ of the Hennessy Mercantile company on the second floor”
- “the friends of the bride are numbered by the hundred”
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People
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James Murphy)role: groom · family confidence: 100 certain
The user's JJM. A Hennessy Mercantile clerk in 1908, matching his Hennessy's career. His wife Agnes Kelly, daughter of John Kelly and Mary Chatham, is confirmed by the family tree, the 1938 obituary (mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Kelly of Los Angeles) and the 1940 Mary Chatham Kelly obituary. Not person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927, whose widow was a different Mrs. Agnes Murphy.
- Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Miss Agnes Kelly)role: bride · family confidence: 100 certain
Walkerville Kelly daughter; wife of the user's JJM and daughter of Mary Chatham Kelly (family tree; 1940 Mary Chatham Kelly obituary). Not the widow named in the 1927 obituary of person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927, who was a different Mrs. Agnes Murphy.
- Mary (Chatham) Kelly(as printed: Mrs. John Kelly)role: mother of bride · family confidence: 95 certain
- John /Kelly/(as printed: John Kelly)role: father of bride · family confidence: 95 certain
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Walkerville, Montana (primary)
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marriage_announcement, society_column
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Open questions
- Settled — the "James Murphy" of this wedding is the user's JJM (person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen), not person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927. The 1927 obit's widow, also Mrs. Agnes Murphy, was a different woman, and its Ryan in-laws (Mrs. Nan Ryan, Pat V. Ryan) belong to the 1927 man's family, not to the Walkerville Kellys.
- Walkerville Kelly family — John Kelly of Walkerville, 1908 — is he the same as either John Kelly already in people.yaml? The musician left for the East in 1884; the Stewart-mine John died in 1900. Both predate or are inconsistent with a Walkerville father living in 1908. Treated as a distinct John Kelly; not promoted to people.yaml until further reference.