MURPHY-KELLY NUPTIALS.

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1908-10-25, p.26

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Summary

Wedding notice. "A very pretty wedding was solemnized on Monday morning [Oct 19 1908] at St. Lawrence church by the Rev. F. X. Batens when **Miss Agnes Kelly became the wife of James Murphy**. Miss Mamie Kelly, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was attended by **Charles H. Gallagher**. Following the ceremony a sumptuous wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, **Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 412 West Daly street**, after which the happy couple left on an extended trip to the coast." ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **The actual wedding notice of** `person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen` (the user's JJM) and his bride Agnes Kelly. The `person_agnes_kelly_murphy` record once said "Married James Murphy of the Hennessy Mercantile company at St. Lawrence church on 19 October 1908. Provisionally the same woman as the widow Mrs. Agnes Murphy in the 1927 James J. Murphy obit." That provisional identification is rejected: the 1927 widow is a different Mrs. Agnes Murphy, married to the unrelated `person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927`. **This clipping confirms the date (Mon Oct 19 1908), the church (St. Lawrence), the officiant (Rev. F. X. Batens), the bride's parents (Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of 412 West Daly street Butte), the bridesmaid (Mamie Kelly, bride's sister), and the best man (Charles H. Gallagher).** The pre-existing record speculated "John Kelly of Walkerville" — this clipping says **412 West Daly street** (a Butte address, near the city center, not Walkerville). The "Walkerville" attribution in the pre-existing record should be corrected to "412 West Daly street, Butte" on back-pass. Best man **Charles H. Gallagher** = the C. H. Gallagher who recurs through the JJM-cluster AOH coverage. Confirms a direct social tie between the groom, the user's JJM, and Gallagher as early as Oct 1908. The Kellys of 412 West Daly are DISTINCT from the Kellys of the Mullins house Centerville (the John Kelly who d. 1914-06-22 of pneumonia, native of Ireland in Montana since 1876) — two separate Butte Kelly households.

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Miss Agnes Kelly married James Murphy on Monday morning at St. Lawrence church, with the Rev. F. X. Batens officiating. The bride's sister, Miss Mamie Kelly, was bridesmaid and Charles H. Gallagher attended the bridegroom; a wedding breakfast followed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 412 West Daly street, before the couple left on an extended trip to the coast.

  • “A very pretty wedding was solemnized on Monday morning at St. Lawrence church”
  • “a sumptuous wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents”

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People

  • role: groom · family confidence: 100 certain

    The user's JJM. The wedding date, church and bride match person_agnes_kelly_murphy, his wife (the family tree attaches this clipping to her), and the 1908-10-24 Butte Miner notice of the same wedding calls the groom a clerk of the Hennessy Mercantile company, his employer. Formerly linked to person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927 on the premise that the 1927 widow Mrs. Agnes Murphy was this bride; that premise is wrong (she was a different Agnes).

  • Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Miss Agnes Kelly)
    role: bride · family confidence: 100 certain

    Agnes Bridget Kelly (b. 1887 Walkerville), wife of the user's JJM, per the family tree and the 1940 Mary Chatham Kelly obituary ("Mrs. James J. Murphy" of Los Angeles). Earlier set to 0 when the groom was taken to be the unrelated 1927-d. James J. Murphy.

  • role: best man · family confidence: 0 not family

    Not family: recurring Butte AOH figure. Printed-name match to his person record; moved from mentioned in the 2026-10-03 rescan. Earlier note: = the C. H. Gallagher who recurs through the JJM-cluster AOH coverage as AOH treasurer (1909-12 Div 2), state-level officer, etc. Confirms a social tie between the groom, the user's JJM, and Gallagher as early as Oct 1908.

  • Mary (Chatham) Kelly(as printed: Mrs. John Kelly)
    role: mother of bride 412 west daly · family confidence: 95 certain
  • Miss Mary "Mamie" Kelly (LA, d. 1954)(as printed: Miss Mamie Kelly)
    role: bridesmaid sister of bride · family confidence: 75 strong
  • John /Kelly/(as printed: Mr. John Kelly)
    role: father of bride 412 west daly · family confidence: 95 certain
  • role: officiant st lawrences · family confidence: 0 not family

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Transcription
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# MURPHY-KELLY NUPTIALS. *The Anaconda Standard, Sunday, October 25, 1908, p. 26.* A very pretty wedding was solemnized on Monday morning at St. Lawrence church by the Rev. F. X. Batens when Miss Agnes Kelly became the wife of James Murphy. Miss Mamie Kelly, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was attended by Charles H. Gallagher. Following the ceremony a sumptuous wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 412 West Daly street, after which the happy couple left on an extended trip to the coast.

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Open questions

  • Update person_agnes_kelly_murphy record: - Confirm marriage at St. Lawrence church 19 Oct 1908 (now direct evidence) - Correct father's address from "Walkerville" to "412 West Daly street Butte" - Add sister Mamie Kelly to the record - Add Charles H. Gallagher as the best man at the wedding — social-tie datapoint
  • Are the Kellys of 412 West Daly (Agnes + Mamie + John as parents) related to any other Butte Kelly family? The 1914 John Kelly pneumonia obit is a different Kelly household — different address, different children. The Walkerville Kelly attribution is supported by the 1908-10-24 Butte Miner notice of this wedding ("daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Walkerville"); the 1927 obit concerns the other James J. Murphy and has no bearing on the bride's family.