MARRIED IN ST. MARY'S.
The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1909-11-04, p.8
Summary
Wedding notice. "Patrick Maloughny and Margaret L. Scully were united in marriage yesterday morning at St. Mary's church, Father English officiating": Wednesday 3 November 1909, in Butte. Both "have for some years been clerks in different departments at Hennessy's", and many of their "large number of friends" came to the wedding. No attendant, parent or guest is named. The groom is Patrick "Tish" Maloughney, James J. Murphy's companion on the 1907 Yellowstone trip and a first cousin of James's wife Agnes Kelly. Couple, day, church and priest all agree with the Silver Bow County licence and certificate B 2146, which the officiant signed: married 3 Nov 1909 at "St Marys Church Butte" by "James English, Priest". The Butte Daily Post of 6 November 1909 puts the same wedding in St. Lawrence church, performed by the Rev. Father Batens. This notice and the certificate outweigh it: 85 for St. Mary's and Father English, 15 for the Post's account (estimates, analysis of 4 Oct 2026). The clip's own title says the couple "met at Hennessy's"; the notice says only that both clerked there.
In its time
Narrative
Patrick Maloughny and Margaret L. Scully were married at St. Mary's church in Butte, with Father English officiating. Both had for some years been clerks in different departments at Hennessy's, and many of their friends attended the morning ceremony.
- “have a large number of friends, many of whom made themselves known at the wedding yesterday morning”
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People
- Patrick "Tish" Maloughney (1883–1958; "Tish Maloney" in print; JJM's best friend by family tradition; Chatham cousin of Aggie Kelly)(as printed: Patrick Maloughny)role: groom · family confidence: 95 certain
First cousin of James's wife Agnes Kelly: his mother Catherine (Chatham) Maloughney and Agnes's mother Mary (Chatham) Kelly were sisters (1909 licence; Catherine Maloughney's obituary, 1916). Printed "Maloughny", without the licence's "e".
- Margaret L. Scully Maloughney (Tish's wife; b. ~1887 Illinois)(as printed: Margaret L. Scully)role: bride · family confidence: 75 strong
Tish's wife, an in-law on the Chatham side; 75 follows her person record. The notice names neither of her parents.
Also mentioned
- Father English · officiating_priest
The certificate gives him as James English, priest, at St. Mary's Church, Butte.
Places
- Butte, Montana (primary)
Themes
Story threads
Tags
Source type
news_item, marriage_announcement
Related sources
- 1909-11-03 — Silver Bow County Marriage Register — Marriage of Patrick 'Tish' Maloughney + Margaret L. Scully — 3 Nov 1909 St. Mary's Butte (Chatham connection)
- 1909-11-06 — The Butte Daily Post, p.7
- 1916-04-21 — The Anaconda Standard, p.10 — MRS. CATHERINE MALOUGHNEY.
- 1907-07-25 — The Sagebrushers — Jim Murphy's Travelogue through Yellowstone National Park, Told in His Own Words — The Sagebrushers — JJM's diary of the July-August 1907 Yellowstone Park trip
Transcription
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Open questions
- Church and priest: St. Mary's and Father English here and on the certificate; St. Lawrence and the Rev. Father Batens in the Butte Daily Post of 6 Nov 1909. The St. Mary's and St. Lawrence O'Toole marriage registers for 3 Nov 1909, or another Butte paper of 4-5 Nov 1909, would settle it.