The Butte Daily Post, 1909-11-06, p.7

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1909-11-06, p.7

Summary

Wedding paragraph, with no headline in the clip. "'Tish' Maloney, one of the most popular young men of the city, was married in St. Lawrence church Wednesday morning to Miss Margaret Scully of Pearl street." The Rev. Father Batens performed the ceremony, witnessed by relatives and friends; a wedding breakfast followed, and the couple left on a short wedding trip. Mr. Maloney "has been in the employ of the Hennessy company since a mere boy, occupying a position in the clothing department"; the presents included household furniture "for a neat and cozy cotage" (so printed). The Wednesday was 3 November 1909. A conflict, set down as found. This report puts the wedding in St. Lawrence church with the Rev. Father Batens. The Anaconda Standard of 4 November 1909 puts it in St. Mary's church with Father English officiating, and so does the county certificate B 2146, which the officiant signed ("St Marys Church Butte", "James English, Priest"). The analysis of 4 Oct 2026 rates St. Mary's and Father English at 85 and this report's church and priest at 15 (estimates). The Rev. F. X. Batens had married James J. Murphy and Agnes Kelly, Tish's cousin, at St. Lawrence church in October 1908; the Post may have assumed the same church and priest (an inference, not a finding).

In its time

Copper boom1882–1917

Narrative

"Tish" Maloney and Miss Margaret Scully of Pearl street were married Wednesday morning in St. Lawrence church by the Rev. Father Batens, before relatives and friends, with a wedding breakfast and a short wedding trip following. Maloney has worked in the clothing department of the Hennessy company since he was a boy; the couple received numerous gifts, including household furniture for their cottage.

“one of the most popular young men of the city”
“the numerous presents received, which included household furniture for a neat and cozy cotage”

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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: "Tish" Maloney)
role: groom · family confidence: 95 certain
First cousin of James's wife Agnes Kelly through their Chatham mothers (1909 licence; Catherine Maloughney's obituary, 1916).
Margaret L. Scully Maloughney (Tish's wife; b. ~1887 Illinois)(as printed: Miss Margaret Scully of Pearl street)
role: bride · family confidence: 75 strong
Tish's wife, an in-law on the Chatham side; 75 follows her person record. Pearl street is her address before the wedding, by this report.
Rev. F. X. Batens (pastor of St. Lawrence O'Toole, Walkerville; married James and Agnes, 1908)(as printed: the Rev. Father Batens)
role: officiant as reported · family confidence: 0 not family

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Source type

news_item, marriage_announcement

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# [no headline in the clipping] *The Butte Daily Post, Saturday, November 6, 1909, p. 7. Read from the clipping image by claude-sonnet-5-5; proofed by claude-opus-5-5, 4 Oct 2026.* "Tish" Maloney, one of the most popular young men of the city, was married in St. Lawrence church Wednesday morning to Miss Margaret Scully of Pearl street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Batens and was witnessed by relatives and friends. Following the ceremony there was a wedding breakfast, after which the happy couple left on a short wedding trip. Mr. Maloney has been in the employ of the Hennessy companyButte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms → since a mere boy, occupying a position in the clothing department. The popularity of the young couple was fully testified to by the numerous presents received, which included household furniture for a neat and cozy cotage.

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Open questions

Church and priest: St. Lawrence and the Rev. Father Batens here; St. Mary's and Father English in the Anaconda Standard of 4 Nov 1909 and on the certificate. The St. Lawrence O'Toole and St. Mary's marriage registers for 3 Nov 1909, or another Butte paper of 4-5 Nov 1909, would settle it.