ERIN'S DAUGHTERS TO HOLD SESSIONS

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1912-08-30, p.7

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Summary

Sub-head: "Will Meet in Anaconda Next Week — Number of Local Delegates." State convention of the Daughters of Erin will be held in Anaconda concurrent with the AOH convention (Sept 5-6 1912 — same convention covered in the 1912-08-29 AOH delegates clipping). **Delegates from Butte No. 1 (Daughters of Erin):** - Mrs. Kate Heimes — alternate for Mrs. Mamie Lenahan (division president), who attends as state treasurer - Mrs. Margaret Connell - Mrs. Lizzie Burke - Miss Norah Sullivan - Mrs. Mamie Melia - Miss Annie Shea - **Mrs. J. D. Murphy** — past state president - Miss Mary Cosgrove - **Mrs. John R. Murphy** — alternate for financial secretary - Miss Mary Barrett - Mrs. James J. McCarthy - Mrs. Margaret Lewis — county president, will also attend ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) **Mrs. J. D. Murphy listed as past state president** of the Daughters of Erin (= Ladies' Auxiliary of the AOH for Montana). The J. D. Murphy of the 1904 Democratic primary slate (Precinct 5 delegate) has a wife who was state president before August 1912 — so the "J. D. Murphy" household is established in Butte Irish-American leadership in both political (men) and women's-auxiliary (women) capacities. (b) **Mrs. John R. Murphy as alternate for financial secretary** — John R. Murphy is the AOH man named in the 1914-08-18 Missoula delegation. His wife is also active in the Daughters of Erin. Another distinct Butte-Murphy household. (c) Mrs. Mamie Lenahan as state treasurer (Daughters of Erin) here, two years before she signs the 1914-12-02 Brennan-reply letter as L. A. A. O. H. state secretary. Career arc. (d) Norah Sullivan again on the Butte No. 1 delegate slate — recurring through the 1907 Gaelic League founding article, 1911 Gaelic League picnic, 1912-01 welcome social, 1912-03 Easter Monday ball arrangements, and now here as an Anaconda-convention delegate.

In its time

Copper boom1882–1917

Narrative

The state convention of the Daughters of Erin is to be held in Anaconda next week, running concurrently with the Hibernians' convention. Butte No. 1's delegates include Mrs. Kate Heimes, alternate for division president Mrs. Mamie Lenahan, who sits as state treasurer; Mrs. Margaret Connell; Mrs. Lizzie Burke; Miss Norah Sullivan; Mrs. Mamie Melia; Miss Annie Shea; Mrs. J. D. Murphy, past state president; Miss Mary Cosgrove; Mrs. John R. Murphy, alternate for financial secretary; Miss Mary Barrett; and Mrs. James J. McCarthy. Mrs. Margaret Lewis, county president, will also attend from Butte.

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People

Mrs. Mamie Lenahan (Lenihan), Ladies' Auxiliary AOH, Butte Division 1; state secretary(as printed: Mrs. Mamie Lenahan)
role: division president state treasurer · family confidence: 0 not family
Mrs. Lizzie Burke (treasurer, Ladies' Auxiliary Division 1, Butte, 1913)(as printed: Mrs. Lizzie Burke)
role: delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Mrs. Mamie Melia (Ladies' Auxiliary AOH, Butte, 1910-1920)(as printed: Mrs. Mamie Melia)
role: delegate · family confidence: 0 not family
Nora Sullivan (Ellen Murphy's niece, b. ~1888 Ireland; later m. John Hanley)(as printed: Miss Norah Sullivan)
role: delegate · family confidence: 95 certain

Also mentioned

Mrs. Kate Heimes · alternate_for_division_president
= same Mrs. Kate Heimes who is on the 1912-03-29 Erin's Daughters Easter Monday ball arrangements and door committees.
Mrs. Margaret Connell · delegate
Miss Annie Shea · delegate
Mrs. J. D. Murphy · delegate_past_state_president
Wife of J. D. Murphy (= Precinct 5 Democratic delegate per the 1904-09-11 clipping; recurring Butte 'D.'-middle-initial Murphy). Was state president of Montana Daughters of Erin sometime before Aug 1912.
Miss Mary Cosgrove · delegate
= same Miss Mary Cosgrove on the 1912-03-29 Easter Monday ball floor committee.
Mrs. John R. Murphy · delegate_alternate_financial_secretary
Wife of John R. Murphy (= AOH delegate to 1914-08-18 Missoula convention).
Miss Mary Barrett · delegate
Mrs. James J. McCarthy · delegate
Mrs. Margaret Lewis · county_president_attendee

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Anaconda, Montana (primary)

Themes

Irish American community

Story threads

Source type

news_item, list_of_officers

Related sources

Transcription

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# ERIN'S DAUGHTERSIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms → TO HOLD SESSIONS ## Will Meet in Anaconda Next Week — Number of Local Delegates. *The Butte Daily Post, Friday, August 30, 1912, p. 7.* The state convention of the Daughters of Erin will be held in Anaconda concurrently with the convention of the HiberniansIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → next week. The delegates to the convention from Butte No. 1 follow: Mrs. Kate Heimes, alternate for Mrs. Mamie Lenahan, division president, who is entitled to a seat as state treasurer; Mrs. Margaret Connell, Mrs. Lizzie Burke, Miss Norah Sullivan, Mrs. Mamie Melia, Miss Annie Shea, Mrs. J. D. Murphy, past state president, Miss Mary Cosgrove, Mrs. John R. Murphy, alternate for financial secretary, Miss Mary Barrett and Mrs. James J. McCarthy. Mrs. Margaret Lewis, county president, will also attend the convention from Butte.

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Open questions

Mrs. J. D. Murphy as past state president of Daughters of Erin — would be worth tracking back-pass for which year(s) she was state president (pre-Aug 1912).