Los Angeles City Directory 1931 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes R) buyer J W Robinson Co h4339 Victoria av'

Los Angeles City Directory 1931 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1931

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Summary

- p. 1500: **Murphy Jas J (Agnes R), buyer J W Robinson Co, h4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1498: **Murphy Agnes T, supvr SCTCo, r4339 Victoria av** (Southern California Telephone Co.) and **Murphy Aileen, clk, r4339 Victoria av** (= Eileen).

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Directory entries

Murphy Jas J — buyer J W Robinson Co, r h4339 Victoria av
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 100
(Agnes R), r h4339 Victoria av
= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
Murphy Aileen — clk, r r4339 Victoria av
= Eileen /Murphy/ · 90
Murphy Agnes T — supvr SCTCo, r r4339 Victoria av
= Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940) · 95

People — link detail

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy Jas J)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 100 certain
occupation: buyer J W Robinson Co · residence: h4339 Victoria av
Same house and employer as 1929-30.
Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: (Agnes R))
role: spouse named in entry · family confidence: 100 certain
residence: h4339 Victoria av
'Agnes R.' as in the 1930 census.
Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Aileen)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 90 strong
occupation: clk · residence: r4339 Victoria av
'Aileen' for Eileen (the 1932 edition also prints Aileen at this address; 1935-42 print Eileen).
Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: supvr SCTCo · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house, with the telephone company as in the 1930 census.

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Los Angeles, California (primary)

Story threads

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

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Transcription

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--- directory: Los Angeles City Directory 1931 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Co. year: 1931 pages: ['1500', '1498'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles City Directory 1931 — Murphy household entries Read line by line from the Los Angeles Public Library's 600-dpi page images; LAPL's own OCR text layer garbles several of these lines. A ditto mark (") at the start of a line repeats the surname above it, here MURPHY. Lines marked `=>` are the family's; the others are neighbouring entries, given for context. Every line is shown in `crops/` (a plain crop and a captioned copy). ## p. 1500 — LAPL image 1496 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20170519%2F00000003&pg_seq=1496 ``` " Jas J (Arlene) h1037 W 92d => " Jas J (Agnes R) buyer J W Robinson Co h4339 Victoria av " Jas J (Kath) concretewkr h633 E 87th ``` ## p. 1498 — LAPL image 1494 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20170519%2F00000003&pg_seq=1494 ``` " Agnes M clk r3709 3d av => " Agnes T supvr SCTCo r4339 Victoria av => " Aileen clk r4339 Victoria av " Aileen sten h941 S Kenmore av ``` ## Abbreviations h householder (house) · r resides / rooms · av avenue · dr drive · blvd boulevard · W West · E East · S South · N North · dept mgr department manager · clk clerk · cashr cashier · slsmn salesman · slswn saleswoman · supvr supervisor · serv rep(r) service representative · staff asst staff assistant · sten stenographer · msngr messenger · Co Auditor County Auditor · SCTCo Southern California Telephone Co. · wid widow · jr junior · (name) wife's name · VE VErmont telephone exchange (Kelts).

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