Interment record — Mrs. Ellen Murphy, d. 23 Aug 1935, buried 26 Aug 1935
Cemetery interment register (likely Holy Cross Cemetery, Butte) · Silver Bow County, Montana · 1935-08-26
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Summary
Cemetery office interment register entry for Mrs. Ellen Murphy. Entry fields visible: - Deceased: Mrs. Ellen Murphy - Purchaser: Dan Murphy (her son Daniel L. Murphy) - Address: Fox Hotel (Butte) - Permit Number: 8609 - Age: 73 - Date of Death: 8-23-35 (= 23 Aug 1935) - Date of Burial: 8-26-35 (= 26 Aug 1935) - Cause of Death: Complications - Place of Birth: Ireland - Services: S.H Mass (Solemn High Mass; the account charges "High Solemn Mass" 50.00) - Lot: 74 - Block: 3 - Grave: 4 - Remarks: St. Patrick Parish Financial column totals $220.00 with itemised charges. Corroborates the existing person_ellen_murphy_fox_hotel_1935 record (death 23 Aug 1935, age 73, Fox Hotel resident). Adds specific plot location for the headstones/cemetery thread.
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People
- Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Mrs. Ellen Murphy)role: decedent · family confidence: 100 certain
age: 73 · birthplace: Ireland
- Daniel L. Murphy (Butte, b. 1894)(as printed: Dan Murphy)role: lot purchaser · family confidence: 95 certain
Listed as lot purchaser/contact for the burial. Same Dan = Daniel L. Murphy, JJM's brother, who handled the Butte end of Ellen's estate.
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- Butte, Montana (primary)
- Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)
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Transcription
Dotted underlines mark key terms on first mention — hover or tab to one for a reference note. The wording is the source’s own.
Open questions
- Cemetery identification — Holy Cross is the most likely Catholic cemetery for a St. Patrick's parishioner, but the source page does not name the cemetery; verify against the 1935-08-27 burial-rites clipping.
- Cause of death — answered 4 Oct 2026 (vision read, Sonnet and Opus) as "Complications".