Marriage License — Daniel L. Murphy + Julia B. Wilson, 18 Aug 1936, Butte

Montana Marriage Licenses, Silver Bow County · Silver Bow County, Montana, USA · 1936-08-18

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Silver Bow County Marriage License No. A 23369, sworn 18 August 1936. **Groom**: **Daniel L. Murphy**, White man, aged **35** (age understated — he was actually ~42, b. Aug 1894 per 1900 census), born at **Butte**, County of **Silver Bow**, State of **Montana**. Not previously married. Son of **Patrick Murphy** and **Ellen Murphy whose maiden name was Ellen Lyne**. **Bride**: **Julia B. Wilson**, White woman, aged **25**, born at **Pony**, County of **Madison**, State of **Montana**. Not previously married. Daughter of **Lew Wilson** and **Belle Wilson** (maiden name blank — = Clara Belle Nelson Wilson per CLAUDE.md / archive's Lewis Wilson Pony-MT electrician thread). **Two MAJOR findings**: 1. **THIRD primary-source confirmation of Ellen's maiden name = LYNE.** The 1881 Pat-Ellen marriage cert, the 1883 JJM baptism cert, and now this 1936 Daniel-Julia marriage license all explicitly attest "Ellen Lyne". 2. **Daniel L. Murphy (JJM's younger brother) married into the Wilson family of Pony, Madison County, Montana** — opening a new **Wilson paternal-in-law branch** (in-law through Daniel, not JJM directly). Julia B. Wilson's parents are Lewis "Lew" Wilson + Clara "Belle" Wilson, the Pony / Bozeman MT electrician family already in the archive (person_lewis_wilson_pony_electrician, person_clara_belle_nelson_wilson).

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Parties named in the record

  • groom
    Daniel L. Murphy(= Daniel L. Murphy (Butte, b. 1894))100

    age: 35 · status: not previously married

  • bride
    Julia B. Wilson(= Julia B. Wilson (m. Daniel L. Murphy 1936; daughter of Lewis + Belle Wilson))95

    age: 25 · status: not previously married

  • father of groom
    Patrick Murphy(= Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT))100
  • mother of groom
    Ellen Murphy (née Ellen Lyne)(= Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935))100
  • father of bride
    Lew Wilson(= Lewis "Lew" Wilson (Pony MT electrician, d. 1944))95
  • mother of bride
    Belle Wilson(= Clara Belle (Nelson) Wilson)95

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  • J. P. Kelly · court_clerk
  • J. L. Inman · deputy_court_clerk

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--- newspaper: Montana marriage licence, Silver Bow County, form "Marriage License" No. A 23369 (not a newspaper; a printed form with handwritten entries; the image shows the licence only) date: 1936-08-18 page: unknown (single form; the scan ends just below the ornamental rule that closes the licence) transcribed_by: claude-sonnet-5-5 (Claude Code subagent), 2026-10-04 proofed_by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-04 method: 715 x 667 px JPEG (96 dpi) opened in full; the form cut into tiles upscaled 3x and then every handwritten entry, both ages, the licence number, the dates and the two signatures re-read at 8x to 16x (autocontrast); metadata.yaml was read first, as instructed, then every entry was read from the image --- [Layout: printed form text is plain; handwritten entries are in **bold**; the form is enclosed in a thin black frame. A fragment of a line of type from the record above is cut off along the very top edge of the scan and is not transcribed.] The State of Montana, } ss. County of Silver Bow. } No. A **23369** [the entry is typed or stamped; the fourth digit is partly smudged] # Marriage License These Presents, Are to authorize any Judge of a Court of Record, any Justice of the Peace within said County, elected, or appointed by the Governor of Montana, therefor, any regular ordained Minister, who is in good standing in the religious denomination to which he belongs, or any religious society, according to the usages of said society, to solemnize within said County of Silver Bow, State of Montana, the marriage of **Daniel L. Murphy** a **White** man, aged **35** years, born at **Butte** in the County of **Silver Bow** and **State** of **Montana** and now residing at **Butte** in the County of Silver Bow, State of Montana and who has **not** been previously married and is now a [blank] Son of **Patrick Murphy**, and **Ellen Murphy** whose maiden name was **Ellen Lyne** With **Julia B Wilson**, a **White** woman, aged **25** years, born at **Pony**, in the County of **Madison** and **State** of **Montana**, and now residing at **Butte** in the County of Silver Bow, and State of Montana, who has **not** been previously married, and is now a [blank], Daughter of **Lew Wilson** and **Belle Wilson** [the raised stroke that follows the name, above the next line, is the "th" of the sworn date below], whose maiden name was [blank] Being duly sworn this **18**[th?] [the "th" is written high, at the end of the "Belle Wilson" line above, as the "th" of the witness clause's 18th is; a short dash follows] day of **August**, 19**36**, the applicant states the ages given are true and correct. In WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Montana, this **18th** [the superscript overlaps the printed line above] day of **August**, 19**36**. [signature:] **[J?]. P. Kelly**, Clerk. By [signature:] **[J. L. Inman?]**, Deputy Clerk. [Below the signatures a double ornamental rule with a dotted centre closes the licence; a hand-drawn X-shaped pen mark crosses the rule near its middle. Nothing is printed below the rule in this image: no certificate of marriage, return or witnesses appear.]

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Source ID: 1936-08-18_silver-bow-county-mt_daniel-l-murphy-julia-b-wilson-marriage-license

Reference: License No. A 23369

Accessed by lukedmurphy on 2026-05-27.