Los Angeles City Directory 1939 — 'Murphy Jas J (Agnes R) r4339 Victoria av', listed after his death (17 Dec 1938)

Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1939 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1939

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Summary

- p. 1509: **Murphy Jas J (Agnes R), r4339 Victoria av** (no occupation); **Murphy Eileen, r4339 Victoria av**; **Murphy Imelda M, sten, r4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1508: **Murphy Agnes T, with SCTCo, r4339 Victoria av.** Filed as gathered; not researched further (after his death).

In its time

Great Depression1929–1939

Directory entries

Murphy Jas J, r r4339 Victoria av
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 95
(Agnes R), r r4339 Victoria av
= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
Murphy Eileen, r r4339 Victoria av
= Eileen /Murphy/ · 95
Murphy Imelda M — sten, r r4339 Victoria av
= Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora) · 95
Murphy Agnes T — with 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: 95 certain
residence: r4339 Victoria av
Wife Agnes R. and the family house; printed after his death, from an earlier canvass.
Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: (Agnes R))
role: spouse named in entry · family confidence: 100 certain
residence: r4339 Victoria av
Wife named in her husband's entry.
Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Eileen)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
residence: r4339 Victoria av
Eileen at the family house.
Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora)(as printed: Murphy Imelda M)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: sten · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Imelda M. at the family house.
Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: with SCTCo · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Agnes T. at the family house.

Places

Los Angeles, California (primary)

Story threads

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

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Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

--- directory: Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1939 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Co. year: 1939 pages: ['1509', '1508'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1939 — 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. 1509 — LAPL image 1509 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000004&pg_seq=1509 ``` " Jas H r738 S Union av => " Jas J (Agnes R) r4339 Victoria av " Jas J (Marie) clk h5819 Cimarron => " Eileen r4339 Victoria av " Eileen sten r230 W 87th " Ida M r1647 3d av => " Imelda M sten r4339 Victoria av " Irene Mrs r2476 W Washn blvd ``` ## p. 1508 — LAPL image 1508 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000003%2F00000004&pg_seq=1508 ``` " Agnes A clk r2029 W 35th pl => " Agnes T with SCTCo r4339 Victoria av " Aileen clk h861 Fedora ``` ## 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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