Los Angeles City Directory 1941 — 'Murphy Agnes R (wid J J) h4339 Victoria av'

Los Angeles City Directory 1941 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1941

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Summary

- p. 1631: **Murphy Agnes R (wid J J), h4339 Victoria av**; **Murphy Agnes T, serv rep SCTCo, r4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1632: **Murphy Eileen, nurse, r4339 Victoria av.** - p. 1633: **Murphy Joan, clk, r4339 Victoria dr** and **Murphy Mielda [sic], clk, r4339 Victoria dr** (printed "dr" on these two lines). The widow's entry ("wid J J") confirms that the J. J. Murphy of 4339 Victoria Avenue was her husband. Filed as gathered; not researched further.

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  • Murphy Agnes R, r h4339 Victoria av
    = Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
  • Murphy Eileen — nurse, r r4339 Victoria av
    = Eileen /Murphy/ · 95
  • Murphy Joan — clk, r r4339 Victoria dr
    = Joan Claire /Murphy/ · 95
  • Murphy Mielda [sic] — clk, r r4339 Victoria dr
    = Imelda Murphy Bryant (1917–1998; JJM Sr's daughter; Iowa diaspora) · 85
  • Murphy Agnes T — serv rep SCTCo, r r4339 Victoria av
    = Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940) · 95

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  • Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Murphy Agnes R)
    role: widow entry · family confidence: 100 certain

    residence: h4339 Victoria av

    'Agnes R (wid J J)': widow of J. J. Murphy at the family house; 'Agnes R.' in the 1930 census.

  • Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Eileen)
    role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain

    occupation: nurse · residence: r4339 Victoria av

    Eileen, nurse, at the family house.

  • Joan Claire /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Joan)
    role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain

    occupation: clk · residence: r4339 Victoria dr

    Joan (b. 1921) at the family house number.

  • role: directory entry · family confidence: 85 strong

    occupation: clk · residence: r4339 Victoria dr

    'Mielda' is a misprint for Imelda, listed at 4339 Victoria in 1937-39 and 1942.

  • Agnes Terese Murphy (m. Llewellyn 1940)(as printed: Murphy Agnes T)
    role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain

    occupation: serv rep SCTCo · residence: r4339 Victoria av

    Agnes T. at the family house.

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--- directory: Los Angeles City Directory 1941 publisher: Los Angeles City Directory Co. year: 1941 pages: ['1631', '1632', '1633'] repository: Los Angeles Public Library, ResCarta-Web read_from: LAPL 600-dpi page images, 28 Sept 2026 (see provenance.yaml) --- # Los Angeles City Directory 1941 — 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. 1631 — LAPL image 1635 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000008&pg_seq=1635 ``` " Agnes M clk r2039 35th pl => " Agnes R (wid J J) h4339 Victoria av [circled symbol] => " Agnes T serv rep SCTCo r4339 Victoria av " Aileen clk State Mut Bldg & Loan Assn h861 Fedora ``` ## p. 1632 — LAPL image 1636 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000008&pg_seq=1636 ``` " Edythe h1406 N Fuller av => " Eileen nurse r4339 Victoria av ``` ## p. 1633 — LAPL image 1637 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2Fcl000000%2F20180218%2F00000008&pg_seq=1637 ``` " Jewell r2109 Toberman => " Joan clk r4339 Victoria dr " Joan Mrs h4546½ Paulhan av " Michl J dmnstr DW&P r Van Nuys => " Mielda [sic] clk r4339 Victoria dr " Mildred maid r1438 E 49th ``` ## 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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Source ID: 1941_los-angeles-city-directory_ladc-pp1631-1633-murphy-agnes-r-wid-j-j-4339-victoria-av

Reference: p. 1631 and p. 1632 and p. 1633; LAPL ResCarta images 1635, 1636, 1637 of 2856

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