Los Angeles City Directory 1942 — 'Murphy Agnes R (wid J J) h4339 Victoria av'

Los Angeles Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1942 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · 1942

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Summary

- p. 1736: **Murphy Agnes R (wid J J), h4339 Victoria av.** (The next line, "Agnes T (wid Hugh) h6200 Eileen av", is a different woman, not his daughter.) - p. 1737: **Murphy Eileen D, nurse, r4339 Victoria av** and **Murphy Imelda M, sten, r4339 Victoria av.** Filed as gathered; not researched further.

In its time

Second World War1939–1945

Directory entries

Murphy Agnes R, r h4339 Victoria av
= Agnes Kelly Murphy · 100
Murphy Eileen D — nurse, 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

People — link detail

Agnes Kelly Murphy(as printed: Murphy Agnes R)
role: widow entry · family confidence: 100 certain
residence: h4339 Victoria av
'Agnes R (wid J J)' at the family house, as in 1941.
Eileen /Murphy/(as printed: Murphy Eileen D)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain
occupation: nurse · residence: r4339 Victoria av
Eileen, nurse, 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.

Places

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 Directory Co.'s Los Angeles City Directory 1942 publisher: Los Angeles Directory Co. year: 1942 pages: ['1736', '1737'] 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 1942 — 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. 1736 — LAPL image 1736 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000004%2F00000001&pg_seq=1736 ``` " Agnes M clk r2029 W 35th pl => " Agnes R (wid J J) h4339 Victoria av [circled symbol] " Agnes T (wid Hugh) h6200 Eileen av [not his daughter] ``` ## p. 1737 — LAPL image 1737 https://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=040428be-8b21-4de1-9b1e-3421068c0f1c%2FLPU00000%2FLL000004%2F00000001&pg_seq=1737 ``` " Eileen sten r230 W 87th => " Eileen D nurse r4339 Victoria av " Eleanora L supvr SCTCo r845 S Mansfield av " Ida N r2121 W 9th => " Imelda M sten r4339 Victoria av " Irene h923 S Union 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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