Butte City Directory c.1917 — Murphy Jas J, Mngr Hennessy's Centerville, r 423 N Jackson (= the user's JJM)

Butte City Directory (R. L. Polk & Co.) — Murphy surname pages (pp. 724–725) · Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana · 1917

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Summary

Butte City Directory Murphy-surname column. The bold primary entry is: **MURPHY JAS J** — Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch], r 423 N Jackson This is **the user's JJM** (person_james_murphy_son_of_pat_and_ellen), identified with certainty: both the *role* (manager of Hennessy's Centerville branch, which he held 1915–1920) and the *address* (423 N Jackson) match independent records — JJM's 1918 WW1 draft registration gives his home as 423 N. Jackson, and a JJM child was born at 423 N Jackson on 7 Sep 1917. The address therefore both confirms identity and dates the directory to c.1917–1918. The same column lists many other (common-name) Butte Murphys, none promoted here: - MURPHY J EDW — Auditor, Davis-Daly Copper Co, The Napton - MURPHY JACK — Timekpr, Mt Con Mine - Murphy Jas M, slsman Jones Fr[uit], r 224 W Alum (a DIFFERENT James — salesman; the original filename's "store mgr" appears to be a mislabel; the store/branch manager is JAS J, not JAS M) - Murphy Jas N, meat ctr, Swift & [Co], 209 Dakota - numerous "Murphy Jas" miners / carpenters / truckers (Anaconda, Original, Mt Con, Stewart, N S mines; Centerville, Florence Hotel, Clarence Hotel, etc.) - Murphy J T, comp eng, Blk Rk [Mine], Lenox blk

In its time

Directory entries

Murphy Jas J — Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch], r 423 N Jackson
= James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA) · 100
Murphy Danl
= Daniel L. Murphy (Butte, b. 1894) · 95
Patk
= Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT) · 100
Murphy Ellen
= Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935) · 95

People — link detail

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: Murphy Jas J)
role: directory entry subject · family confidence: 100 certain
occupation: Mngr Hennessy's Centerville [Branch] · residence: 423 N Jackson
Daniel L. Murphy (Butte, b. 1894)(as printed: Murphy Danl)
role: directory entry clk hennessy s rms 725 · family confidence: 95 certain
Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)(as printed: Patk)
role: deceased husband named in widow entry · family confidence: 100 certain
Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)(as printed: Murphy Ellen)
role: directory entry · family confidence: 95 certain

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Centerville (district of Butte) (primary)
Silver Bow County, Montana (primary)

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Transcription

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# Butte City Directory c.1917 — Murphy surname column (verbatim entries) Abbreviations: r = resides; b = boards/boarder; rms = rooms; clk = clerk; mngr = manager; comp eng = competent/compressor engineer; ctr = cutter; Mt Con = Mountain Consolidated mine. ``` Murphy Hugh J driver City Ma[rket] 715 E Park Murphy Hyland J r rear 1207 [Farrell] Murphy Ida milliner Mrs Honore[...] dn b 715 E Park MURPHY J EDW Auditor Davis-Daly Copper Co The Napton Murphy J T comp eng Blk Rk [Mine] Lenox blk MURPHY JACK Timekpr Mt Con Mine rms [...] Mont Murphy Jas elec rms 322 E Bway Murphy Jas trucker C M & St [P] rms Clarence Hotel Murphy Jas miner Stewart [Mine] Florence Hotel Murphy Jas rms 16 E Gagnon Murphy Jas miner Ana Mine b Gal[ena] Murphy Jas miner Orig Mine r 7[..] av CentervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms → Murphy Jas miner Mt Con Mine [Mul]lins House Centerville Murphy Jas miner rms 257 E Pa[rk] Murphy Jas carp rms 107 W Qu[artz] Murphy Jas b 136 W Woolman Murphy Jas C miner N S Mine [...] Case[y] Murphy Jas C miner b 790 W Cop[per] Murphy Jas H shift boss Mt Con rms 116 W Silver MURPHY JAS J Mngr Hennessy'sButte: companies, unions & placesHennessy’sfounded 1886The D. J. Hennessy Mercantile Company, Butte’s leading department store. Its 1898 building at Granite and Main also housed the Anaconda company’s offices on the top floor.More in Key terms → Centerville [Branch] r 423 N Jackson Murphy Jas M slsman Jones Fr[uit] r 224 W Alum Murphy Jas N meat ctr Swift & [Co] 209 Dakota ``` [Editor's note: transcribed from the far-right Murphy column of the right-hand page (pp. 724–725). Bracketed text is inferred where the column edge or fold clipped a word. The family entry of interest is **MURPHY JAS J — Mngr Hennessy's Centerville, r 423 N Jackson**.]

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Open questions

Exact directory year (1917 vs 1918). The captured pages carry no printed year header; the 423 N Jackson + Hennessy's-Centerville combination fixes it to 1917-1918. A title-page capture would settle it.