Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 408

Notes:

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Blanche Murphy, 5, b in Missouri; living with Joseph 30, Mary 24, Annette 11, Jode 2 Muprhy and Clarles Hensley 2. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

CENSUS: 1880 on familysearch.org. B.Murphy, 20, b in Missouri, living with her mother M.S. Murphy, 39 and siblings: Jodie18, J.S.16, T.P.13 Murphy and several boarders: F.P.Blair25, C.L.Harrison23, J.P.Payne22, W.P.Williams18, C.S.Banks3[sic], and two servants: S.Elllis42, MaryParker17. Location: Columbia, Boone, Missouri. (Note: the father, Joseph, is not listed on the 1880 census but his obituary says he moved to Montana with his family in 1878. More research needed.)

MARRIAGE #! 1882: on ancestry.com. BlancehMurphy married Edgar G Maclay in 1882 in Lewis and Clark, Montana. (Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011)

MARRIAGE #2 1899; on ancestry.com. Blache Murphy Maelay[sic] married Franklin Pierce Atkinson on Sept.5, 1899 in Great Fall, Montana. (Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950)

CENSUS 1900: on ancestry.com. Blanch M Atkinson, 38, b in Missouri, single[sic], occupation: waitress, living with many others in the "Milwaukee" house (2nd Avenue South). Locaiton: Great Falls, Montana. (Note: her husband was working as a "dishwasher" servant in another location at this time.)

BURIAL 1906: findagarve.com. Blanche Atkinson died Feb. 27, 1906 in Great Falls, Montana. Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana. Findagrave Memorial# 28181156. "She was originally buried in the old section of the Cemetery when she died in 1906. In 1921 she was moved to the new section of the cemetery. The section she was moved to is a section with the upright headstones and then flat foot stones. Her burial card shows her father as Joseph and her mother as Mary."


Birth:
Records of her death and marriages list her birth date as 1860 or 1861. But she was 5 on the 1860 census.

Died:
Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Fllas, Montanan. Findagrave Memorial# 28181156. "She was originally buried in the old section of the Cemetery when she died in 1906. In 1921 she was moved to the new sections of the cemetery. The section she was moved to is a section with the upright headstones and then flat foot stones. Her burial card shows her father as Joseph and her mother as Mary."

Blanche married Edgar-Gleim MACLAY on 10 Oct 1882 in Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA. Edgar-Gleim was born on 26 Aug 1844 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Jan 1896 in Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna MACLAY was born in 1888; died on 4 Aug 1888.
2. Theodora Joeann MACLAY was born in Aug 1883 in Montana, USA; died on 1 Sep 1932 in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA.
3. Edgar Gleim MACLAY was born on 10 Jan 1885 in Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana, USA; died on 24 Jan 1948 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA.

Blanche married Franklin Pierce ATKINSON on 5 Sep 1899 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA. Franklin was born on 24 Jun 1855 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, USA; died on 3 Jul 1918 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: clerk, farmer
• Reference Number: 388

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 27, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: clerk; living with wife: MaryS.19 and Annette 9 mo. Murphy. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 30, b. in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with Mary 24, Annette 11, Blanche 5, Jode[sic] 2 Murphy, and a boarder, Charles Hensley 2. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri. Note: this Mary is 2nd wife. (Note: Charles Hensley was likely in his 20s, not 2 years old.)

CENSUS: 1870 on ancestry.com. Joseph Murphy, 41, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: farmer, living with MaryS.34, JodieM.12, JosephS.9, TheodoreP.3 Murphy, and Jacob Myers 35, location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS 1880: missing

BURIAL 1898 : findagrave.com. Died April 24, 1898. Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana, Plot: Monument Section 11. Findagrave Memorial# 51281075

Died:
Buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Montana, Plot: Monument Section 11. Findagrave Memorial# 51281075.

Joseph married Mary Susan PARKINSON between 1852 and 1854. Mary was born in 1836 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Apr 1898 in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 407

Notes:

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Mary Murphy, 24, b in Pennsylvania; living with Joseph 30, Annette 11, Blanche 5, Jode 2 Murphy and Clarles Hensley 2. location: Weston, Platte, Misouri. No(te: Mary is 2nd wife of Joseph.)

CENSUS: 1870 on ancestry.com. Mary S Murphy, 34, b in Pennsylvania, occupation: keeps house; living with Joseph 41, Jodie M 12, Joseph S 9, TheodoreP.3 Murphy, Jacob Myers 35. location: Weston, Platte, Missouri.

CENSUS: 1880 on familysearch.org. M.S. Murphy, 39, b in Virginia, occupation: keeping house, living with her children: B.20, Jodie18, J.S.16, T.P.13 Murphy and several boarders: F.P.Blair25, C.L.Harrison23, J.P.Payne22, W.P.Williams18, C.S.Banks3[sic], and two servants: S.Elllis42, MaryParker17. Location: Columbia, Boone, Missouri. (Note: the husband, Joseph, is not listed on the 1880 census but his obituary says he moved to Montana with his family in 1878. More research needed.)

BURIAL 1898: Mary Murphy died April 28, 1898. Buried in Old Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana. Findagrave Memorial# 64956819


Birth:
1860, 1870 censuses say she was born in Pennsylvania. 1880 census and findagrave say she was born in Virgina.

Died:
Buried in Old Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana. Findagrave Memorial# 64956819

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 474

Notes:

2017: Source of this information is unknown.

Joseph married Nancy UNKNOWN-MURPHY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 475

Notes:

2017: Source of this information is unknown.