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Blanche MURPHY

Female Abt 1855 - 1906  (~ 51 years)


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  • Name Blanche MURPHY  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Abt 1855  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Records of her death and marriages list her birth date as 1860 or 1861. But she was 5 on the 1860 census.
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 408 
    Death 27 Feb 1906  Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 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."
    Person ID I408  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Joseph MURPHY,   b. 1822, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1898, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Susan PARKINSON,   b. 1836, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1898, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between 1852 and 1854 
    Family ID F144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edgar-Gleim MACLAY,   b. 26 Aug 1844, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1896, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1882  Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Anna MACLAY,   b. 1888   d. 4 Aug 1888 (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     2. Theodora Joeann MACLAY,   b. Aug 1883, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1932, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years)  [natural]
     3. Edgar Gleim MACLAY,   b. 10 Jan 1885, Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1948, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Franklin Pierce ATKINSON,   b. 24 Jun 1855, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1918, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1899  Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1855 - Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Oct 1882 - Lewis and Clark, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Sep 1899 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Feb 1906 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • 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."

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri; Roll: M653_640; Page: 738; Image: 225; Family History Library Film: 803640. Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 16, sheet 133A, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 0676; FHL microfilm 1,254,67. Found on familysearch.org.

    3. [S37] 1900 US Federal Census, Location: Great Falls, Cascade, Montana; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0148. Found on Ancestry.org.

    4. [S92] Find a Grave Index.

    5. [S151] Western States Marriages.

    6. [S152] Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950.


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