Great Montana Child Prodigy Mary Isabelle Berkin
Mary Isabelle Berkin, great granddaughter of William Berkin of Butte and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Hanley of Lewistown, is a 1913 born musical prodigy. The Montana family lineage includes Aunt Mike Perkin, a famed violinist, and early Orpheum circuit headliner. Her 99 year old great grandfather remains robust as a pioneer figure in Montana.
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Mary Isabelle Hanley
Marcus Hanley
Lewistown
William Berkin
Butte
Montana
Berkin
Miss Mary Isabelle
Withal Mary Isabelle
Oil lamp offers free trial to first local helper
E. P. Johnson of Chicago invites help to introduce a new lamp that supposedly burns 94 percent air and can heat with gas or electricity. He offers to give one free lamp to the first user in each locality and is seeking agents.
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E. P. Johnson
W. Luke St
Chicago
Ill
Passing of Richard Lockey a Montana Pioneer Icon
Richard Lockey of Helena a Civil War veteran and Montana Pioneer Society president died in Palo Alto California at his son’s home aged 79. Born in 1845 in Yorkshire England he came to America with his family in 1846 and settled in Dubuque Iowa later moving to Montana in 1866. He held varied roles as miner merchant banker and real estate owner and partnered with Seth Bullock before expanding into real estate and insurance in Helena. He leaves a daughter Mary and son Richard Lockey Jr. and several brothers and nephews.
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Ichard Lockey
Helena
Society of Montana Pioneers
Palo Alto
Cal
Richard Lockey
Lockey
California
Miss Mary
Montana
England
Yorkshire
John Lockey
Mary Raw
Richard
America
Dubuque
Iowa
Methodist Church
Mont
Jane
Crawford Bowman
South Lakota
St. ‘Louis
Charles Wunderlich
Plains
Last Chance Gulch
Mount Helena
Cannon Brothers
Record-Herald
Broadway
Walla Walla
Wash
Portland
Family records reveal Lockey lineage and Civil War service
The obituary notes Richard Lockey left school at 16 to work as a clerk, later joining the quartermaster department under Gen. A J Smith in the Civil War. He spent 1862-63 in Kentucky and Tennessee, served in Memphis and Columbus, and after illness returned to Dubuque to resume studies before being recalled by General Smith near war’s end.
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Columbus
Tennessee
Quartermaster's Department
Sixteenth Army Corps
A. J. Smith
Memphis
Dubuque
Smith
Mary Isabelle the Musical Child of Lewistown
Eleven year old Mary Isabelle, noted for perfect pitch, can name notes after hearing them struck single or in chords. Reporters describe her as a prodigy who may rise in the world of music, while Lewistown residents recall her past tragedy and promise a bright future. The piece also advertises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum with a brief health-warding pitch.
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Stanford
Mary Isapelle
Mary Isabelle
Lewistown
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Mr. Lockey
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Emile Brule
George W
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Frank Ward
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Frank J. Carmody
New York City
the Thousand
F. A. Ironside
North Main St
Charles M. Russell
Rawhide
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Rawhide Rawlins
Cheeley-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
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