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The Manx Bakery was owned and operated by Louis Henry Moughton and his wife Doris. Louis immigrated to the United States in 1903 from the town of Peel in the parish of German on the Isle of Man. The Manx Bakery ( bakeries) occupied three locations in Butte,112 W Park
10 E Park, 734 West Granite. The Moughton’s lived at the 734 West Granite location at the time of their deaths in 1943. Doris died December 18,1943 of a lung condition, Louis died December 25, 1943 of complications related to diabetes. The Moughton couple had no children. Judging from information found on Louis’s naturalization documents, I would guess that the man in the photo with suspenders in Louis. He was 5’11” tall and weighed 225 lbs,
My Aunt Freda ( Bab’s ) Clucas Geach Stewart remembered the Manx bakery. She related that Mr Moughton gave her a chocolate Easter Bunny one year.