Records of the Disposition of Destitute Orphans, 1875

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Date	Name of Person Making Affidavit	Residence of Person Making Affidavit	Name of Orphan	Age	How Disposed of
1/6/1875	F. Dankel, F. Philips, & Emma Beder	144 Chartres St	Fridolin Zweifel	6 yrs	German Protestant Orphan Asylum
1/6/1875	F. Dankel, F. Philips, & Emma Beder	144 Chartres St	Catherine Zweifel	5 yrs	German Protestant Orphan Asylum
1/9/1875	Clara Barker, Mother, Mrs. Nora Henniks	No. 83 Josephine St	Mary Joseph Barker	21 days (male)	St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum
2/20/1875	Corporal Wm. Carlton	Suburban Precinct	Mary Jane Wilson	5 yrs	House Good Shepherd. These children are fatherless & mother dying with consumption, was sent to Charity Hospital
2/20/1875	Corporal Wm. Carlton	Suburban Precinct	Florence Wilson (sisters)	3 yrs
2/20/1875	Mrs. A. H. Lambert, Aunt	No 619 Tchoupitoulas St	Charles Cornelius Lambert	2 mos & 20 dys	St. Vincent Orphan Asylum. Mother dead; father absent from the state
2/22/1875	Mary Ellen, Child's Aunt	Tangipahoa, LA	Elizabeth Henry	1 mo	St. Vincent Orphan Asylum. (Father & mother dead)
2/23/1875	Mary McCabe	No 5 Euterpe St	Harry Hart	6 mos	Protestant Orphan Home -- Cor. 7th & Constance. Mother sick & father 4 mths absent not heard from
3/1/1875	Mr. R. S. Hegrard	76 Gasquet	Geo Farrel	12 yrs	St. Vincents Home for Boys. Pineville St. Father dead & mother unable to provide for them.
3/1/1875	Mr. R. S. Hegrard	76 Gasquet	Wm Farrel	8
3/1/1875	Francois Laspals, Mother	Pa. Plaquemine	Jean Gadet Laspals	2 mos	St. Vincent Orphan Asylum. Father dead & mother has three other children to support.
3/2/1875	Annie Labela	cor. Ursuline & Old Levee	Annette Antonio	5 1/2 yrs	St. Vincent Orphan Asylum---Mother dead; father sick and destitute. Has six other children to support besides these two.
3/2/1875	Annie Labela	cor. Ursuline & Old Levee	Sarah Antonio	3 1/2 yrs
3/8/1875	Fanny Northern	No Home	Willy Northern	3 mos	Sent to St. Vinct Orphan Asylum
3/10/1875	Capt. Joseph, Met. Police	Third Dist.Station	Unknown Male Infant	--	Supposed born last night-St. Vincent Orphan Asylum Found in Macarty Square by the police
3/13/1875	Louis Prieur	Bienville St. bet Randon [sic] & Hagan Avenue	No Name	10 dys	St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum
3/25/1875	W. L. Evans	Judge 1st M. P. Court	Jno. Crowley	3 yrs & 4 mos old	Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum
4/16/1875	Mrs. L. Boone	Jackson & White Sts.	Unknown (Male)		St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum said child having been found by her on her gallery on the night of the 15th April/75
4/17/1875	Revd. Jack Manorilla, Pastor Italian Cath. Church	cor. Basin & Conti	Vincent Del Bono	5 mos	Dr. John Del Orts, certifies that the mother has been insane for some years, father is too destitute to support the child. Sent to St. Vincents Inft. Orphan Asylum
4/19/1875	Mrs. D. Kellon	Peter & Bartholomew Sts. (Algiers)	Nellie McGraw	10 yrs	Sent to New Orleans Female O. A. (Mother gone to the country) for a term of two months to pay at the rate of $5.00 per month and then to be taken out. Sent here by "Margaret"
4/19/1875	Mrs. D. Kellon	Peter & Bartholomew Sts. (Algiers)	Maggie McGraw	6 yrs
4/19/1875	Mrs. E. Danon	Julia & Commerce	James Danon	6 yrs	Sent to the St. Mary's Orphan Boy's Asylum. Their mother not be able at present to take care of them. Father Dead.
4/19/1875	Mrs. E. Danon	Julia & Commerce	Wm. Danon	4 yrs
5/3/1875	Edmund Kennedy	No. 96 Notre Dame St.	Mary Ellen Busey	10 yrs	St. Elizabeth F.O. Asylum
5/8/1875	Wid. __rie Messonnier	No. 286 Roman St.	Mary Lebonne	25 dys	St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum. Mother dead & father unknown.
6/10/1875	Lady Managers of Poydras Asylum (Permit book No. 4-see copy)	Magazine & Peters Ave. Sixth District	Ellen Kelly	11	Sent to the House of the Good Shepherd at the request of Lady Managers the said children being unmanageable.
			Kate Voorhies	12
			Kate O'Neal	11
6/25/1875	James Quinn through admit D. McCarthy. See permit book No 4 folio 542	St. Andrew Street	Michael Clark	6 1/2	Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum corner of Chartres & Mazant upon statement made by Admr. of Police, D. McCarthy. Mr. Quinn is a cousin of the child but having several children of his own is unable to keep the child.
6/25/1875	Dr. A. C. Holt for Managers Lady's Poydras Asylum	242 Felicity St.	Bertha Guth	14	Sent to House of Good Shepherd on account of being incorrigible. She was taken out of asylum by Dr. Holt and not only robbed House but attempted to fire it. See Permit book No 4 Folio 543
6/28/1875	Mrs. Mary Walker In great distress & unable to procure work with child	Euterpe between Camp & Magazine	Maggie Walker	3 1/2	Sent to the St. Vinct's Infant Orphan Asylum upon the recommendation of P.M.L. Cossrudier, Pastor of St. Theresa Church
7/5/1875	Jane Roach; application on file, pigeon hole of July. See letter addressed to Lady Superior in Permit Book No 4, pg 546	Corner of New Levee & Girod	Mary Roach, age 8 months	8 mos	Sent to St. Vinct Inft Orphan Asylum. Husband has absented himself for two years. Mother a laboring woman unable to find employment with child.
7/21/1875	Sophie Blancq	750 Love Street	Joseph Montamal	11	St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum. Born of Fernand and Asterio Montamat both deceased. Relatives living very poor, & unable to provide for the child. Placed in Asylum upon the in Asylum copied in permit book No. 4 Page 550.
7/21/1875	Jas. H. Flynn	cor. Galvez & Gravier	Mary Agnes Flynn	7	New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum recommendation of Louis A. Shultz and J. E. Jarreau. Order placing same. Mother dead. Father out of employment, can procure labor in the country without the child. Will take it from the Asylum as soon as he can do so when times improve. His application is recommended by S.M. Higgins, Chairman Relief Association
8/26/1875	Sarah W. Hanna, Missionary Christ Church	cor. Third & Annunciation, St. John's Church	Wm. Reid	8 mos old	Sent to St. Vincent Inft O. Asylum. Mother & father dead--Grandfather living but so destitute as to be unable to care for the child. See Permit book # 4 page 553 for order placing child in Asylum.
9/8/1875	Laura Schoeder	No. 320 Ursuline Srreet	Edw. Paul	11 mos old	Sent to St. Vincent Inft Orphan Asylum. The mother of the child aged 21, deceived by a person under promise of marriage. She seems like a modest woman and being without friends is unable with the child to find employment. See Permit book No 4 page 554.
9/23/1875	Wm. R. K. Higgins	64 Race Street	Emma Higgins, 28 yrs old - Wife of party making affidavit.		She is always drunk and a terror to her children. Sent at request of the Adm of Police to the House of the Good Shepherd under hope that by being there under restraints for several months she may reform. See Permit Book No. 4 page 556.
10/5/1875	C. Sabuzau, Corporal 2nd Precinct	Metropolitan Police Station	Name Unknown	one week old	Found in a market basket at the corner of Howard and Erato St. at 6 a.m. Oct. 5 by Patrick J. Gashick No. 84 2nd Precinct. Foundling sent to St. Vinct Inft O. Asylum. See page 557, Permit book No. 4
11/25/1875	Wm. Brown	91 Rocheblave St.	Unknown	2 mos	Mother left child at house of said Brown promising to return and take it. More than 3 weeks have elapsed and the mother has not made her appearance. Brown and wife are poor colored persons & unable to keep & care for the said white infant. He has made affidavit to these facts see his statement page 560 Permit Book No 4 *
* [Note pasted to page on which entry for Wm. Brown appears] MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS [printed] NEW ORLEANS, November 25th 1875 I Wm Brown of the City of New Orleans solemnly aver that about three weeks ago a white lady, name unknown, left at my home a white male child, about two months old, promising to return the same day and take possession of the said child. She has never returned, and said male white infant is now in our possession. I am a poor colored man and utterly unable to keep and provide for the said child, and therefore request the Hon. C. J. Leeds, Mayor of the city of New Orleans to grant me an order by which said white male infant may be placed in one of the Asylums of the city. In attestation of the foregoing facts I hereunto affirm my mark, being unable to sign my name. His Wm X Brown Mark Witness E.L. Bower
[Note pasted to opposite page] Mrs. Roudanez Presdt. [?] Louisiana Asylum Tonti and Hospital used to be called Ladies of Providence Females from 9 3 years up to 12 _______________________________________________ Ladies of Providence Cor Esplanade and Miro Males from 7 years up

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