Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1885
| Suit # | Month | Day | Name | Age | Gender/ Color |
Residence | Nativity | Occupation | Marital Status |
Disease | How Long Insane |
Cause | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13074 | Jan | 16 | Louis Jn.? And. Billaud Jr. | 21 | M/W | 304 | Fulman? | N. O. | Lithography | - | Dementia | 1 yr | - | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Fredk. Brown | 35 | M/W | N.O. | Germany | Laborer | - | Chronic Mania | - | Not Known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Oscar F. Coleman | 40 | M/W | Mississippi | Mississippi | Clerk | S | Dementia | Sev Yrs | Not Known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Arthur Constanzi | 38 | M/W | N.O. | N. O. | " | " | Monomania | Unknown | Religious Med. | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mike Galloon | 50 | M/W | None | Ireland | Vagrant | " | Dementia | Not known | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Tony Gebhart | 25 | M/W | N.O. | N. O. | None | " | Idiocy | S. Childhood | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Moses Hisch or Hirch | 44 | M/W | N.O. | Germany | M | Monomania | Not known | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | Henry Nixon | 27 | M/W | N.O. | La. | Laborer | S | Demented | 1 yr | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Dan'l Shea | 29 | M/W | N.O. | " | None | " | Chronic | 2 yrs | ??? | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Eliza Bambrich | 35 | F/W | La. | La. | " | " | Periodical Insanity | 15 yrs | Epilepsy | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ellen Biggs | 67 | F/W | N.O. | Ireland | " | Wid | Chronic Mania | Not known | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ellen Delaney | 56 | F/W | N.O. | Ireland | Vagrant | Wid | Dementia | " " | Excess Alcoholicism | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Martha Monigalan | 41 | F/W | 414 | S. Basin | England | None | M | Chronic Mania | 3 1/2 yrs | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | E. Esadord McKean | 18 | F/W | La. | La. | " | S | " | 5 yrs | Epilepsy | |||
| " | " | " | Rosa Roman | 36 | F/W | Germany | " | Wid | Dementia | Not known | Not known | ||||
| 13074 | Jan | 16 | Nelson King | 44 | M/B | N.O | Georgia | Laborer | M | Dementia | 1 yr | Religious extreme | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Harriette Lewis | 45 | F/B | " | N. Carolina | None | Wid | Monomania | Not known | Supersticious | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Daniel Marcellus | 50 | M/B | " | U.S. | Laborer | M | Chronic Mania | " | Not known | Died January 1885 at La. Retreat | ||
| " | " | " | Betsy | 67 | F/B | N.O. | N. Carolina | None | Wid | Senility | " | Old age | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Hannah Carr | 40 | F/B | " | Virginia | " | " | Dementia | " | Not known | Delivered, January 21, 1885 | ||
| 13529 | Feb | 25 | Frederick Foster | 36 | M/B | N.O | Louisiana | Laborer | M | Monomania | Not known | Supposed Religious Excitements | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | John Thome | 38 | M/W | Toulouse between Chartres & Royal | Germany | " | S | Suicidal mania | 7 mos | Hereditary | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | John Leahy | 22 | M/W | N.O. | N.O. | " | " | Acute mania | Sev mos | Not known | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Daniel Rooney | 18 | M/W | N.O. | Massachusetts | None | " | Homocidal mania | Not known | Reading dime novels | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Tim. Sullivan | 65 | M/W | N.O. | Ireland | Labor | Wid | Dementia | " | Political topics supposed | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Joseph Miller | 38 | M/W | Charity Hospital | N.O. | Clerk | S | Dementia | Sev yrs | Epileptic seizures | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs. Mary Slatery | 63 | F/W | N.O. | N.O. | None | M | Senility | Sev mos | Old age and exposure | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs. Gordy | 40 | F/W | N.O. | Italy | " | " | Chronic Mania | Not Known | Not known | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Carrie Wallace | 34 | F/W | N.O. | La. | " | S | Chronic Insanity Dementia | For yrs | Epileptic seizures | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Virginia Little | 35 | F/C | 10 | N. Liberty | N.O. | " | " | Chronic Mania | 4 yrs & more | " | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Ch__ie Wilson | 35 | F/W | N.O. | N.O. | Seamstress | S | Dementia | Over 1 yr | General Ill health | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Jennie Ray | 31 | F/W | N.O. | La. | None | Wid | Dementia | Sev yrs | Epilepsy | Delivered, March 1, 1885 | ||
| 13904 | Mar | 28 | Mrs. Johanna Schumann | 58 | F/W | Burnette & Roman | Germany | - | Wid | Chronic mania | over 2 yrs | Typhoid fever | Delivered, April 1, 1885 | ||
| 14116 | Apl | 23 | Geo. Silver | 30 | M/W | N.O. | N.O. | None | S | Dementia | Sev yrs | Masturbation | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Jno. Wm. Boullet | 38 | M/W | N.O. | " | " | M | " | 15 yrs | Monomania | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | E. Sutterman | 22 | M/W | N.O. | " | S | " | - | - | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | J. W. Fleetwood | 68 | M/W | N.O. | N. Carolina | Sugar maker | M | Chronic mania | 1 yr | Not known | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Chas. Hickey | 59 | M/W | N.O. | Denmark | Merchant | " | " | - | " | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Bud Mureman | 33 | M/W | N.O. | N.O. | Clerk | " | Dementia | Sev yrs | Not stated | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Daniel Hill | 55 | M/W | N.O. | Germany | Laborer | S | Acute mania | Not known | Not known | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Lucia Winters | 80 | F/W | N.O. | N. York | None | Wid | Senility | " | Old age | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Sallie Sheridan | 15 | F/W | N.O. | N.O. | " | S | Idiotic | Life | Epilepsy | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Caroline Muller | 24 | F/W | N.O. | Germany | " | M | Dementia | Not known | Not known | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ann Cleaves | 54 | F/W | N.O. | Ireland | " | Wid | " | " | Old Age | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Simeon Laurence | 22 | F/C | N.O. | N.O. | " | S | " | " | Masturbation | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Paul Turner | 25 | F/C | N.O. | N.O. | - | M | " | " | Not known | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | James Dillon | 32 | M/W | N.O. | Ohio | None | S | Chronic mania | 5 yrs | don't know | Delivered, April 26, 1885 | ||
| 14608 | Jun | 10 | Anseline Baylie | 45 | M/W | St. Bernard Ph. | La. | Clerk | M | Acute Mania | About 1 yr | Ill health | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Anthony Hughes | 41 | " | N.O. | Ireland | None | " | Dementia | Sev yrs | Intemperance | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Henry Speyerer | 30 | " | Csthouse between Preston & Laurel | N.O. | " | S | Idiotic | All his life | Not known | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Joseph Emile Templeb | 20 | " | La. Retreat | Baton Rouge | " | " | Chronic Mania | 8 yrs | Not known | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Jas. Latapie | 9 | " | N.O. | La. | " | " | Idiocy | - | - | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | George Pegram^^ | 7 | " | N.O.^^ (^^ Items stricken through) | La.^^ | " | " | Chronic mania^^ | Sev yrs^^ | Brain fever^^ | Delivered to his mother, June 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Caroline Litolhof | 61 | F/W | 244 | Melpomene | London, England | " | Wid | Chronic Insanity | 8 yrs | Unknown | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Mrs. Chambers | 35 | " | N.O. | La. | " | Wid | Chronic mania | Sev yrs | Religious Excitement | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ida Stephens | 35 | " | N.O. | Mississippi | " | S | Dementia | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mena Struken | 31 | " | N.O. | N.O. | " | Wid | Dementia | Sev mos | Not known | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Julia Lenenville | 30 | " | Lafourche | La. | " | S | Dementia | About 1 yr | Delivered, June 18, 1885 | |||
| 14654 | " | " | Peter Lynch | 30 | M/W | 113 | Elmire St. , Algiers | Algiers | " | S | Irritable | 25 yrs | A fall when a child | ||
| 14871 | Jul | 16 | Richard Watson | 19 | M/W | St. Louis & Johnson | N. O. | Painter | S | Melancholia | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ernest Durand | 41 | " | Poydras & Baronne | " | Clerk | " | Chronic Mania | about 8 yrs | Hereditary | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Raul D'Aquin | 35 | " | New Orleans | " | None | " | Mania | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Charles Gerard | 12 | " | St. Mary's O.B. Asylum | " | " | " | Idiocy | Life | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | John Arthur | 27 | " | Kentucky | " | " | Mania | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | Theodore Apfel | 19 | " | 469 | Levee St. | N.O. | " | " | Chronic Mania | Sev yrs | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Pierre Louise | 36 | " | None | France | Cook | M | Imbecility | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Michael O Keefe | 22 | " | N. O. | N.O. | Plasterer | S | Acute Mania | 1 yr & 10 mos | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Henry Armstrong | 56 | M/C | 125 | Contie Street | N.O. | Painter | M | Chronic Mania | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Squire Davies | 60 | " | None | Kentucky | Laborer | M | " | " | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Celestine Chirot | 55 | F/W | " | La. | None | Wid | " | about 5 yrs | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ann Hubelmann | 25 | " | " | New York | " | S | " | ? (sic) | Probably Onanisinm, Epilepsy | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Annette Scates Ducat | 37 | " | " | N.O. | " | Wid | Melchanolia (sic) | " | ? (sic) | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mary Jewell | 48 | " | " | La. | " | - | Mania | " | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Jennie Welsh | 25 | " | N.O. | " | M | Acute Peridical | " | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | Lena Loges | 17.5 | " | 430 | S. Rampart St. | " | None | S | Progressive Mania | 18 mos | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Margaret Killyan | 41 | " | St. Anthony & Urquhart | " | " | " | Mania | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Virginia King Favio | 27 | F/C | ? (sic) | " | " | M | " | " | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Jane Washington | 30 | " | ? (sic) | Tenn. | " | " | " | " | " | Delivered, July 19, 1885 | ||
| 15014 | Aug | 3 | James Taylor | 38 | M/W | 101 | Cypress | La. | Brass Moulder | S | Chronic mania | About 12 yrs | Don't know | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |
| 15015 | " | " | Julin Curien | 34 | " | 47 | Decatur | N.O. | Book keeper | M | " | 3 yrs | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Frank Franchard | 32 | " | Franklin bet. Clio & Erato | " | Engineer | S | " | 1 yr | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | William Bierer/Burer | 45 | " | N.O. | Germany | Vagrant | M | Dementia | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Wm. Smith | 33 | " | 505 | Annunciation | N.O. | Clerk | S | Chronic mania | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Ed. D. Hayden | 55 | " | None | Boston, Mass. | Gardener | " | Mania | about 3 yrs | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Joseph Robinson | 40 | M/C | N.O. | La. | Vagrant | " | Chronic mania | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Ellen Cotten | 39 | F/W | " | N.O. | None | M | " | nearly 1 yrs | Ill health | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs. Patton | 30 | " | " | " | " | " | " | Over 1 yr | Ill health | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mary Jane Coudy/Coady | 31 | " | 177 | Rousseau | " | " | " | Acute mania | Over 2 yrs | Don't know | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |
| 15115 | Aug | 3 | Annie Zinc | 25 | F/W | Convent of Good Sheperd | N.O. | Servant | S | Chronic mania | About 5 yrs | Don't know | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Natile Laufurney | 37 | " | 70 | Bourbon | France | Servant | M | Acute mania | Don't know | Hereditary | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Mary White | 35 | " | N.O. | Tenn. | Vagrant | Wid | Chronic mania | " | Drunkeness & Exposure | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Lena Claris | 25 | " | Metairie Ridge & Alexander | Alabama | Servant | M | Mania | " | Don't know | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Lou Moore | 35 | F/C | Carondelet near Prytania | La. | Servant | M | Mania | " | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Marie Williamis | 25 | " | Second & Liberty | Miss. | None | S | Acute Mania | " | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Maltildo/Mathldo Lewis/Luins | 23 | " | Ursuilinia (sic) & Burgundy | La. | Servant | S | Melancholia | " | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Augustin Chevaux | " | N.O. | La. | None | S | Dementia | " | " | Delivered, August 5, 1885 | |||
| 15174 | Sep | 11 | August Moretz | 45 | M/W | N.O. | Germany | None | S | Acute Mania | - | ? (sic) | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | James Connors | 36 | " | Algiers | N.O. | Laborer | M | Monomania | 1 yr | " | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Thomas Harvey | 28 | " | N.O. | N.O. | Laborer | S | Dementia Periodical | 2 yrs | " | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Charles Cassimere | 50 | M/C | N.O. | N.O. | Vagrant | M | Dementia | ? (sic) | " | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Miss Felicia Wiltz | 30 | F/W | 330 | Philip St. | N.O. | None | S | Chronic mania | 2.5 years or 3 | Insanity hereditary; overwork | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | |
| " | " | " | Emma Delarodrie | 15 | 107 | Constance | La. | " | S | Periodical Insanity | 10 yrs | Epilepsy | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Barbara Kirk | F/C | N.O. | N.O. | Cook | Wid | Dementia | Don't know | Don't know | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | Dinah Owens | 70 | " | Algiers | La. | Cook | M | Chronic mania | " | " | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Mary Wilson | 53 | " | N.O. | Va. | Vagrant | M | Dementia | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, September 16, 1885 | ||
| 15679 | Nov | 6 | James Ludwidge | 39 | M/W | N.O. | England | Teacher | S | Dementia | Sev yrs | Self abuse | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Tony Faker | 35 | " | " | N.O. | Chicken merchant | S | " | Don't know | Don't know | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | David O'Keefe | 25 | " | " | " | Harness maker | S | " | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Conrad Sasse | 25 | " | " | " | Laborer | S | " | 2 yrs | ? (sic) | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | William Ferris | 21 | " | " | " | " | S | Chronic mania | Sev yrs | Don't know | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Louis Drouet | 21 | " | " | " | Clerk | S | Acute mania | 4 mos | Sun stroke | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Charles Hoettle | 28 | " | 70 | Jeannie St. | " | Laborer | S | - | 1 yr | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Bernard Seguria | 57 | " | N.O. | " | Laborer | S | Dementia | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Sydney Fernandez | 13 | " | " | " | None | S | Idiotic | Life | Epileptic seizure | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | George Pegram | 8 | " | " | " | S | Dementia | Sev yrs | Brain fever | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | |||
| " | " | " | George Henry | 49 | M/C | N.O. | Ky. | Laborer | M | Dementia | Sev mos | Don't know | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Amanda Melatull/Metatull | 59 | F/W | None | Kentucky | Vagrant | Wid | Dementia senile | Long term | old age | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Alice Peterson | 30 | " | Port & Goodchildren | N.O. | - | S | Chronic mania | 1 yr | Hereditary | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
| " | " | " | Johannah Daar | 27 | " | N.O. | N.O. | - | M | Chronic mania | Sev yrs | Ill health | Delivered, November 6, 1885 | ||
Database input: Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: 2/11/2004