Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1886
| Suit # | Month | Day | Name | Age | Gender/ Color |
Residence | Nativity | Occupation | Marital Status |
Disease | How Long Insane |
Cause | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16429 | Jan | 22 | Saml [Samuel] B. Gilliam | __ | M/- | Biremiham (sic) | Alabama | Clerk | S | Dementia | over 1 year | Masturbation | Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, Jan'y 24th 1886 |
| " | " | " | Adele Coutoula | 32 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Chronic Mania | 19 years | Sickness | " |
| " | " | " | Mrs. J. Cassamarette alias Ida Schaffer | 32 | F/W | N. O. | Germany | - | W | Dementia | 1 year | Don't know | " |
| " | " | " | Mary Fischer | 58 | F/W | N. O. | Germany | - | W | Senility | Several yrs | Ill health | " |
| " | " | " | Mary Louis Thompson | 37 | F/W | House of Good Shepherd | N. O. | - | M | Dementia | 1 year | Don't know (sic) | " |
| " | " | " | Tessa Coates | 18 | F/W | Franklin & Terpsichore | Mississippi | - | S | Acute Mania | 3 months | Melancholy | " |
| " | " | " | Tabitha Sunders | 27 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Idiotia | Life | Idiocy | " |
| " | " | " | Eliza Biggs | 28 | F/C | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Acute Mania | - | ? (sic) | " |
| " | " | " | Mary Alice Hopkins | 38 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | - | - | " |
| " | " | " | Victoria Julian | 33 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | M | Chronic Mania | 1 year | Melancholy | " |
| 17284 | Mar | 26 | James Daniel Constantni* | 25 | M/W | N. O. | - | Laborer | S | Dementia | - | Masturbation | Delivered to Dr J. W. Jones, March 27 1886 |
| " | " | " | M. R. Ryan | 52 | M/W | Baltamore (sic) | Ireland | Peddler | M | Dementia Senility | - | - | " |
| " | " | " | Mike Campbelle | 50 | M/W | Shakespeare Alms House | Ireland | Laborer | S | Chronic Mania, Softening of the Brain | Several | Ill health, paralysis | " |
| " | " | " | Phillip D. Wade | 26 | M/W | 118 Gaiennie St | N. O. | Telegraphic Operator | S | Acute Mania | 6 months | Don't know (sic) | " |
| " | " | " | Rudolph Pfieffer | 25 | M/W | N. O. | - | Laborer | S | Monomania, Perpetual Motion, Etc. | 1 year | - | " |
| " | " | " | Charles Mitchell | 21 | M/C | N. O. | N. O. | Vagrant | S | Chronic Mania | - | Masturbation | " |
| " | " | " | Dora Battil | 25 | F/W | Charity Hospital | Ireland | None | S | Chronic Mania | Several years | Paralysis, Softening of the Brain | " |
| " | " | " | Mrs Catherine Courtney | 50 | F/W | Gaiennie near Constance (or Constantinople) | Ireland | - | W | Senility | - | Intemperance, Neglect | " |
| " | " | " | Hortense Dupont | 29 | F/W | N. O. | Louisiana | Seamstress | S | Dementia Hysteria | 1 year | Ill Health | " |
| 17867 | May | 20 | Peter Albert | 47 | M/W | 184 Liberty | Germany | Laborer | M | Dementia | - | Don't know | Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, May 30th 1886 |
| " | " | " | Geo. Debin Jones | 45 | M/W | Howard bet. Josephine & Jackson | England | Painter | M | Mantia Religion | 4 years | Religion | " |
| - | - | - | James Doyle | 40 | M/W | Charity Hospital | Ireland | Laborer | S | Dementia | About 1 year | Not known | " |
| - | - | - | John D. Lathrop | 37 | M/W | Camp St | New Orleans | Clerk | S | Acute Mania | - | Alcoholic Indulgence | " |
| - | - | - | Jacob Rockenback Jr | 35 | M/W | Port & Levee | Germany | Laborer | M | Dementia | 7 months | Family Trouble | " |
| - | - | - | Baptiste Karman | 35 | M/W | New Orleans | France | Laborer | S | Acute Mania | - | Not known | " |
| - | - | - | Henry Clark | 34 | M/W | New Orleans | Germany | Sailor | S | Dementia | - | - | " |
| - | - | - | Henry C. Saaker | 30 | M/W | Craps bet. Burgundy & Spain | New Orleans | Printer | S | Dementia | Several yrs | Masturbation | " |
| - | - | - | A. W. Swift | 32 | M/W | New Orleans | New Orleans | Clerk | S | Dementia | over 1 year | Not Known | " |
| - | - | - | Nicholas Sullivan | 29 | M/W | 125 Pitt St | New Orleans | Laborer | S | Dementia (Kleptomania) | More or Less 2 yrs. | Epileptic Seizure | " |
| - | - | - | Thomas L. Mehan | 28 | M/W | New Orleans | New Orleans | Laborer | S | Dementia | Several years | - | " |
| - | - | - | John Bocham Sr. | - | M/W | _____ ____ | Germany | Baker | S | Senility | 2 years | Do Not Know | " (whole entry scratched out) |
| - | - | - | Henry Linsey | 39 | M/C | New Orleans | New Orleans | Laborer | W | Acute Mania | 3 weeks | Liquor | " |
| - | - | - | Hannah Murray | 78 | F/W | New Orleans | Ireland | - | W | Senility | over 1 year | Old age | " |
| - | - | - | Bridgt Quinlan | 60 | F/W | House of Good Shepherd | Ireland | Laborer | S | Dementia | - | - | |
| 18236 | June | - | Edward Rivet | 74 | M/W | Little Sisters of the Poor | France | None | W | Senility | Several yrs | Old age | - |
| " | - | - | John Rochon St | 60 | M/W | N. O. | Germany | - | W | Chronic Mania | Several yrs | Don't Know | - |
| " | - | - | Henry Eik | 55 | M/W | N. O. | Germany | Vagrant | W | Dementia | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Meyer Nuger | 49 | M/W | N. O. | France | Peddler | W | Acute Mania | ? (sic) | ? (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Thomas J. Boyce | 42 | M/W | 144 Chippewa | N. O. | Mechanic | S | Dementia | Near 1 yr | Don't know | - |
| " | - | - | Thos. Moehler | 40 | M/W | Algiers | Algiers | Mechanic | S | Dementia Melancholia | Several yrs | Masterbation (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Patrick Morrisson | 37 | M/W | Mandeville bet. Greatman & Craps | Ireland | Clerk | S | Dementia | Several yrs | ? (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Patrick Pender | 34 | M/W | 175 Baronne | Ireland | Plasterer | W | Dementia | Don't know | Don't know | - |
| " | - | - | James K. Nixon | 31 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | None | S | Acute Mania | Over 1 yr | Syphils (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Charles Bombeck | 28 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | None | S | Dementia | Years | Don't know | - |
| " | - | - | Lewis Williamson | 28 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | formerly a Sailor | S | Dementia Hyperchondria | Several yrs | Masterbation (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | William Brown | 86 | M/C | N. O. | U. S. | Laborer | M | Senility | About 1 yr | Senile debility | - |
| " | - | - | Dennis Jacquet | 35 | - | N. O. | U. S. | Vagrant | S | Dementia | Don't know | Don't know | - |
| " | - | - | Margaret Corrigan | 60 | F/W | N. O. | Ireland | - | S | Melancholia | Over 1 yr | ? (sic) | - |
| " | - | - | Margaret Connelly | 35 | F/W | Charity Hospital | N. O. | None | S | Chronic Mania | Several yrs | Don't know | - |
| 18236 | Jun | - | Maggie Crowman | 30 | F/W | 168 Julia St. | N. O. | Servant | S | Dementia | Don't know | Don't know | Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, June 29th 1886 |
| - | - | - | Sarah Carlton | 43 | F/W | N. O. | Augusta, Ga. | Domestic | S | Dementia Periodical | 2 yrs | Don't know | " |
Database input: Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: October 25, 2003