Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1889
| Suit # | Month | Day | Name | Age | Gender/ Color |
Residence | Nativity | Occupation | Marital Status |
Disease | How Long Insane |
Cause | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25476 | Apr | 1889 | Michal Shields | 24 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Religious Mania | - | - | Whole entry scratched out |
| Ernest Huppinhour | 20 | M/W | 71 Ursuline St | N. O. | Laborer | S | Chronic Mania | 19 yrs | from a fall on the head | - | |||
| " | " | " | W. E. Ar___ | 18 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Ediot (sic) | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | John H. Ward alias | 28 | M/C | - | Mississippi | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | - |
| C. A. Williams | |||||||||||||
| " | " | " | Spencer Lewis | 30 | M/C | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Idiot | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Elise Daspit | 47 | F/W | - | La. | - | - | Epilepsy | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Annie Rose | 45 | F/W | - | Pennsylvania | - | M | Chronic Mania | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Estelle Be_h | 44 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | General Paralysis | Since 1884-5 | Dissipation causing softening of the Brain | - |
| " | " | " | Caroline Fo_______ | 28 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Paralysis | - | K________________ | - |
| " | " | " | Sarah Carman | 35 | F/W | N. O. | - | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | Hysterics | - |
| " | " | " | Elmira McKean | 23 | F/W | - | La. | - | - | Chronic Epileptic Mania | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Bertha Kemmel | 17 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Epileptic Insanity | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Mary Dennis | 30 | F/C | - | U. S. | - | - | Epilepsy | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Alice Williams | 38 | F/C | - | S.C. Charleston | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Amelia Russel | 61 | F/C | - | U. S. | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | - |
| " | " | " | Francis Wiseman | 51 | F/C | - | Arkansas | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | - |
| 29859 | Apr | 11 | Richard Satterly | 49 | M/W | N. O. | St Tammany Parish | None | M | Chronic Mania | 18 yrs | Kick by mule | April 11/1890 Delivered to |
| 35476 | Apr | 13 | Archie Powell | 44 | M/W | Algiers | - | Laborer | S | Acute Mania | - | - | |
| " | " | " | Joseph Bachemin | 42 | M/W | N. O. | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | General Paralysis | ||
| " | " | " | Thomas Michleor | 40 | M/W | Algiers, 5th Dist. | N. O. | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | |
| " | " | " | Victor Maselle | 39 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | |
| " | " | " | Nicholas Hallaran Sullivan | 30 | M/W | 125 Pitt Street | N. O. | Laborer | - | Insanity | - | Epilepsy & accident in childhood | |
| " | " | " | Edward Welch | 10 | M/W | - | Mississippi | - | - | Idiot | - | - | |
| " | " | " | Walter Faugley | 6 | M/W | N.O. | - | - | - | Congenital Imbecility | - | - | This entry is scratched out. It is a little hard to read the last name. |
| " | " | " | Ellen Kenney | 10 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | - | Hereditary Mania | - | - | |
| " | " | " | Lena Loges | 16 | F/W | S. Rampart & Melpomene | N. O. | None | - | Imbecility | - | Unknown | |
| " | " | " | Josephine Clark | 39 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | Chronic Mania | - | ReLaps from Birth (sic) | ||
| " | " | " | Mary alias Curley Woods | 35 | F/B | N. O. | N. O. | - | Acute Mania | - | Unknown | ||
| " | " | " | Bertha Adams | 36 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | S | Hallucinations with Suicidal Periodical Mania | Several mos. | Unknown | ||
| " | " | " | Kate Mary Flanagan | 50 | F/W | - | Ireland | S | Chronic Mania | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs. Fred Hollerback | 50 | F/W | - | Germany | - | W | Chronic Mania | 3 yrs | - | |
| " | " | " | Ellen Flynn | 64 | F/W | - | Ireland | - | W | Dementia | - | ||
| 26768 | Apr | 29 | Geo. McCrystal | 63 | 174 Poydras St | Ireland | Laborer | W | Chronic Mania | 18 mos | From sickness | This looks like it could have been Single and overwritten with Widow; delivered to Dr. L. G. Perkins, Supt. Of Insane Asylum at Jackson, La., April 30, 1889. | |
| 26768 | " | " | Michael Shields | 24 | N.O. | N.O. | - | S | Religious Chronic Mania | - | - | Delivered to Dr. L. G. Perkins, Supt. Of Insane Asylum at Jackson, La., April 30, 1889. | |
| 26768 | " | " | Frank Arthur | 27 | 96 Royal | Baton Rouge | - | S | Chronic Mania | 13 yrs | Brain Leisions | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Sydney Fazende | 16 | 201 Mandeville | N.O. | - | - | Imbecility | Several yrs | - | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Michel Mullen | __ | St Mary St | Ireland | Laborer | - | Acute Mania | Unknown | Alcoholumic? | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Samuel Douglas | 22 | N.O. | N.O. | - | - | Acute Mania | Unknown | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | Barbara Walter | 80 | Shakespeare Alms House | - | W | Chronic Mania | Unknown | - | " (see note at bottom of page) | ||||
| 26768 | " | " | Elizabeth Winkel alias Wolfen | 66 | Crafton, Ill. | Prussia Germany | - | - | (see note at bottom of page) | ||||
| 26768 | " | " | Jane Murphy | 63 | ----- | Ireland | - | S | Chronic Mania | Unknown | Delirium of Persecution | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Ellen Wise | 50 | Shakespeare Alms House | Ireland | None | W | Chronic Mania | Unknown | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Mrs. L. Tampo | 36 | St. Peter bet. Rocheblave & Dorgenois | N.O. | None | M | Acute Mania | Unknown | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Mary Smith | 29 | St. Louis | N.O. | Servant | S | - (possibly Acute Mania) | 1 yr | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Addie Wise | 22 | La Retreat | N.O. | None | S | Chronic Mania | 9 yrs | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Lucien Mancean | 80 | N.O. | N.O. | - | W | Dementia | - | Softening of the brain | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Annie Pratt | 60 | N.O. | U.S. | - | - | Chronic Mania | - | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Sarah Brown | 19 | N.O. | Hammond | Laborer | M | Acute Mania | - | Unknown | " | |
| 26768 | " | " | Harriet ----- | 35 | N.O. | Mexico | Prostitute | - | Acute Mania | - | Unknown | " |
Note: The name Barbara Walter is written in the same space as the name Elizabeth Winkel alisa Wolfen. The age 66 is written in the cell next to Elizabeth Winkel's name. It is scratched out and the age 80 is written above it. It is unclear whether the 80 belongs to Barbara Walter or Elizabeth Winkel. The words Crafton, Ill are struck out and the word Shakespere is written directly above them in the same cell. But this word Shakespere is also scratched out and the words Alms House are written above it.
Database input: Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: October 25, 2003