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Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1892

Suit # Month Day Name Age Gender/
Color
Residence Nativity Occupation Marital
Status
Disease How Long
Insane
Cause Remarks
34720 Jan 11 Mrs. Mary E. VonPhul 52 F/W New Orleans East Baton Rouge None M Nervous Only ____ Worry & loss of fortune Might be VonPhiel; Delivered Jany. 13, 1891 to Supt. Jackson Insane Asylum
34792 Feb. 17 Oscar G. Fuselier 45 M/W 1480 Bourbon St. Martinville Drummer M General Parilaytes? abt 18 mos
Delivered to Dr. A. Gayolen, Superintendent of Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. Feb. 17, 1892
" " " Beauregard Bonneval 30 M/W 249 Dumaine N.O. Cotton Sampler S Chronic Mania 1 yr
"
" " " Robt. W. Malcomson 38 M/W 407 Customhouse " Printer S " 8 yrs
"
" " " Joseph Lucey 50 M/W 13 1/2 Conti " -- M " 1 yr
"
" " " Matais Humbrecht 44 M/W Cr Conti & White Germany Laborer M Hallucinations with Delirium of Percuitius (sic) 2 yrs Unknown "
" " " Jno N. Nelson 28 M/W -- Sweden " S Acute Mania -- " "
" " " Wm Tinken 17 M/W N.O. N.O. -- S Idictory yrs Congenital "
" " " George Rothesy 30 M/W Poydras & Claiborne Florida Laborer S Chronic mania --
"
" " " Andrew Yopson 28 M/W 14 Congress N.O. -- S " 4 yrs
"
" " " Pierre Cier 23 M/W 147 Decatur France -- S " 4 yrs
"
" " " Mrs. Danl Sullivan 40 F/W N.O. N.O. -- M " 16 yrs Confinement "
" " " Margret Schilling 55 F/W N.O. Baltimore -- Wid. " --
"
" " " Tilda Jane White 36 F/W La. Amt? House Miss. -- S " yrs
"
" " " Mrs. A. Focke 39 F/W Arabela & uper (sic) Magazine N.O. Housekeeper Wid. Acute mania 6 mos Despondency "
" " " Mary Noy 19 F/W 9 Spain St. N.O. -- S Imbecility 3 mos -- "
" " " Catherin O'Hara 36 F/W N.O. Ireland -- M Chronic mania 5 yrs Jealousy "
" " " Catherin Hartmann 70 F/W 117 St. Mary St. Germany -- Wid. Dementia 1 yr Old Age "
" " " Larissa Green 45 F/B N.O. N.O. Wash woman S Acute mania -- Eprisery (sic) "
" " " Fannie Patten 50 F/B Algiers, La. Miss. Laborer S Chronic mania --
"
23476 April 28 Walter Fanzley 6 M/W N.O. N.O -- S Imbecility --
Entire entry stricken through. There is remark also stricken through, written above it is "Withdrawn by the Court; "
" " " Ogden W. Manning 40 M/W N.O. N.O. none S General Paralyis (sic) -- -- No delivery date given.
34972 " " Mrs. Pierre Horiere 60 F/W N.O. France -- M Dementia -- Old age "
" " " Louise Skinner 45 F/W N.O. N.O. -- Wid. Chronic mania -- -- "
" " " Hortarie Robertson 43 F/W N.O. N.O. -- S Chronic mania -- -- "
" " " Josephine Perschall 43 F/W Poet St. La. -- S Chronic mania -- -- "
" " " Constance Guerise 34 F/W N.O. N.O. -- S Imbecility -- -- "
" " " Philomene Judice 27 F/W 84 S. Dorgenois St. N.O. -- Div Incoherency 9 yrs. Hystero Epilepsy "
35621 " " Bernard Esquere 41 M/W N.O. France Gardner S Acute recurring mania --
"
" " " Stephen Porbes 31 M/W 346 Dryades Austria Instructor M

Insomnia & Exhalalazia? "
" " " Charles Vollemers 39 M/W 21 Port St. Cape Girardeau Peddler M Chronic mania 1 1/2 yrs -- "
" " " Dietrich Leefman 30 M/W cor. St. Claude & Montegut La. -- M Chronic mania Mos if not yr -- Might be Lufman; "
" " " Henry Jurgens 29 M/W 114 Louisa St. N.O. Cooper S Chronic mania 4 yrs. Unknown "
" " " Henry Imwolde 29 M/W 741 Dauphine St. N.O. Shoemaker S Chronic mania About 5 yrs Supposed to be fall 5 yrs. Ago "
" " " Henry Borgananse 20 M/W N.O. Germany -- S Imbecility -- -- "
" " " Sydnet Edward Lovliss 17.5 M/W 23 Louisa St. N.O. none S Idiocy Life Birth "
" " " James Neuibile 18 M/W Brookhaven Miss. Laborer S Chronic epilepsy -- -- "
" " " Geo. W. Lacey
M/W Soldier Home Alabama none Wid. Chronic epilepsy Since the war
"
" " " William Hunter 70 M/B N.O. U.S. Laborer Wid. Imbecility 1 yr.
"
" " " Louis Dicoud 21 M/B 186 Spain St. N.O. Bricklayer
Acute mania 2nd attack
"
" " " Thos. Williams 21 M/B House of Refuge N.O. none S Imbecility 6 yrs
"
" " " Mary Joseph 60 F/B -- U.S. Laborer S Dementia --
"
" " " Charlotte C. Kennedy 35 F/B 15 N. Derbigney N.O. -- S Chronic mania 4 yrs
"
" " " Betsey Baldwin 26 F/B -- -- Laborer S Acute mania --
"
" " " Delia Campbeller West 22 F/B 58 Bartholemew
" S Acute mania --
"
35962 June 1 W. A. Landry 31 M/W 305 First N.O. Clerk S
Feb. 21 / 792 Unknown Delivered July 17, 1892 to Superintendent Jackson, La.
34779 July 14 Jeannette Stafford








___ See return? in court
36413 Aug 8 Nick Moore 21 M/W 831 Jersey St. N.O. Baker S Idiocy -- Masturbation Deliverd to Dr. A Gaydon, Superintendent, Insane Asylum, Jackson, La. August 9, 1892
" " " Louis Kruger 34 M/W cor. Burgundy & Enghine N.O. none S Chronic mania 6 yrs. Unknown "
" " " James Woodruff 21 M/W -- N.O. Laborer M Idiocy -- -- "
" " " Thomas Mace 37 M/W 236 St. Charles N.O. Laborer M Chronic Dementria -- -- Might be Thomas Mare; "
" " " William Burris 70 M/W Unknown Unknown Agent M " -- -- "
" " " Theodore Apfel 21 M/W Carollton N.O. Laborer S Idiocy -- Masturbation "
" " " Ernest Zimmerman 16 M/W Algiers Germany -- S Demenitria -- Epilepsy "
" " " Aron Lee 38 M/B -- La. Laborer M Chronic Mania Some time -- "
" " " Louis Francis 30 M/B 80 Race St. N.O. Coal passer M Acute Mania -- Injury on the Head "
" " " Hy. Martin 19 M/B -- N.O. -- S Chronic Idiocy -- -- "
" " " Lettia Bullot 65 F/W N.O. N.O. -- S Chronic Dementria Some time -- "
" " " Kate Sommers 35 F/W N.O. N.O. -- S " " -- "
" " " Mamie 12 F/W -- U.S. -- S Congenital Idiocy Unknown Unknown "
" " " Emma Kline 18 F/W St. Louis
Unknown S Dementia about 1 mo Debauchery "
" " " Faney Totingham 36 F/W 141 -- Unknown -- S Chronic Dementria
-- "
" " " Julia McCarthy 48 F/W -- Ireland House maid Wid. Chronic Mania 5 yrs. Unknown "
36585 Sep. 2 Henry C. Tansvold 36 M/W Louisa & Dauphine St. La. Shoemaker S Dementria (sic) 8 yrs. Unknown Last name is hard to read; deliverd to Dr. A Gaydon, Supreintendent, Insane Asylum, Jackson, La. Sept. 3, 1892
37424 Dec. 15 Walter Russell 19 M/W -- N.O. -- S Acute mania -- Masturbation Delivered Dec. 15, 1892 to Dr. A. Gayden, Supt., Insane Asylum, Jackson, La.
" " " Andrew Walck 27 M/W N.O. N.O. Laborer S Dementia 4 or 5 yrs. Masturbation "
" " " Geo. Church 44 M/W N.O. Spain " M Chronic dementia 6 mos Shock from loss of _air "
" " " Richard Sadler 51 M/W Cypress bet. Roman & Derbigny N.O. " M Chronic mania Since 1866
"
" " " William Gunby 65 M/W N.O. Maryland " Wid. Dementia Unknown Unknown "
" " " George Moran 25 M/W N.O. La. " S Mania subacute acts attacks 1 yr or more
"
" " " Emile Ribard 13 M/W -- N.O. -- S Imbecility Some yrs
"
" " " John P. Skego 26 M/W -- Tennessee Farmer S Dementia --
"
" " " James H. Behan 50 M/W -- N.O. -- S Demontia (sic) Some time
"
" " " Elizabeth Cloud 45 F/W -- U.S. -- S Mania

"
" " " Liza Clay 43 F/W -- U.S. -- S Chronic dementia Several yrs
"
" " " Agnes Smith 21 F/W -- N.O. -- S Imbecility
Religion "
" " " Florance Gordon 33 F/W -- La. -- S Chronic mania

"
" " " Rosa O Keefe 21 F/W -- N.O. -- S Imbecility
Religion "
" " " Agnes Doyle 17 F/W N.O. N.O. -- S Mania Several yrs
"
" " " Anne Wade 70 F/W -- -- -- S Imbecility

"
" " " Marie Delord 60 F/W -- France -- -- Chronic Dementia

"
" " " Elizabeth Illy 26 F/W -- -- -- S Chronic mania 1 yr Masturbation Might be Illig; "
" " " Catherine Cummings 73 F/W N.O. Ireland -- Wid. Dementia Unknown
"
" " " Alice Furlong 18 F/W 50 St. Thomas St. N.O. -- S Mania

"
" " " Virginia Wilson 46 F/W N.O. Virginia -- S Mania; Kleptomania

"
" " " Lilly Guess 20 F/W -- -- -- S Imbecility 18 mos
"
" " " Johania Reider 50 F/W -- Ireland -- S Dementia

"
" " " Maria Delord 35 F/W -- France -- M Chronic dementia Some time
"

Database input: Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: October 25, 2003