Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1894
| Suit # | Month | Day | Name | Age | Gender/ Color |
Residence | Nativity | Occupation | Marital Status |
Disease | How Long Insane |
Cause | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41624 | Feb | 13 | John Thomas Brenford | 53 | M/W | 136 Felicity | New Orleans | Merchant | M | Softening of Brain | 2 yrs | Unknown | Delivered Feby 15 1894. Delivered to Supt. Of Insane Asylum, Jackson, La., |
| 41951 | Mar | 07 | Elizabeth Cousley | 27 | F/W | La Retreat | New Orleans | None | S | Epilepsy from Yellow fever | 10 yrs | Congestion of Brain | Delivered March 8 1894 to Supt. __, Jackson, La. Insane Asylum |
| 42963 | Jun | 22 | Joseph Meyers | 27 | M/B | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | Masturbation | - |
| do | Nicholine Primm | 15 | M/W | N. O. | Italy | - | S | Idiocy | - | - | - | ||
| do | Lucinda Johnson | 30 | F/B | N. O. | La. | - | M | Dementia | - | - | - | ||
| do | Silika Daniels | 45 | F/B | N. O. | N. O. | - | M | Dementia | - | - | - | ||
| do | Amanda Oliver | 40 | F/C | N. O. | Virginia | - | M | Dementia | abt 2 mos | - | - | ||
| do | Amèdé Julian | 46 | M/B | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | M | Mania | abt 1 yr | - | - | ||
| do | Emile Brot | 37 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | M | Dementia | abt 3 yrs | Masturbation | - | ||
| do | Arthur Pennbrook | 27 | M/B | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Mania | 1 yr | Religion | - | ||
| do | Ida De Silva | 22 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | - | - | - | ||
| do | Albert Reed | 43 | M/C | N. O. | Virginia | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | - | ||
| do | Joseph Vilar | 22 | M/W | N. O. | Spain | Sailor | S | Dementia | - | - | - | ||
| do | Louise A. Chabet | 46 | F/W | N. O. | France | - | M | Mania | 9 mos | - | - | ||
| do | Patsy Righter | 40 | F/B | N. O. | La. | - | M | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | - | ||
| do | Blanche Gravel | 33 | F/W | N. O. | Canada or Covado (sic) | - | M | Dementia | - | - | - | ||
| do | Gus Green | 40 | M/B | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | M | Mania | abt 2 yrs | - | - | ||
| 42963 | Alcee Nicaud | 52 | M/B | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | Delivered June 22th 1894 to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum- Jackson, La. | ||
| do | Sarah Jackson | 44 | F/B | N. O. | N. O. | - | M | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | " | ||
| 42963 | Jun | 22 | Thomas F. Patton | 34 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Clerk | S | Mania | - | - | Delivered June 29th 1894 Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent of Insane Asylum- Jackson, La. |
| do | Stephen Mioton | 46 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Cotton Clerk | S | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | " | ||
| do | William F. Maury | 45 | M/W | N. O. | Tennessee | Laborer | M | Mania | abt 8 mos | - | " | ||
| do | Cecil Lemaitre | 48 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | W | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | " | ||
| do | Annie Tracy | 38 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | W | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | " | ||
| do | Robt. B. Humphreys | 16 | M/W | Ascension | Louisiana | Clerk | S | Melancholia | abt 1 yr | Masturbation | " | ||
| do | Josephine Todd | 28 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | M | Dementia | abt 6 mos | - | " | ||
| do | Maud Leford | 46 | M/W | N. O. | Belgium | Gardner | M | Dementia | - | - | " | ||
| do | Paul Gilly | 32 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Barkeeper | M | Dementia | abt 3 yrs | - | " | ||
| do | Edward Garland | 39 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Painter | M | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | Masturbation | " | ||
| do | Annie Saunders | 34 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | abt 6 mos | - | " | ||
| do | Sarah Hart | 23 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | " | ||
| do | Margaret Brandlin | 59 | F/W | N. O. | New York | - | W | Melancholia | - | - | " | ||
| do | Mary Dempsey | 26 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | M | Dementia | abt 1 yr | Child Birth (sic) | " | ||
| 43543 | Aug | 22 | Victor J. Oplatek | 41 | M/W | New Orleans | Austria | None | S | Monomania | abt 18 mos | Women & Persecution | Delivered Aug 24th 1894 to Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum - Jackson, La. |
| - | Sep | 25 | Ada Anna Urquhart | 31 | F/W | New Orleans | N. O., La | None | S | Chronic Insanity | 6 yrs | Heredity | Delivered October 1 1894 to Supt. of the State Insane Asylum - Jackson, La. |
| 44051 | Oct | 26 | Robert J. Barrow | 21 | M/W | New Orleans | N. O., La | None | S | Hysterical Insanity | 3 yrs | Chronic Diarrhea | Oct 27 1894, delivered to Supt. of state Insane Asylum, Jackson La. |
| 42486 | Nov | 10 | Louis L. Lambert | M/W | New Orleans | - | Architech | M | - | - | - | Delivered Nov 10 1894 to Supt. Jackson, La (Insane Asylum) | |
| 44101 | Nov | 21 | Harriet Evaline Benedict | 49 | F/W | N. O. | Louisiana | None | S | Epilepsy | years | Fits of Epilepsy | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent, Insane Asylum at Jackson, La, Nov. 21st '94 [all] |
| 44274 | " | " | Richard Buckley | 26 | M/W | N. O. | " | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 18 mos | Opium | " |
| " | " | " | Unknown,- Bunch | 33 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 3 yrs | Alchol (sic) | " |
| " | " | " | Thomas Reodon | 23 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | " |
| " | " | " | George Sawer? | 40 | M/B | N. O. | La. | Laborer | M | Dementia | - | - | " |
| " | " | " | Joseph A. Flanders | 35 | M/W | N. O. | La. | Clerk | S | Mania | abt 1 yr | Alchol (sic) & Tobacco | " |
| " | " | " | George Hannaman | 45 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Paresis | abt 2 yrs | Paralysis | " |
| " | " | " | Rob't B. Bleakly | 42 | M/W | N. O. | Springfield, Ill. | Cab driver | S | Alchol (sic) Epilepsy | abt 1 yr | Alchol (sic) & Tobacco | " |
| " | " | " | Rob't Barlow | 21 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Idiocy | 2 yrs | Epilepsy | " |
| " | " | " | Charles Thiel | 28 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 3 yrs | Masturbation | " |
| " | " | " | Wm. B. Hartman | 29 | M/W | N. O. | N. O. | Clerk | S | Dementia | abt 20 yrs | Epilepsy; patient has lucid intervals | " |
| " | " | " | Blanche Childs | 37 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Idiocy | abt 5 yrs | - | " |
| " | " | " | Mary E. Welsh | 19 | F/W | N. O. | Alabama | - | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | " |
| " | " | " | Rosie Heck | 24 | F/W | N. O. | Texas | - | S | Dementia | abt 7 mos | - | " |
| " | " | " | Mary Moran | 26 | F/W | N. O. | N. O. | - | S | Dementia | Several yrs | - | " |
| 44274 | Nov | 21 | Mary Brown | 38 | F/W | N. O. | Montreal, Canada | - | M | - | abt 1 mo | Alchol (sic) | " |
| " | " | " | Mary Brinton | 42 | F/W | N. O. | Ala. | - | W | Dementia | 6 yrs | -; patient has lucid intervals | " |
| " | " | " | Maggie Russel | 25 | F/W | N. O. | St Louis, Mo. | - | S | Dementia | two yrs | - | |
| 44274 | Nov | 24 | William Messenger | 38 | M/W | - | Alabama | Laborer | M | Mania | abt 1 yr | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th; patient has Lucid Intervals |
| " | " | " | Joseph McGoff | 19 | M/W | New Orleans | La. | Laborer | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | Mastubation (sic) | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | William Selby | 18 | M/W | 441 Terpsichore St. | " | - | S | Idiocy | abt 5 yrs | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Adolph Burkhardt | 39 | M/W | Peniston & Laurel St. | " | Carpenter | S | Mania | abt 1 yr | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | William Winters | 41 | M/B | - | Mississippi | Laborer | M | Dementia | abt 2 yrs | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Charles Bush | 30 | M/B | - | La. | Laborer | S | Mania | - | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Thomas Smith | 21 | M/B | - | " | Laborer | S | Mania | abt 2 yrs | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | John R. Thompson | 45 | M/B | N. O. | Nth. Carolina | Laborer | M | Dementia | - | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Elizabeth Storey | 26 | F/W | Congress near Dauphine | New Orleans | - | S | Melancolia (sic) | abt 2 yrs | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th: this last name might be Stokey. |
| " | " | " | Lena Ryan | 48 | F/W | 242 Dorgenois St. | " | - | M | Dementia | abt 4 mos. | supposed to be from Fright | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Sarah E. Maggli | 24 | F/B | Broad bet. Conti & St. Louis St. | " | - | S | Dementia | abt 6 mos | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Cornelia Brown | 18 | F/B | - | " | - | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Julia Taylor | 70 | F/B | - | " | - | M | Dementia | abt 10 mos | Senility | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th; this patient is returned |
| " | " | " | Fanny Freeman | 36 | F/B | Philip near Clara St. | " | - | S | Dementia | abt 1 yr | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
| " | " | " | Annie Alphonse | 40 | F/B | - | " | - | M | Dementia | 3 mos | - | Delivered to Dr. A. Gayden, Superintendent Insane Asylum at Jackson, La. November 24th |
Database input: Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: October 25, 2003