Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1898
| Suit # | Month | Day | Name | Age | Gender/ Color |
Residence | Nativity | Occupation | Marital Status |
Disease | How Long Insane |
Cause | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55443 | Jan | 29 | Antoinette Juan | 19 | F/W | N. Orleans | N. Orleans | None | S | Imbecility | over a year | Heredity | Harsh treatment | |
| " | " | " | Mrs Frank | 63 | F/W | N. Orleans | Ireland | " | W | Dementia | - | Dementia | ||
| " | " | " | Jennie Namais | 31 | F/W | Burgundy & St. Ferdinand | N. Orleans | " | M | Chronic Mania | over a year | Unknown | Quick temper | |
| " | " | " | Louise Durroussea | 43 | F/W | - | - | " | S | Heredity Great Fatigue | 20 days | Religion | ||
| " | " | " | Emily Lambert | 34 | F/W | 1710 | Josephine | N. Orleans | " | S | Chronic Mania | 4½ years | Unknown | |
| " | " | " | Jean Baptiste Moachen/Moachon/Meachin | 38 | M/W | 522 | Calhoun | N. Orleans | Carpenter | W | Acute Mania | 8 months | Unknown | |
| " | " | " | Orlando Coats | 37 | M/W | 7th & Leonce | Nebraska | Civil Engineer | S | Chronic recurring mania | Since 1897 | Unknown | Dirty Habits | |
| " | " | " | Marcelin | 60 | M/C | - | New Orleans | none | S | Dementia | Jan 8 '98 | old age | ||
| " | " | " | Peter Richardo | 19 | M/W | - | New Orleans | " | S | Acute Heredity Mania | Since 97 | Unknown | ||
| " | " | " | James Flynn | 20 | M/W | House of refuge | New Orleans | " | S | Imbecility | 7 years | Heredity | ||
| " | " | " | Robert B. Stubbs | 70 | M/- | - | Kentucky | River Pilot | M | Chronic Mania | Oct 18 '97 | Unknown | ||
| 55443 | Jan | 29 | Claiborne Flynn | 26 | M/W | Boys' Home of refuge | New Orleans | None | S | Imbecility | 7 years | Heredity | ||
| " | " | " | Andreé Dabezie | 27 | M/W | 2112 | Bourbon | New Orleans | " | S | Chronic Mania | Never well | Celebral fever (sic) | |
| " | " | " | John Kountz | 40 | M/W | 1417 | N. Prieur | New Orleans | " | S | Imbecility | 3 years | Epilepsy | Dangerous at Times |
| " | " | " | Mrs Edw Poray | 27 | F/W | Washington & Fulton | Baltimore Md. | " | M | Chronic Hysterical Mania | one year | Womb Trouble | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Kate Rosentheil | F/W | 1723 | St. Louis | New Orleans | " | M | Dementia | 6 months | Paralysis | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Mary Dawson | 40 | F/W | - | New Orleans | " | W | Chronic Mania | Since 1862 | Paralysis | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Mary Gaspard | 70 | F/C | - | New Orleans | - | - | Idiocy | - | Paralysis | ||
| 55755 | Mar | 1 | Mrs John P. Keller, Alice Morris | 28 | F/W | 1539 | St. Ferdinand | New Orleans | None | M | Hereditary | 3½ years | Hereditary | Brother now in Jackson |
| " | " | " | James Crozat | 38 | M/W | 1212 | Port | New Orleans | Laborer | S | Acute Mania/Alcoholism | 20 days | Alcoholism | has been a hard drinker for 20 years |
| " | " | " | John Stanislas Garvey | 43 | M/W | 2047 | Constance | New Orleans | Clerk | S | Softening of the Brain | 3 years | Syphilis & Alcohol | at Jackson for 3 years |
| " | " | " | Miss Frances Grace | 27 | F/W | 2122 | Clara | Detroit, Mich. | None | M | Recurring Mania | 4 years | Puerpera (1st Attack) | was confined 14 days ago |
| " | " | " | Eliza McElroy | 45 | F/W | 2724 | Melpomene | N. Or. | None | W | Chronic Mania | 2 years | unknown | |
| " | " | " | Collins Thompson | 16 | M/C | - | Tangipoha P. | Laborer | S | Acute Mania | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | John Spansel | 40 | M/W | 469 | Josephine | N. Orleans | Packer in Dry Goods | S | Delerium of persecution | July 97 | Heat Prostration | Imagines her neighbors are after her |
| " | " | " | Mrs Theresa Hagan | 35 | F/W | 1161 | Tchoupitoulas | N. Orleans | None | - | Recurring Mania | March 97 | Attack of Grippe | |
| 55693 | Mar | 3 | Lemel A. Carter | M/W | ||||||||||
| 55755 | Mar | 26 | Mrs Michael J. Hopper | 58 | F/W | 527 | St Joseph | N. Orleans | none | W | Chronic Recurring Manic | about 10 yrs | - | |
| " | " | " | Philomene Giffari/Piffari | 45 | F/W | - | Napoleonville La | " | S | Imbecility | for years | from childhood | ||
| " | " | " | Barbara Richards | 19 | F/W | Lopez between St. Ann & Dumaine | N. Orleans | " | S | Acute (Hereditary) Mania | 3 months | Heredity | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Julia Egans | 60 | F/W | - | Ireland | Washerwoman | W | Dementia | - | Age & Worry | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Chas Baiele | 46 | F/W | Poydras between Franklin & Liberty | N. Orleans | none | W | Dementia | 13 months | Poverty & want | ||
| " | " | " | Chas Konneker | 45 | M/W | 1231 | N. Peters | Germany | C. Merchant | M | Acute Alcoholic Mania | 5 years | Alcohol | |
| " | " | " | Ben Matthews | 30 | M/C | N. Orleans | N. Orleans | Driver | M | Stupidity | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Jordan Victor | 40 | M/C | N. Orleans | " | Laborer | - | - | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Calvin Mason | 82 | M/C | N. Orleans | Maryland | none | - | Softening of the Brain | - | - | ||
| 55755 | Apr | 27 | Frank. Schwartz | 31 | M/W | 906 | Louisa | N.O. La | Barber | S | Chronic Mania | 3 years | - | Confined in La Retreat 7 months |
| " | " | " | Zach. P. Evans | 29 | M/W | White & Gasquet | " | None | S | Parallysis (sic) | For years | - | Confined in Police Jail | |
| " | " | " | Wm R. Taylor | 17 | M/C | Elmira & Opelousas | Algiers, La | Laborer | S | Acute Mania | 1 month | - | Confined in Police Jail | |
| " | " | " | John Macbeth | 45 | M/C | - | Australia | " | S | Acute Mania | - | - | Confined in Police Jail April 10/98 | |
| " | " | " | Eugenie Baudier | 55 | F/W | N. Orleans | France | None | M | Chronic Mania | 6 years | Jealousy | Confined in La. Retreat over 1 year | |
| " | " | " | Annie Doyle | 20 | F/W | 2610 | Berlin | N.O. La | " | S | Nymphomania | over 1 year | Unknown | |
| " | " | " | Ellen Drury | 60 | F/W | N.O. La | Ireland | " | W | Dementia | - | " | Police Jail of Louisiana | |
| " | " | " | Rosa Vendange | 31 | F/C | N.O. La | N.O. La | " | M | Acute Mania | - | " | Police Jail | |
| 56668 | May | 24 | James Clague | M/- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Delivered June 6/98 | ||
| 56693 | Jun | 2d | John A. Wetzel | 18 | M/W | 1734 | Third St. | N.O. La | none | S | Acute Mania | - | - | confined in Police Jail |
| " | " | " | Daniel Taylor | 29 | M/W | 815 | Louisa | " | Laborer | M | softening of the brain | 6 months | Interculosis | confined in L. Retreat |
| " | " | " | Fred Richardson | M/W | Chicago Ills. | London Eng. | Jockey | M | Acute Mania | April 13/98 | - | confined in Police Jail | ||
| " | " | " | Octave Joseph | 35 | M/C | N.O. La | Louisiana | Laborer | S | Chronic Mania | 1 to 3 years | - | confined in Police Jail several occasions | |
| " | " | " | Catherine Crone | 40 | F/W | N.O. La | N.O. La | none | M | Stupidity | - | - | confined La Retreat | |
| " | " | " | Mary Torre | 43 | F/W | 1730 | Polymnia | Pass Christian, Miss. | " | M | Acute Mania | about 3 mos.N100 | - | confined La. Retreat since April 26/98 |
| " | " | " | Lulu Hinkel | 20 | F/W | 718 | St. Mary | N. Orleans | " | S | - | - | - | confined La. Retreat since May 13/98 |
| " | " | " | Marie Dupre | 37 | F/W | 914 | Dublin | Jefferson Pa. | " | S | Idiocy | from childhood | - | confined La. Retreat May 18/98 |
| " | " | " | H.H. Dilton | 50 | F/W | - | - | Plasterer | - | Chronic Mania | - | - | confined La. Reatreat August 14/98 | |
| " | " | " | Catherine Moore | 57 | F/W | 219 | S. Broad | Ireland | Cook | S | Passive Congestion of Brain | - | - | confined La. Retreat May 98 |
| " | " | " | Michael Rougrese | 51 | M/W | New Orleans | " | Farmer | M | about (sic) | 5 months | injury to head from fall | ||
| 57155 | Aug | 11 | Joseph Ferguson | 28 | M/W | 1217 | Clara | N.O. La. (the word Cat_sairo? is struck out) | Cab Driver | S | Morphine Mania | about 4 yrs | - | |
| " | " | " | Joe Lamon | 25 | M/W | N.O. La | Italy | Laborer | S | Acute Mania | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Emile L. Danove | 50 | M/W | 1014 | Dauphine | N.O. | " | M | Delerium of Grandeur | about 7 mos. | Alcohol | |
| " | " | " | Henry S. Miller | 35 | M/W | Liberty & Clio | - | Clerk | M | Acute Mania | 6 months | Sunstroke | ||
| " | " | " | Wm. Kelley | 32 | M/W | N. Orleans La, | Ireland | Laborer | S | Kleptomania | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Wm. C. Blaze | 23 | M/W | Avoyelles P. | Avoyelles P. | U.S.S. | S | Acute Mania | since Jun/98 | - | ||
| " | " | " | Francis Ward | 45 | M/W | - | - | S.S. Fireman | S | Dementia | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Raoul Tournade | 34 | M/W | - | - | Shoemaker | S | Chronic Mania | 8 or 10 mths | - | ||
| " | " | " | Joe McCloskey | 44 | M/W | Algiers La | Algiers La. | Laborer | S | Chronic Mania | - | Alcoholism | ||
| " | " | " | Mrs Frank Goelley/Goellep | 52 | F/W | 622 | S. Rendon | N.O. La | None | W | Chronic Mania | July/98 | - | |
| " | " | " | Mrs Mary Finnegan | 45 | F/W | 1532 | Chippewa | Ireland | " | M | Chronic Mania | one year | - | |
| " | " | " | Miss Louis Piper (sic) | 43 | F/W | 1324 | Marengo | La. | " | S | Dementia | 10 years | - | |
| " | " | " | Katie Malone | 35 | F/C | - | U.S. | " | S | Acute Mania | July 25/98 | - | ||
| " | " | " | Caroline Young | 45 | F/C | Algiers La | S. Carolina | " | S | Chronic Mania | July 22 98 | - | ||
| " | " | " | Margaret Ferret/Ferrer | 26 | F/W | St Louis & Burgundy | N.O. | Laborer | M | - | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Kate McGuirk | 27 | F/W | Shreport La | N.O. | None | - | - | - | - | ||
| 57165 | ^^^ | " | Mrs R. Scherges | 48 | F/W | 2423 | Burgundy | - | " | - | - | about 2 yrs | puerpalmania (sic) | There is a tear on the original page |
| 57314 | Aug | 30 | Eugene Courteau | 23 | M/W | 3325 | Dumaine | N. Orl. | none | S | Hilarious Insanity | about 8 yrs | - | |
| " | " | " | Eleanor V. Lewis | 34 | F/W | 3620 | Chestnut | Natchez Miss. | Seamstress | S | Homicidal & Suicidal Mania | at entervals (sic)for years | ||
| 57431 | Nov | 17 | Allen Orr | 20 | M/W | - | Louisiana | none | S | Imbecility | - | Onanism | ||
| " | " | " | Frank Ferran | 25 | M/W | 825 | Second | New Orleans | Clerk | S | Imbecility | - | Onanism | |
| " | " | " | James K. Nixon | 44 | M/W | - | Alabama is struck and New Orleans entered instead | Clerk | S | Chronic Mania | About 2 yrs | supposed to be Syphilis | ||
| " | " | " | Cornelius Powers | 55 | M/W | - | Alabama | None | M | Idiocy | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Ellis Coleman | 38 | M/C | - | Louisiana | " | S | Chronic Mania | - | Epilepsy | ||
| " | " | " | Emma McKenzie/McKenzee/McKenzu alias McKenna | 19 | F/C | - | " | " | S | Acute Mania | - | - | ||
| 57719 | " | " | Albert Lehman | 31 | M/W | - | Louisville Kent. | Salesman | M | Mania Potu | - | Alcholism | ||
| " | " | " | Leonard Davis | 30 | M/C | Desoto Pr. | Desoto Pr. | None | M | Dementia | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Louis Hussey | 39 | M/W | 512 | Washington | New Orleans | Saddler | M | Acute Mania | - | Hallucinations | |
| " | " | " | Celestine Prudhomme | 90 | F/C | St Peter & Royal | " | none | W | Senile Dementia | - | Old Age | ||
| " | " | " | Elizabeth Baptille/Baptelle | 26 | F/C | Manchac L. | Tangpaho L. | " | M | Imbecility | - | - | ||
| " | " | " | Anna Robinson | 38 | F/C | 2835 | S. Rampart | P. Coupee | Seamstress | S | Acute Mania | about 3 yrs | - | |
| " | " | " | Oliver Riess | 15 | M/W | 2228 | Bienville | N. Orleans | none | S | Imbecility | since Birth | Hereditary | |
| 57975 | Dec | 12 | Rose Tedesco | 25 | F/W | Tonti between Gravier & Perdid0 | N. Orl. | none | S | Chronic Mania | ab. 5 years | unknown | ||
| " | " | " | Marie Lucianne | 35 | F/C | New Orleans | " | Washerwoman | M | Acute Mania | - | " | confined in P.J. since Nov 4/98 | |
| " | " | " | Mrs Mary Long | 60 | F/W | Alms House | Ireland | none | M | Chronic Mania | 13 years | " | ||
| " | " | " | Philip Struch | 56 | M/W | N. Orleans | Germany | " | S | A Degenerate | - | - | Confined in P.J. since Oct 31/98 | |
| " | " | " | Mrs Florence Adair | 35 | F/W | La. Retreat | Georgia | Teacher | M | Suicidal & Homicidal Mania | 18 months | Puerperium | 2½ mos. in La. Retreat | |
| " | " | " | Vallette Fisher | 23 | M/W | 2532 | Dumaine | N. Orleans | Baker | S | Acute Mania | Sept 5/98 | Unknown | |
| " | " | " | Victor J. Optalek | 45 | M/W | N. Orleans | Austria | none | S | Chronic Monomania | several yrs | " | ||
| " | " | " | George W. Kern | 21 | M/W | 526 | Seguin, Algiers | Algiers La | Blacksmith | S | Hereditary Mania | about 4 ms. | Hereditary | |
| John M. Kern | 34 | M/W | 526 | Seguin, Algiers | " | " | S | Chronic Mania | 10 mths. | " | ||||
| Tom Dooley | 37 | M/W | N. Orleans | U.S. | none | S | Degenerate bordering on Imbecility | - | - | |||||
| Henry Kilshaw | 41 | M/W | 1331 | Ursuline | N. Orleans | " | S | Chronic Hereditary Mania | Several yrs | Hereditary | ||||
| Peter Rien Al? McCaffery | 48 | M/W | S. Liberty between Jackson & Liberty | " | Saddler | M | Recurring Chronic Mania | over 2 years | - | |||||
| William Kelley | 32 | M/W | N.O. La | Ireland | Laborer | S | Religious Mania | - | - | |||||
| Henry Seamann | 44 | M/W | N.O. La | Germany | none | S | Delerium of Persecution | - | Menoparisa | |||||
| Josephine Fortoendel/Portoendel | 46 | F/W | Alms House | N. Orleans | Seamstress | M | Chronic Monomania | - | - | |||||
Database input: Penny Delery & Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: 2/11/2004