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Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1903

Suit # Month Day Name Age Gender/
Color
Residence Nativity Occupation Marital
Status
Disease How Long
Insane
Cause
69404 Jan 9 Mrs. C. W. Locke 32 F/W
Bourbon & Conti La. Housewife M Dementia 3 yrs. ?
69807 Feb 19 Daisy Marks 29 F/W
N. O. La. none S Insanity 8 mos. ?
" " " William Apken ? M/W
Algiers La. oyster opener S Acute Insanity ? Masturbation
70100 Mch 24 Vivian I. Shepard 26 F/W 932 Philip La. Stenographer S Paranoia 6 mos. ?
70152 Apr 4 Nellie Hoban 19 F/W 926 Camp Texas none S Insanity 2 years ?
70725 Jun 3 Jane Van Tromp 24 F/W
? La. ? S Chronic Insanity years Epilepsy
" " " Jules Barrett 14 M/W
Palmyra & Prieur La. none S Imbecility since birth ?
" " " Lizzie Hartman 40 F/W
Girod & White La. none S Epileptic 1 year ?
" " " Bessie Griffin 15 F/W
? La. none S Insanity 1 year ?
" " " Georgina Dunn 24/25 F/W
St. Elizabeth Asy. La. none S Insanity 4 years hereditary
" " " Mathilde Simmons (Schnabel) 40 F/W
St. Ann & Tonti La. none W Hereditary Insanity 1 year hereditary
" " " Mary Fosdick 29 F/W
La. Retreat La. none S Insanity 5 or 6 years hereditary
71128 Jul 22 Eleanora V. Lewis 41 F/W 1108 Soniat Miss. none S Suicidal Mania 5 years ?
71129 Jul 25 Zeno Mullen ? M/W 4621 Carondelet La. clerk S ? 5 weeks ?
71144 Jul 28 Thos. Francis Ryan 28 M/W
Atlantic Av. & Alex Ohio Saloon Keeper S Dementia 3 mos. Hereditary
71070 Aug 8 Mrs. Annie Tracy (Madden) 32 F/W
N. O. La. none M Epilepsy & general debility 5 mos. Epilepsy & intemperance
71257 Aug 11 John Celestin 44 M/W 1615 Dumaine La. none S Insanity 15 mos. ?
" Aug 12 John Smith 49 M/W 529 3rd La. Sugarmaker S Insanity 2 yrs. ?

Database input: Penny Delery & Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: April 6, 2004