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Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1905

Suit # Month Day Name Age Gender/
Color
Residence Nativity Occupation Marital
Status
Disease How Long
Insane
Cause
75213 Jan 21 T. B. Hopkins 35 M/W 903 Camp La clerk S Was Ac. Insanity about (sic) Family troubles
75266 Jan 27 Lizzie Grimm 39 F/W
City La. Housekeeper S Melancholia 2 mos. ?
" " " L. Long (Lucretia) 35 F/W
City Florida none S Dementia Months ?
" " " C. F. Coleman 68 M/W
Girod & Camp S.C. Physician S Insanity with delirium ? ?
" " " Chester L. Prentice 35 M/W 117 S. Rochablave (sic) N. O. Printer S Insanity Nov 15/04 Syphilis and Alcohol
" " " Ora Lee Blount 29 F/W
La. Retreat Texas Housegirl S Recurring Mania Months -
" " " Mrs. Mary E. Cohen 48 F/W
? Ireland House Keeper M Insanity Some years Opium & Tobacco
" " " Lulu Specht 38 F/W
La. Retreat La. ? S Insanity with Hallucinations ? ?
" " " Carrie Watson 37 F/W
? Texas none S Acute Insanity ? ?
" " " Sallie L. Patton 33 F/W
City La. House Keeper S Insanity Some mos. ?
" " " Edwin J. Turpin 36 M/W
Ursuline & Johnson La. clerk S Acute Mania 4 mos. ?
" " " R. Henry Hughes 32 M/W
City La. Laborer M Insanity 5 or 6 mos. Alcohol
" " " Edmund Joseph Twohig 32 M/W
City La. Laborer M Acute Insanity 2½ mos. Worry of Financial adversities
" " " Martin O. Mosler 28 M/W
? Texas Laborer S Acute Insanity ? Hereditary
" " " John Rooney 49 M/W
City La. Laborer M Recurring Mania Some mos. Perhaps hereditary
" " " Walter Fernandez 24 M/W 2414 Palmyra La. U. S. Army M Acute Mania 2 or 3 mos. Exposure
75266 Jan 27 Terrell P. Shephard 33 M/W
? Ala. Clerk S Insanity ? Hereditary



John R. Reilly 33 M/W
? La. ? ? Insanity 6 mos. Alcohol



Wm Reis 34 M/W
? La. Laborer M Acute Insanity 6 mos. Alcohol
78491 Feb 23 Mrs. Louisa Lindsey 38 F/W 936 Canal La. Housekeeper W Insanity ? ?
73930 Mch 3 Theo. F. Cott ? M/W
Police Jail Germany Engineer S ? About 1 yr. ?
75777 " " Eddie Roach 19 M/W
N. O. La. Laborer S Insanity Some mos. Masturbation
" " " John P. Abadie 35 M/W
3rd Dist. France none S Mania Years Alcohol
" " " Jim Kane 40 M/W
City La. Laborer S Dementia Months Syphilis and Alcohol
" " " Adam Krieder 20 M/W
Claiborne & Willow La. none S Epileptic Months Epilepsy
" " " Lucian I. Enderlie 31 M/W 969 St. Chas. [St. Charles] La. Architect S Insanity 17 days ?
" " " Emile Placincia 20 M/W
Mexico Mexico none S Dementia 6 mos. ?
" " " Annie Nye 21 F/W 2107 Louisa La. none S Syphilis(prostitute)Dementia months Syphilis (prostitute)
" " " Rosa King 28 F/W
Biloxi Miss. none M Chronic Mania 1 yr. Hereditary
" " " Mrs. Kate Callahan 51 F/W
City La. Housekeeper M Clepto Mania (sic) some mos. Lack of necessities of life
" " " Julia Flanagan 44 F/W
City La. Housekeeper S Epileptic Insanity 2 yrs. Epilepsy
" " " Bertha Adams 53 F/W
City La. Housekeeper S Recurring Insanity some years ?
" " " Lena Clawson 52 F/W
? N. York Housekeeper S Acute Insanity some months ?
" " " Lizzie Shafter 15 F/W
City La. ? S Insanity ? ?
" " " Mrs. M. R. Delacroix 64 F/W
City Miss. Housekeeper M Recurring Insanity Some mos. ?
76621 Jul 1 Louis Neimeyer 35 M/W 2620 Josephine La. Lab. S Chr. Insanity 4 mths. -
" " " Ernest Miller 64 M/W
St. Ann near Roman La. Lab. M Insanity about 6 weeks -
" " " John Schriever 58 M/W 1721 Melpomene La. Drummer M Insanity months probably Hereditary
" " " J. K. Nixon 41 M/W 2615 Baronne La. Lab. S Running Insanity years Heredity
" " " Michael Cross 28 M/W
Mag. [Magazine] & Constance do. Lab. S Chr. Insanity years Heredity(?) (sic)
" " " Wm. H. Maxey 81 M/W
2nd & Chippewa do. - W Insanity with delirium some months probably Senility
" " " Noel Denis - M/W
Iberville & Lopez do. Lab. S Epeleptic (sic) Insanity years Epelepsy (sic)
" " " R. B. Stubbs 64 M/W
Leonidas near Elm do. none M Chr. Insanity years Chr. Insanity
" " " Willie Robertson 17 M/C
- do. none S Inbecile Life -
" " " Sam Parker 19 M/C
Franklin & Iberville do. none S Insanity years -
" " " Henry Mitchel 37 M/C
Franklin & Verret do. Lab. S Chr. Insanity Heredity mths. -
" " " Willie Wilson 25 M/C
Rampart near Gravier do. Lab. S Insanity some weeks -
" " " John Thompson 36 M/C
- do. Lab. S Acute Insanity months -
" " " Victoria Augusta 42 F/C
Baronne near Julia do. washwoman S Insanity Religious months -
" " " Peggy Johnson 74 F/C
- N. Carolina washwoman M Insanity 2 or 3 years -
76621 Jul 1 Lottie Marks 25 F/C
N. O. La. none S Chr. Insanity 2 years
" " " Tenny McGinty 35 F/C
Burdette near Calhoun do. cook M Acute Insanity some months
" " " Mary C. Carter 20 F/C 1541 Polimia (sic) [Polymnia] do. none S Acute Insanity Epeleptic(sic) about 1 mth.
76642 Jul 7 Mrs. M. Colorado 60 F/W
Conti & Claiborne Italy None W Acute Insanity 3 months -
" " " Mrs. Eliza Smith 73 F/W
St. Ann at Royal Miss. None M Insanity with delirium of persecution 6 months -
" " " Mrs. M. Stephens 24 F/W 1020 Chartres La. None M Acute Insanity 1 month Heredity
" " " Mrs. Everisto Fernandez 65 F/W
- Spain None M Clepto Mania (sic) years -
" " " Miss Delia Foss 35 F/W 2260 N. Derbigny La. - S Inbecility childhood -
" " " Miss Hortense Robinson 50 F/W
- La. None S Chronic Insanity 10 years -
" " " Mrs. Henrietta Lausk/Laux (sic) 43 F/W
Claiborne & Annette La. None M Religious Insanity 1 month -
77935 Dec 16 Daisy Marks 28 F/W 421 Peters Ave. La. none S Recurring Mania 2 yrs. Heredity
" " " Mrs. C. Dobbs 34 F/W 2310 Melpomene La. housekeeper M Recurring Insanity 4 mths. ?

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