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Orleans Parish (La.) Civil Sheriff
Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1907

Suit # Month Day Name Age Gender/
Color
Residence Nativity Occupation Marital
Status
Disease How Long
Insane
Cause
81612 Feb 19 Steve Dinkeldein 27 M/W 1028 St. Ann La. Lab. S Recurring Mania 18 mos. Alcohol



Joseph Gonzalez 33 M/W
- Mexico - S Insanity - Syphilis



Chas. Gouzy 34 M/W 300 St. Maurice Ave. La. Harness Maker S Insanity Delusions Rel. 1 or 2 wks. -



Bernard Leahy 22 M/W 62 St. Thomas La. Mill Hand S Insanity months Dissipation



George Murray or Mertz (sic) 54 M/W 1200 S. Rampart France Engineer S Insanity months Alcohol



Joseph Fredericks 37 M/C 2016 Hospital La. Lab. S Insanity - -

Apr 19 Mrs. Alphonse Grovel 36 F/W 735 Bourbon - Housewife M Dipsomania months Alcohol

May 23 Marie Zeno 30 F/C 2124 Peters Ave. La. None M Insanity 9 mos. -

May 24 Celina Dempsey 21 F/C 1309 Gen'l Ogden La. None M Insanity - -

May 24 Catherine Williams 21 F/C
Josephine St. La. Cook S Insanity 1 month -

Apr 17 Lizzie Brooks 37 F/C 539 So. Franklin La. Washwoman S Dipsomania months -
82140 Jun 3 Benjamin Plaisance 19 M/W 1347 Esplanade La. - S Imbecility - -
82667

William H. Anderson 32 M/W 1445 St. And. [Andrew] La. None W - unknown -
84734

Miss Caroline E. Hoffman 16 F/W 1224 Harmony La. None S Hysterical Insanity 4 yrs. Attributed to fright
82754

Jake Levin 49 M/W
Alexandria American None M Syphilitic Dementia 1 yr. Syhilis (sic)
82376

Gustave Kuhn - M/W 716 Port St. N. O. None S Delusional Insanity 7 yrs. Hulicenation (sic)
82791

Wm. R. Flannery 39 M/W 2310 Magazine La. - S Insanity July 1906 Alcohol & Persecutions



G. F. Thornton 28 M/W
La. Retreat La. Clerk S Insanity 3 mos. Persecution


Jun

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Lewis Rothand 21 M/W 1936 Chippewa La. - S Insanity some mos. Alcohol excesses



Steve Springer, Jr. 22 M/W 4010 Dauphine La. Baker S Insanity 6 mos. Alcohol excesses

Oct 22 J. West 28 M/W 724 Pleasant - Fisherman S Insanity years -



Clement Musset 27 M/W 1913 Ursuline La. Carpenter S Recurring Insanity 2 yrs. Alcohol



R. A. Koontz 22 M/W
Jacksonville, Fla. Fla. None S Epilepsy years Epilepsy



Albert J. Bolet 38 M/W 1012 Washington Ave. La. Printer S Insanity 2 mos. Alcohol to excess



H. T. Apffel 42 M/W 8801 Levee La. Peddler S Insanity 9 yrs. -



Wm. Postlethwaite 50 M/W
House Detention Ky. Engineer S Insanity with Delusions of Persecution 2 weeks No history obtainable



Jos. Duffy 26 M/W 1515 St. Thomas La. Painter S Insanity some mos. -



Jas. J. Innerarity, Jr. 34 M/W 4904 Perrier St. La. Clk. M Insanity 8 mos. -



Chas. Bolden 26 M/C 2527 First La. Lab. S Insanity 1 mo. Alcohol



John Mimms 27 M/C 2843 S. Rampart La. Lab. S Insanity 2 yrs. Alcohol & tobacco
82791

Joseph Alsino 43 M/C
St. Philip & Dorgenois La. Lab. M Alcoholic Insanity - Alcohol to excess



Mary Carter 21 F/C 3216 Carondelet La. - S Insanity 2 mos. Alcohol, Syphilis & Tobacco to excess

Nov 5 Ophelia Frye 30 F/C
Elysian Fields & Derbigny - - S Insanity do not know Persecution, Alcohol to excess



Elizabeth Bland 39 F/C 1213 Lafayette La. - M Insanity 5 mos. Alcohol to excess, Syphilis
83878

Mrs. E. C. Lindauer 54 F/W 1819 Euterpe La. - M Epileptic Insanity 6 yrs. Epilepsy



Mrs. Louisa O. Moreau 61 F/W
Shakespear Alms House France None M Melancholia long time -



Mary Fitzgerald 79 F/W 531 St. Joseph (Mrs. Childress) Ireland None S Chronic Dementia unable to unable to ascertain



Mabel Davis 15 F/C
House Detention La None S Weak Minded 3 yrs. Masterbation (sic)



Maffy Devine 40 F/C
House Detention La None S Religious Mania some time Alcohol & excesses



Pauline Booth 60 F/C
House Detention - None S Alcohol & Old Age do not know Alcohol & old age



Ella Morgan 22 F/C
House Detention La None S Cocaine Mania 5 mos. Cocaine etc.



Pauline Smith 20 F/C
House Detention La None S Alcoholic Insanity 5 mos. Alcohol & excesses



Marie Cavalier 50 F/C
House Detention La None S Delusion of Persecution yrs. Grief



John McKinney 40 M/C
House Detention La Lab. S Alcoholic Mania 3 mos. Alcohol & excesses



Alonzo Jones 23 M/C
House Detention S. Carolina Lab. S Alcoholic Mania - Alcohol & cocaine



John Varion 53 M/(in doubt)
Milneberg La. or Cuba Fisherman M Insanity 4 mos. Alcohol & tobacco
84068

Philip Varion 66 M/(in doubt)
House of Detention ? (sic) Fisherman S Alcoholic Insanity 5 mos. Alcohol & excesses



R. N. Lewis 21 M/C
House of Detention La. Lab. S Alcoholic Mania some time Alcohol



Christine Williams 23 F/C
House of Detention - None S Insanity - -



Augustine Dauphine 19 F/C 4519 S. Franklin - Seamstress S Insanity (Recurring) - -



Alice McGary 40 F/C
Covington, La. La. Cook W Religious Insanity - Religion



Francis Ward 20 F/C
House of Detention - None S Recuring (sic) Insanity years Alcohol & excess



Caroline Pierce 23 F/C 7508 Oak St. - - S Insanity years syphilis etc.



Emma Williams 28 F/C
Cadiz St - - S Recuring (sic) Mania 2 yrs -



Mary Honer 47 F/C
House of Detention - - S Insanity - Her father is her husband he has a barroom cor. Soraparu & Peters seperated (sic) from him about 10 yrs ago and his name is chief Hennessy Flower

Database input: Penny Delery & Colleen Fitzpatrick (New Orleans Volunteer Association [N.O.V.A.])
Encoded: Wayne Everard
Date: September 8, 2004