Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum

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Register of patients transported to the State Insane Asylum, 1908

Suit #	Month	Day	Name	Age	Gender/ Color	Residence		Nativity	Occupation	Marital Status	Disease	How Long Insane	Cause	Notes
84861	Jan	**	Emile P. Godchaux	34	M/W	1818	St. Andrew	La.	Clerk	M	Delusions	1½ yrs.	Alcohol & excess	*
84708	Jan	24	Louis J. Neguelona	36	M/W	3033	Rampart	La.	Clerk	M	Insanity delusions	2 yrs.	-	*
	"	"	Samuel Spinley	54	M/W		Homeless	Indiana	Lab.	M	Dementia	-	-	*
	"	"	Aug. E. Marchal	33	M/W	1022	St. Peter	La.	Clerk	M	Insanity	2 yrs.	Syphilis & Alcohol	*
	"	"	Chas. Faget, Jr.	21	M/W	1205	N. Rampart	La.	Dentist	S	Insanity	some months	Drink	*
	"	"	B. Williams	33	M/C		Waggamon	La.	Lab.	M	Insanity delusions Religion	6 weeks	Alcohol	*
	"	"	Walter Sickes	28	M/C	17th	St. Canal	La.	Lab.	S	Insanity	4 weeks	-	*
	"	"	William Chrich/Chirch	43	M/C	2713	So. Liberty	La.	Lab.	S	Insanity	-	-	*
	"	"	Elonie Kalagache	44	F/W	826	N. Claiborne	La.	Housekeeper	M	Insanity	months	Alcohol	*
	"	"	Minnie Beaty	34	F/W	300	Burgundy	Tenn.	Housekeeper	S	Recurring Insanity	months	Dissipation	*
	"	"	Stella Morris	18	F/W	1411	Bienville	La	Prostitute	S	Insanity	3 weeks	Excesses	*
85578	Apr	7	Fred Armstrong	29	M/W	2255	Brainard	La	None	S	Idiotic	-	-	*
			Thos. G. Hearne	30	M/W	218	N. Miro	La	-	S	Insanity	1 year	Don't know	*
			Anthony Tomeck	28	M/W	400	Bourbon	Austria	Tailor	S	Insanity	some time	Weak minded	*
			Emile Fox	45	M/W	123	Oliver [in] Algiers	La.	Laborer	S	Idiotic	some time	Alcohol	*
			Thos. Mackey	31	M/W	2519	Erato St.	La.	Laborer	S	Insanity	1 year	Alcohol	*
			Malcoln (sic) Wright	29	M/W	1520	Felicity	La.	Laborer	S	Insanity	1 year	Alcohol	*
			John Schulz	37	M/W	2006	Valmont	La.	Laborer	M	Insanity	some time	Idiotic	*
			R. Shutter	48	M/W	943	La. Ave.	La.	Laborer	M	Idiotic	some time	Weak Minded	*
			M. R. Trainor	34	M/W	4161	Iberville	La.	-	S	Insanity	1 year	Alcohol	*
			Alfred P. Kellar	40	M/W		Atlanta & Joseph	La.	Laborer	S	Insanity	some time	Weak minded	*
			Leo. Clen Dargis	23	M/W	3609	Carrollton Ave.	N. Dakota	Laborer	S	Insanity	some time	Alcohol	*
			Arabella Boehm	29	F/W	2822	N. Rampart	La	-	S	Insanity	several years	Heredity	*
			Caroline Koozelmann	46	F/W	2603	Gravier	La	-	M	Insanity	some time	Alcohol	*
			Margaret Rice	31	F/W		House of Detention	La	-	S	-	some time	Idiotic	*
			Mary Hallick	35	F/W	2328	Gravier	Poland	-	M	Idiotic	2 yrs.	Weak minded	*
85579	Apr	7	Lucille Hines	40	F/W	601	Berlin	La.	-	S	Insanity	some time	Weak minded	*
			Nora Block	40	F/W		Pass Christian, Miss.	Texas	-	S	Insanity	some time	Weak minded	*
			Mary Macaloout	25	F/W	1665	S. Peters	La.	-	S	Insanity	some time	Weak minded	*
			Alice Clegg	30	F/W	1506	Gasquet	-	-	S	Idiotic	since childhood	Don’t know	*
			Mrs. Virginia Bogan	35	F/W		Notify any Methodist Minister in State	Catahoula	-	M	Recurring Mania	some time	-	*
			Bertha Engel	46	F/W	2438	St. Ann	N. Y.	-	M	Insanity	1 year	-	*wants to be killed
			Mrs. M. E. Doane	31	F/W	534	N. Rampart	La.	-	M	Melancholia	some time	Idiotic	*
			Mrs. Kate Denniger	32	F/W		Laurel & Ninth	New Brunswick	-	M	-	some time	Sickness & nervesness (sic)	*
85802	Apr	25	Arend Scheurich**	22	M/W	2602	Third St.	La.	Warehouseman	S	Dementia Proecox	some time	Heredity	*
			Louis Menetre	41	M/W	1823	Sixth St.	France	Decorator	S	Delusions about Italians	15 mos.	Don't know	*
			John Kenny	25	M/W	3527	Royal	La.	-	S	-	some time	Imbecile	*
			Julia Mulholland	42	F/W	2007	N. Claiborne	La.	-	S	-	1 year	Religious or Electrical Delusions	*
			Nora Teny or Nora Fisher	32	F/W		Lafayette La.	La.	None	M	Imbecile	from childhood	-	*
86376	July	7	Harry Black	24	M/W	1331	Prytania	La.	Clerk	S	Insanity with delusions	Oct. 1907	Drugs to excess	*
86540	"	"	John Fatch	19	M/W	1614	Bonny (Algiers)	La.	-	S	Imbecile	some time	-	*
	"	"	R. C. Boney	22	M/W	742	Poydras	Texas	-	S	Idiotic	some time	Imbecile	*
	"	"	Ed. Smythe	31	M/W	914	Mandeville	La.	Laborer	M	Insanity	3 years	Alcohol	*
	"	"	Geo. Peneguy	29	M/W	2218	Carondelet	-	Laborer	S	Idiotic	some time	Imbecile	*
	"	"	Arthur McGee	48	M/W		Upperline bet. Mag. & Camp	La.	Laborer	S	Supposed to be Alcohol	1 year	Alcohol	*
	"	"	James Chisholm	32	M/W	831	Atlantic Ave.	La.	Laborer	M	Insanity	2 year	Alcohol	*
	"	"	Robt. McKenery	41	M/W	601	Slidel Ave. (sic)	La.	Laborer	S	Weak Minded	some time	Idiotic	*
86805	Aug	18	Lovenia Holmes	30	F/C		House of Detention	La.	Housework	S	Insanity	years	-	*
			Julia Ford	26	F/C	2129	Gravier St.	La.	Housework	S	Insanity	-	-	*
			Ernestine Voorhies	34	F/C	900	Verret (Algiers)	La.	Cook	M	Delusions of Religion	months	-	*
			Alphonsine Lewis	22	F/C		Amelia & Annunciation	La.	None	S	Insanity	some years	alcohol	*
			Charley Dufour	37	M/C		H. of D.	La.	Lab.	S	Insanity	Feb. 1908	struck on head years ago	*
			Ernest Clavo	22	M/C	1624	St. Bernard	La.	-	S	-	twice	-	*
			John Narcisse	21	M/C	1306	St. Claude	La.	Lab.	S	Insanity	his life probably	-	*
87031	Sep	10	Louis Kohn	54	M/W	1126	So. Franklin	-	Drummer	M	Insanity	yrs.	Alcohol	*
			John Hemmerling	21	M/W	518	Soniat	La.	-	S	Insanity	14 yrs.	Masturbation	*
			Henry A. Schurmann	32	M/W	1810	So. Rampart	La.	Shoemaker	S	Insanity	15 yrs.	Excitement	*
			William Lauterback	35	M/W	237	Exchange Alley	La.	Waiter	S	Insanity	5 yrs.	Masturbation	*
			Henry Kirbis	50	M/W	513	Julia St	Ind.	Engineer	W	Insanity	6 mos.	Grief	*
			George Garner	51	M/W		Gretna	Va.	Cotton Clerk	M	Insanity	1½ yrs.	Over worked	*
			Mrs. Emma L. Guy	56	F/W	5723	Magazine	England	-	M	Insanity	3 mos.	Jealasy (sic)	*
			Mrs. Chas. E. McKiernan	23	F/W	3719	Baudin	La.	Housewife	M	Insanity	2½ yrs.	Melancholia	*
			Mary Bordes	50	F/C	1831	First St.	La.	Home	W	Insanity	1 year	Religious Insanity	*
	Oct	7	Mrs. R. J. Fenn	30	F/W	1463	Annunciation	Miss.	Housewife	M	Insanity	3 mos.	Childbirth	Delivered Oct. 7th 1908
87460	Oct	16	Harry Milford	38	M/W		Barataria	New Jersey	Fisherman	S	Insanity	5 or 6 yrs	Hereditary Insuffiency	*
			Alex Hamilton or Henderson (sic)	35	M/W	444	Royal	Germany	Painter	S	Insanity	2 or 3 mos.	Hereditary Inferiority	*
			Anthony Hillman	37	M/W		St. Alphonsus Convent	Silesia	Lab.	S	Insanity	some time	Hereditary Inferiority	*
			Gus Belanger	28	M/W	919	Gainier (sic)	Italy	Shoemaker	S	Insanity	4 or 5 yrs	Hereditary	*
			John Varion	50	M/W	941	Elysian Flds.	La.	Gardner	M	Insanity	2 or 3 yrs.	Alcohol & Tobacco	*
			Lerena Wooland	22	M/C	4th	Claiborne & Willow	La.	None	S	Insanity	birth	Hereditary	*
			Louis Brown	24	M/C	742	So. White	La.	Cooper	M	Insanity	4 yrs.	Hereditary Inferiority	*
			Michel Bozet	27	M/C	3019	Dryades	La.	Lab.	S	Insanity	3 yrs.	-	*
			Paul Fillinger	37	M/C	1724	N. Rampart	La.	Hunter	M	Insanity	2 yrs.	Hereditary Inferiority	*
			Viola Morgan	27	F/C		Cherokee, Mississippi	Pearl La.	Housework	S	Insanity	1 yr.	Hereditary Inferiority	*
			Emma Dunbar	18	F/C	2236	First	La.	House Girl	S	Insanity	lifetime	Hereditary	*
			Molly Brown	25	F/W	1427	Customhouse	La.	Housework	S	Insanity	3 mos.	Chiefly Hereditary	*
			Maggie Esquire	35	F/W		Rampart & Milan	Ireland	Housewife	M	Insanity	4 yrs.	Hereditary	*
88982	Dec	23	Alice Eichelberger	51	F/W	712	Elmira	Plaquemine Par.	-	M	Insanity	-	Recurring Mania	*
	"	"	Mrs. Alice Dickson	59	F/W	800	Felicity	Ohio	Housewife	M	Insanity	2 years	Melancholia	*
	"	"	Larned T. Ermon**	30	M/W	4925	Laurel	La.	Clerk	-	Insanity	2 years	Melancholia	*
	"	"	William Murphy	30	M/W		H. of Detention	Cuba	StreetCar Man	M	Insanity	4 years	Hereditary Inferiority	*
	"	"	Bartholomew Albernase	30	M/W	1708	S. Rampart	La.	Waiter	M	Insanity	2 years	Syphilis	*
	"	"	Eugene Jungeluvicz	32	M/W		Mareng[o] & Magazine	La.	Longshoreman	-	Insanity	-	Inheritance	*

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