1897 List of Persons Adjudged to be Insane by the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans Submitted by: Penny Delery Colleen Fitzpatrick Source: Family History Library Microfilm No. 906706 Updated: February 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Note 1: To see a entry on a single line, set your page layout to "Custom" size paper, landscape orientation, and make the page 22" wide. Note 2: Del stands for Delivered. 1897 52773 Mch 24 Henry Ertsman 34 M/W 1724 St. Louis N.O. La. Clerk S Imbecility 6 yrs Tobacco Opium Jacob Rosenson 17 M/W 1704 Lafayette Russia Laborer S Chronic Mania 1 yr - Mrs. Louisa Young 43 F/W 506 Philip Louisiana - M Chronic Mania 11 mos - Louis Gadol 27 M/W - N.O. La. - S Chronic Mania 3 yrs - Wm. Baird 52 M/W 124 Tchoupitoulas N.O. La. Laborer Machinist M Chronic Mania 2 yrs - Edward Correjolles 25 M/W 506 Carrollton N.O. La. Constable S Epilepsy 5 or 6 days Epilepsy Marie Derrousseau 33 F/C 1030 St Ann N.O. La. Seamstress S Chronic Mania 11 yrs - And Bramadovich 35 M/W - Austria Laborer S Homicidal suicidal mania - - Robert Winfried 30 M/C N.O. La. U.S. Laborer S Relapsing Chronic mania 6 yrs - Harvey McDonald 14 M/W - Missouri None S Imbecility 6 days Congenital Emma Sweeney 26 F/W Texas U.S. " S Chronic Mania --- - Vincent Alberty 39 M/W N.O. La. N.O. La. " S Dementia 3 yrs - alias Sandy Jules Joseph Guerin 46 M/W Galvez St, at Philip N.O. La. " S Dementia 3 yrs Chronic Congestion or and Dumaine softening of the Brain 52773 Louis Morgoteaux 54 M/W Annunciation near Robert N.O. La. Laborer S Postnatum Senility 2 yrs All delivered March 24/1897 to Dr. Geo. A.B- Hayes Superintendant at Jackson La [signed] John B. Bayard, Deputy Sheriff 529_4 Mar 29 Mrs Mary Sarrazin 26 F/W Louisiana Retreat New Orleans None - Acute Mania - Inst? Nervous Prostration Delivery April 2/97 nee Macheca 50142 Jun 30 Henri A. Cormier 45 M/W New Orleans La Lafayette, La Clerk M Hereditary Insanity June 11 1896 - 53806 " " Peter Lepps 25 M/W - - None S Idiocy June 10/97 Congenital " " " Sarah Crais 24 F/W 1370 Magazine Amite City, La " S Hysterical Mania about 4 years Heredity whole family more or less nervous, Has a brother epileptic and ditto " " " Mrs/Robert Duffy nee Marie 48 F/W - - " W Delirium of Grandeur June/97 - Imagines she is worth millions " " " Pierre Gay 21 M/W - Switzerland Gardener S Acute Mania May 19/97 - " " " Henry Heuer 55 M/W 4538 Magazine New Orleans None S Imbecility Simpleton all - his life " " " Thebaut Paul Kostmalyer 49 M/W Napoleon ave n. Baronne New Orleans Butcher M Chronic Mania about 2 years Alcoholism " " " Mrs Amanda Gonzales 43 F/W Louisiana Retreat Mexico None S Chronic Mania since 92 - " " " Jean Betat Delord D'Aquin 22 M/W Dupe (sic) & Onzaga N. Orleans " S Imbecility - Fever " " " Frederick Rothand 48 M/W 1818 Jackson Germany Tailor M Paresis 4 months - " " " Robert A. Craig 30 M/W 917 8th Street New Orleans Stenographer M Religious Mania Feb/97 Heredity Has a brother in Insane Asylum Chicago & Typewriting His sister accompanied him to the Asylum " " " B. T. B. Lynne 30 M/- - New Orleans None S Chronic Mania April/97 - Has his name tatooed on chest Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hayes, Superintendent, Insane Asylum Jackson La, June 30th 1897 [signed] John B. Bayard 54294 Aug 21 Robert L. Chilton 421/2 M/W Nap. Av. & Carondelet United States Dairyman S Acute Mania Since Overwork Delivered 25 May 97 54313 " 27 Henry Nicholls Braud 47 M/W 2425 Annunciation New Orleans Cigar Manuf. S Progressive Insanity 3 or 4 years - Delivered August 27 54340 " 30 Joseph A. Hudrich 26 M/W Bellecastle & Laurel Louisiana Carpenter S Insomnia about 3 months- Delivered August 30 54305 Aug 31 Samuel Gorman 20 M/W New Orleans Buffalo New York Clerk S Acute Mania July 97 - " " " Victor Oplatek 43 M/W New Orleans Austria Bohemia Clerk S Chronic /Halucinations/ 5 years - Mania (sic) " " " August Lartigue 36 M/W New Orleans St James La Carpenter M Chronic /Halucinations/ 4 years Use of Tobacco Mania (sic) " " " Samuel Weiner 34 M/W 530 N. Rampart New Orleans La Laborer S Acute Mania June/97 Alcohol & Tobacco " " " Chas. Westly Henderson 57 M/W New Orleans Clark Co. Georgia Showman M Dementia - - " " " Mary Alexander 35 F/C New Orleans Scranton, Laborer S Imbecility - - New Jer. " " " Mary Jane Brennan 36 F/W New Orleans New Orleans La None M Chronic Mania Puerpueral 4 years - Hallucinations " " " John Morris 40-50M/W Police Jail United States Laborer S Chronic Mania over 1 year - 54339 Sep 2 Isidore Jacobs 25 M/W 727 Poydras New Orleans Musician S Grief & disappointment - - Delivered September 2d. Delivered to Dr Geo. A. B. Hayes, Superintendent of Insane Asylum, Jackson La., Aug 31st/97 [signed] John B. Bayard, Deputy Sheriff 7769-7776 Aug 12 1897 1897 54248 Aug 12 Walter Grunlan -- - - - - - - - - Delivered August 14/97 54994 Aug 26 Robert L. Chilton 42 M/W Napoleon and Carondelet U.S. Dairyman S Acute Mania since Overwork Delivered August 22/97 May 25/97 54878 Nov 16 Geo. B. Hahn -- - - - - - - - -