1906 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: August 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. No. Rcvd Name Age Sex Residence Nativity Occupation M/S Disease How Long Cause Remarks of & Insane Suit Col 76498 Jan 18 Hattie Pickens 31 F/W 1637 Foucher Alabama none S Acute Mania two weeks Hallucinations Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La., Jan. 18th 1906, G. A. Putfark, Dy. Sheriff 78307 Jan 30 Emmet D. Craig 39 M/W - La. Mail Clerk S Epileptic Insanity 3 or 4 years Epilepsy & Heredity * " " " Mandeville Galvani 46 M/W St. Louis n. Rampart La. Cotton salesman S Acute Insanity 6 weeks Excesses * " " " Christian Robertson -- M/W None Dundee Seaman S Insanity 6 mths. Alcohol * " " " John Gerhold 37 M/W 1326 St. Ferdinand La. Cotton Roller M Acute Insanity 3 mths. - * " " " John Engelhardt 21 M/W 1121 Thalia La. Lab. S Insanity 2 mths. Heredity * " " " Joseph Pappon 37 M/W 3305 Tchoupitoulas La. Lab. S Insanity 2 mos. Probably Alcohol * " " " Delord D. Aguin 31 M/W 1563 N. Roman La. None S Recurring Insanity years Heredity * " " " Alfred Mire Jr. 21 M/C 1225 N. Liberty La. Lab. S Acute Mania 6 weeks Heredity * " " " Simon Baker 28 M/C Philip n. Dryades Miss. Fireman M Monomania 2 weeks - * " " " Chas. Jos. Davis 35 M/C St. Philip n. Rampart La. Cook M Acute Melancholy 2 mos. Probably Alcohol * " " " Arthur Wagner 27 M/C 2600 Carondelet La. Lab. S Dementia - - * " " " Amede Thornton 24 M/C Felicity La. Lab. S Epileptic Insanity years Masturbation * " " " Alice Furlong 28 F/W - - None S Imbecile - - * " " " Annie Kramer 26 F/W Treme & Orleans La. Servant S Acute Insanity 5 mos. - * " " " Nellie Kerrigan 25 F/W Felicity n. Rousseau La. Servant S Epileptic Insanity childhood Epilepsy & Heredity * 78307 Jan 30 Barbara Rixner 20 F/W 4617 Baronne La. None S Imbecility Life - * " " " Rosalia Genovese 23 F/W 5243 Magazine Itily (sic) None S Dementia 4 years - * " " " Henrietta Slotter 16 F/C House Good Shepard(sic) La. None S Insanity some mos. - * " " " Mary King 16 F/C Liberty n. Second Miss. - M Acute Insanity 3 mos. - * " " " Annie Scott 36 F/C Carrollton Ave. La. Cook M Insanity some mos. - * " " " Louise L. Winn 31 F/C 7475 Ann Va. Cook M Recurring Insanity this attack - * " " " Elmira Jones 29 F/C St. Anthony n. Claiborne Fla. Washwoman M Mania 7 or 8 mos. Alcohol * *Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays, Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. January 30th, 1906. [signed] G.A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 78389 Feb 10 Daniel Fagan 30 M/W 2505 Marengo La. Lab. S Epileptic Insanity 8 mos. Epileptic attacks * " " " Jacob Doescher 54 M/W Howard n. Jackson La. Lab. W Insanity 6 mos. Alcohol * " " " Walter Valentine 36 M/W Toledano & Baronne La. Cistern maker S Insanity 4 mos. - * " " " Theo Elfa 25 M/W 939 Joliet La. Moterman (sic) S Mania some mos. Love * " " " Charles Zimmer 32 M/W St. Ferdinand & Rampart La. Conductor M Acute Mania 10 days - * " " " John McLaughlin -- M/W Rousseau n. Josephine Ireland Screwman S Chronic Insanity 15 years Alcohol * 78428 " " George D. Zeeb 66 M/W 3331 Annunciation Germany Lab. M Insanity with - - * Delusions Persecutions * " " " Emile Fontan 23 M/W - La. Clerk S Circular Mania some days - * " " " Joseph Noy 48 M/W Chartres & Spain La. Lab. S Insanity with Delusions 1 mo. Probable Worry * " " " Thos. H. Byrnes 38 M/W 746 La. Ave. La. - M Insanity with Delusions 2 weeks Heredity * " " " John Rambeaud 44 M/W Madison & Decatur La. None S Insanity years - * " " " Abraham Levy 74 M/W Touro Inf. Alsace - S Insanity Senile 1 year Senility * " " " Bridget Morton 67 F/W Homeless Ireland Housekeeper M Insanity mos. - * " " " Mrs. Chas. Caulking 27 F/W - La. Housekeeper M Insanity April 21/05 Heredity * 78389 " " Felicie E. Pentz 76 F/W 460 N. Rampart La. Teacher S Insanity with Delusions 4 mos. - * 78428 Feb 10 Mrs. Elodie Leche 75 F/W Annunciation n. State La. Housekeeper M Senile Insanity years Senility & Heredity * " " " Mrs. V. Torolla 65 F/W - Italy Housewife M Insanity - - * " " " Miss Lottie Rostetter 30 F/W 5506 Tchoupitoulas La. Home S Insanity 3 years Heredity * 78389 " " Antoinette Malouse 55 F/W Mandeville La. None S Insanity 1903 - * " " " Mrs. Anna Brady - F/W 626 N. Miro - - M Insanity 3 years Family trouble * " " " Mary Manning 16 F/W Tulane n. Johnson La. None S Epileptic Insanity 1 year Epilepsy * " " " Lucille Martin 28 F/W 2412 Barracks La. Housekeeper - Insanity April 05 - * " " " Sarah Stewart 41 F/C St. Peter n. Robertson La. Cook & wash M Recurring Mania 1 week - * " " " Nellie Williams or Watson 21 F/C Howard Ave. & Liberty La. Wash - Insanity - Cocaine * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Feby. 10/06 [signed] G.A. Putfark, Deputy Civil Sheriff 78428 Feb 13 Thomas Hoffman 68 M/W Bourbon n. Burgundy Austrai(sic)Clerk M Insanity Mos. - * " " " Thomas Israel 66 M/W 94 Union Ind. Lab. S Insanity Periodical Mos. - * " " " C. Lahourcade 30 M/W Homeless La. None S Imbecile life - * " " " C. Larenganza 32 M/W Cuba Cuba Lab. S - - - * " " " Louis Cuneo 33 M/W 827 Arabella La. Clerk S Insanity May 1st 1903 - * " " " Margaret Flaherty 43 F/W Magazine N.O. None S Insanity 5 years - * " " " Mrs. J. Despaux 61 F/W - French None M Insanity with 4 years - * Delusions of Persecution " " " Stella Brown 33 F/W 1029 Arabella La. Housekeeper M Insanity recurring 1903 Heredity * " " " Margaret Shannon 46 F/W Homeless Ireland None S Insanity 1904 Heredity * " " " Cecilia Shannon 50 F/W Homeless Ireland None S Insanity 1904 Heredity * " " " Mary Budd 39 F/W S. Bernodotte (sic) N.O. None S Insanity with Delusions 4 mos. - * 78389 " " Philip Jackson 28 M/C 129 Marigny & Frenchmen La. Lab. S Mania few days Epilepsy * " " " Joseph Garcia 53 M/C Homeless Mexico Pedler (sic) S Insanity 4 mos. Privation & Exposure (sic) * " " " Philip Scott 66 M/C Market & Orange Miss. Lab. - Insanity Delusions Mos. - * of Persecution * " " " Nathaniel Anthony 16 M/C St. Rocco or St. Roche La. None S Imbecility life Hereditary * 78389 Feb 13 Henry Locket 70 M/C Parish Prison Ky. Lab. M Senility few years Old Age * 77780 " " David Royster 38 M/C St. Chas. Ave- La. Servant M Insanity some weeks - * Isidore Newman * 78389 " " Emma Landry 20 F/C Calliope n. Thalia La. - M Insanity - - * " " " Margaret Patterson 24 F/C Howard Ave. n. Perdido La. None M Recurring Insanity 8 years Dissipation * " " " Rosie Murray 28 F/C Charity Hospital La. Cook M Melancholia 2 mos. - * " " " Ezena Hatrey 34 F/C 460 Camp La. Washwoman M Insanity with 4 mos. - * Delusions of Wealth * " " " Sally Young 25 F/C - La. None S Insanity 1 year - * *Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. Feby. 13th 1906 [signed] G.A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 78566 Feb 22 Philip Lang 56 M/W 7th n. Tchoupitoulas La. Clerk S Epilepsy 1902 - * " " " Joseph Lassaire 30 M/W 908 Marengo La. Purchasing Agt. M Acute Insanity 7 mos. - * " " " Chas. Smith 13 M/W - La. None S Epilepsy years - * " " " A. Faecher 59 M/W Constance n. Josephine N.Y. Lab. S Epilepsy 1903 Epilepsy * " " " Haraie Masicot 40 M/W 818 Hospital La. None S Chronic Insanity 21/2 years Probable Heredity * " " " Mrs. E. Sparebook 41 F/W - - Seamstress W Insanity 3 years Disappointment & Grief * " " " Miss Kate Poche 60 F/W Jackson & Carondelet France - S Insanity 30 years Heredity * " " " Miss Amelia Harris 60 F/W - - - - Insanity 26 years - * " " " Miss E. Huey 31 F/W Constance n. Washington - School Teacher S Insanity 4 years Family Mental Strain & Lunac* " " " Miss Tillie Fields 23 F/W Lafayette & Freret La. - S Epileptic Insanity years Epilepsy * " " " Josephine Linot 18 F/C Villere n. Bienville La. None S Insanity some mos. - * " " " Pauline Poree 22 F/C Toulouse n. Burgundy La. None S Insanity - - * " " " Frank Smith 29 M/C 5215 Laurel La. Lab. S Insanity Epileptic mos. - * " " " Chas. Higgins 42 M/C - - Lab. M Insanity Del. of Per. some weeks - * *Delivered to Dr. Geo. A.B. Hays Supt. Of the La. Hospital at Pineville Feby. 22/06 [signed] G/A. Putfork, Deputy Sheriff 78700 Mar 8 Julien C. Craig 35 M/W New Iberia Ark. Clerk S Homicidal Mania 10 days Probably Dissipation Delivered to Dr. Geo.A. B. Hays Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville March 8th 1906 [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 78763 Mar 13 Miss E. Corcoran 31 F/W 213 Pelican Ave. La. Housework S Epileptic Insanity 10 yrs. Epilepsy Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. April 7th 1906 by B. Corcoran special Deputy. G. A. Putfark, Deputy sheriff 78763 Mar 15 Joseph Hyman 32 M/W - La. None S Dementia 4 years - * James D. Tracy 42 M/W 1441 Constance La. Clerk S Mania Delusions Perse. 2 years Excesses * Pat. Collins 68 M/W Thalia & Orange Ireland None W Mania 1902 - * Chas. Konnecker 55 M/W N. Peters n. Ursulines Ger. Merchant M Acute Mania (Recurring) 40 days - * D. Bergeron 20 M/W - N.O. None S Insanity years Heredity * S. M. Vass 37 M/W Camp & Lyons N.O. Bank Clerk M Insanity years - * Paul A. Billaud 44 M/W Magazine St. La. Clerk S Recurring Mania years Heredity * Jas. McGaw 24 M/W Erato & Thalia La. dairy hand S Insanity 1902 - * Neil Bush 40 M/W Henry house Denmark Lab. S Recurring Insanity 4 years - * Ernest Diettel 40 M/W Homeless La. Lab. S Insanity 1902 Probably Alcohol * 78763 Mar 15 Edward Harris 33 M/W Homeless La. Pharmacist S Insanity years Drug Habit * William Steiner 49 M/W Touro Inf. Germany Painter S Insanity following Apoplexy 1905 Apoplexy * P. De Carlo 49 M/W Dumaine & Broad Italy Flourist (sic) M Chronic Insanity 3 years - * J. Moody 27 M/W - Ga. Lab. S Mania 2 or 3 yrs. - * C. Levisco 30 M/W Roumania Roumania Medical Student M Mania 1905 - * Dominick Guerville 43 M/W - Italy Lab. S Chronic Mania - - * Felix Lambert 32 M/W Rendon n. Dumaine La. None S Chronic Insanity 5 or 6 yrs. - * Annie Saltzman 22 F/W St. Claude n. Franklin La. Housekeeper M Mania (Recurring) 1905 - * Julia Brown 44 F/W Claiborne n. Frenchmen La. None S Epilepsy 1902 - * Mrs. Jane D. Rodrigues 56 F/W Forstall & Royal French Housewife W Chronic Mania 28 - * Mrs. L. Wang 56 F/W Chippewa & St. Andrew N.O. Housewife S Insanity 5 years - * Flora Michelson 23 F/W 1st & Dryades La. - S Recurrent Mania 6 years - * Agnes Smith 33 F/W 2014 Saratoga - - - Insanity - - * *Delivered to Dr. Geo. A.B. Hays Superintendent [of the] Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. Thursday March 15th 1906. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 79184 May 8 Margaret Rossiter 62 F/W Algiers Fla. Housekeeper W Insanity 2 yrs. - * " " E. Nesmith - F/W - La. - S Insanity years Heredity * " " Miss H. Schott 41 F/W 7428 Maple N.O. - S Idiotic life - * " " Anna Bittel 43 F/W 1208 Desire La. Housekeeper W Insanity 6 mos. - * " " Miss Eugenie Bardel 34 F/W City La. None S Dementia years Heredity * " " Lucy Pearson 29 F/C 900 St. Claude La. Cook M Insanity with Delusions some weeks - * " " Tom Brooks 50 M/C Bayou Lafourche La. Swamper M Insanity 2 or 3 mos. - * Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. May 8th 1906 [signed] G. A. Putfark Deputy Sheriff 79184 Jun 20 Homer Knapp 31 M/W - N. Y. Clerk M Insanity & Persecutions Do Not Know - Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. June 20th 1906 [signed] G. A. Putfark Deputy Sheriff 79741 Jun 27 Mrs. P. G. Castenado** 40 F/W 1814 Bayou Road La. Housewife M Chronic Insanity 5 yrs or more Family Worries **In 1882 marriage index for Orleans Parish this name is spelled Castanedo Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville, La. June 28/06 by E. B. Charbonnet, Special Dy. Sheriff 79773 Jul 10 Mrs. Margt. Collins 51 F/W 1517 Terpsichore N. O. Home S Insanity 2 years Alcohol Excess * " " " Miss D. Hilbron 27 F/W 1054 Dryades La. - S Melancholia 2 or 3 yrs. - * " " " Miss C. Brulard 70 F/W 1331 Columbus La. - S Insanity 4 yrs. - * " " " Lottie Strickland 25 F/W 920 Jackson Texas Seamstress S Insanity 6 mos. - * " " " Mary Stewart 30 F/W St. John the Baptist ParishLa. - S Insanity yrs. Do Not Know * " " " Katie McCarthy 24 F/W - La. None S Insanity (hysteria) 2 yrs. Hysteria * " " " Mrs. Kate Ouder 46 F/W 821 Pauline La. Housewife M Insanity with some mos. - * Delusions Persecution * " " " Mrs. Mary Hallick 30 F/W 447 S. Johnson - Home M Insanity 5 weeks Do Not Know * " " " Miss Eva Robalie** - F/W - Germany Home W Insanity 1 year Do Not Know * " " " Ezilda Honore 75 F/C St. Chas. Parish La. Washing M Senility some mos. Senility * " " " Carmelite Green 70 F/C Tonti & Abadie La. Cook M Melancholia 4 mos. - * " " " Susan Edwards 28 F/C Annunciation & Gainne (sic)La. None M Insanity 3 weeks - * " " " Lovenia Pier 40 F/C Josephine n. Clara La. Cook M Recurring Mania 3 mos. - * " " " Dora Jackson 60 F/C Howard n. Thalia C. America Washing M Dementia some mos. - * " " " Annie Hull 23 F/C 8th & Baronne La. None S Recurring Mania some mos. - * 79773 Jul 10 Bertha Lacaze 41 F/C St. Ann n. Dorgenois La. None S Imbecility 2 years - * " " " Charles Mitchell 23 M/C Broad & Conti La. Lab. S Ac. Insanity some weeks - * " " " Robt. Schlessinger 15 M/C 813 Eight (sic) La. None S Idiotic Meningitis 8 yrs. Meningitis * " " " James Nix 24 M/C 2813 Willow La. Lab. S Melancholia 1 month - * " " " John N. Roberts 37 M/C 2038 Second La. Lab. M Mania 31/2 mos. - * " " " Tobe Valentine 27 M/C 1522 Howard La. Lab. M Insanity 2 mos blow on head * *Delivered to Dr. Geo. A. B. Hays Superintendent of the La. Hospital for Insane at Pineville La. July 10th 1906 [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff **May be Rebalie. 80277 Sep 12 Jas. W. Cannavan** 34 M/W 1129 Spain La. R. R. clk. S Recurring Mania some mths. Excesses (Sexual, etc) **In 1871 birth index for Orleans Parish this name is spelled Canavan. Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Sept 12th 1906 [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 80343 Sept 20 Jos. A. Loret 45 M/W Baton Rouge La. Clerk M Melancholia 2 mos. Business failure * " " Anna E. Wilson 30 F/C 7710 Maple La. Housewife M Melancholia 6 yrs. - * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Sept 20th 1907(sic) [signed] G. A. Putfark 80808 Nov 12 Thos. O. Hearn 28 M/W Claiborne & Erato La. R.R. Switchman S Insanity 12 weeks Heredity * " " " Robert Hannon 44 M/W 205 So. Broad La. Lab. M Epileptic Insanity 4 yrs. Epileptic * " " " Abraham Schriebemann 39 M/W Rampart & Perdido Russia Lab. S Dementia 3 or 4 mos. Heredity * " " " Paul A. Richard 36 M/W 2037 St. Andrew La. Laundryman M Insanity 2 or 3 mos. - * or Rampart & Melpomene " " " A. E. Perret 52 M/W 436 Bertrand La. Druggist M Insanity 3 mos. Alcohol * " " " E. L. Judson 40 M/W Joliette(sic) & Sycamore La. Contractor S Insanity 4 mos. Alcohol * " " " William Troyer 48 M/W 1718 Melpomene La. Carpenter S Insanity April/05 - * " " " Annie Considine 36 F/W Conti & Claiborne La. None M Insanity 3 mos. Alcohol * " " " Mrs. Laura Maier 44 F/W 2019 Iberville La. Home M Melancholia 4 yrs. Imagines that her son is * being persecuted by Police " " " Lucy Byrd 23 F/C 2524 Gravier La. None S Dementia 2 yrs. - * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. November 13th 1906. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff