1907 - 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 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 54 M/W 1200 S. Rampart France Engineer S Insanity months Alcohol * Mertz (sic) " " Joseph Fredericks 37 M/C 2016 Hospital La. Lab. S Insanity - - * " " Mrs. Alphonse Grovel 36 F/W 735 Bourbon - Housewife M Dipsomania months Alcohol * " " Marie Zeno 30 F/C 2124 Peters Ave. La. None M Insanity 9 mos. - * " " Celina Dempsey 21 F/C 1309 Gen'l Ogden La. None M Insanity - - * " " Catherine Williams 21 F/C Josephine St. La. Cook S Insanity 1 month - * " " Lizzie Brooks 37 F/C 539 So. Franklin La. Washwoman S Dipsomania months - * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the La. State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. February 19th 1907 [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 82140 Apr 19 Benjamin Plaisance 19 M/W 1347 Esplanade La. - S Imbecility - - 82667 May 23 William H. Anderson 32 M/W 1445 St. And. [Andrew] La. None W - unknown - Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. May 24th 1907. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 84734 May 24 Miss Caroline E. 16 F/W 1224 Harmony La. None S Hysterical Insanity 4 yrs. Attributed to fright Hoffman Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. on Saturday May 25th 1907. Delivered by her father Mr. Hoffman. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 82754 May 24 Jake Levin 49 M/W Alexandria American None M Syphilitic Dementia 1 yr. Syhilis (sic) Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Saturday May 25th 1907. Delivered by Dr. Israel. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 82376 Apr 17 Gustave Kuhn - M/W 716 Port St. N. O. None S Delusional Insanity 7 yrs. Hulicenation (sic) * 82791 Jun 3 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 * " " 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 * " " 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 2 weeks No history * Delusions of Persecution 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 Jun 3 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 " " 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 *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. June 5th 1907. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 83878 Oct 22 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 Mrs. Childress Ireland None S Chronic Dementia unable to unable to ascertain * 531 St. Joseph 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/^ Milneberg La. or Cuba Fisherman M Insanity 4 mos. Alcohol & tobacco * ^[In the Color column was written "in doubt".] *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Oct. 22th 1907. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Dy. Sheriff 84068 Nov 5 Philip Varion 66 M/^ 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. ^[In the Color column was written "in doubt".] *Delivered the above to Dr. George A. B. Hays Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Pineville, La. Nov. 5th 1907. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff