1908 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 84861 Jan ** Emile P. Godchaux 34 M/W 1818 St. Andrew La. Clerk M Delusions 11/2 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 6 weeks Alcohol * Religion " " Walter Sickes 28 M/C 17th St. Canal La. Lab. S Insanity 4 weeks - * " " William Chrich*** 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 * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pearson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Jany. 24/08 [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff ** Written over-either 22nd, 23rd or 24th. ***Could be William Chirch. 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 Don't know * childhood Mrs. Virginia Bogan 35 F/W Notify any Methodist Catahoula - M Recurring Mania some time - * Minister in State 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) * * Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson (sic) Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. April 7th 1908. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 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 15 mos. Don't know * Italians 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 32 F/W Lafayette La. La. None M Imbecile from childhood * Nora Fisher *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson Superintendent of the Insane Asylum at Jackson La. April 25th 1908. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff **[In Orleans Parish Birth Index for 1886, he is shown as Arend William Scheurich.] 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. La. Laborer S Supposed to be Alcohol 1 year Alcohol * Mag. & Camp " " 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 * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. July 7th 1908. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 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 *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson (sic) Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Tuesday Aug 18th 1908. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff * 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 11/2 yrs. Over worked * ** Mrs. Emma L. Guy 56 F/W 5723 Magazine England - M Insanity 3 mos. Jealasy (sic) * Mrs. Chas. E. McKiern 23 F/W 3719 Baudin La. Housewife M Insanity 21/2 yrs. Melancholia * Mary Bordes 50 F/C 1831 First St. La. Home W Insanity 1 year Religious Insanity * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson (sic) Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Thursday Sept 10th 1908. [signed] G.A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff [NOTE: In the date, etc. columns is scrawled the note "XX Mrs. Guy".] 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 Insufficiency * Alex Hamilton or 35 M/W 444 Royal Germany Painter S Insanity 2 or 3 mos. Hereditary Inferiority * Henderson (sic) 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 * *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Oct 16th 1908. [signed] G. A. Putfark, Deputy Sheriff 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 Street Car 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 * **[In the 1878 Orleans Parish Birth Index, this name is Larned Torrey Ermon.] *Delivered to Dr. Clarence Pierson Superintendent of the State Insane Asylum at Jackson La. Dec. 29/08. [signed] Ben P. Tiller, Deputy Sheriff