1874 Record of Disposition of Destitute Orphans Orleans Parish Submitted by: Colleen Fitzpatrick Jan Strickland Merle Farrington Shelly Bache Audrey Hopper H McCarthy Yvonne James Emily Wise Grace Smith Lisa Maness Source: Record of Disposition of Destitute Orphans, 1852 - 1893 Louisiana Division New Orleans Public Library Also available through the family History Library Date: June 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date Name of Person Residence of Person Name of Orphan Age How Disposed Of Making Affidavit Making Affidavit 01/12/1874 Jose I. Arantis 281 Old Levee Street Daniel Sansoni 7 yrs St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum 01/12/1874 Jose I. Arantis 281 Old Levee Street Joseph Sansoni 3 St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum 01/12/1874 Jose I. Arantis 281 Old Levee Street Josephine Sansoni 9 yrs New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum 01/29/1874 Mrs. K. Backwood Cor. Magazine & Poyfarre John Backwood 7 dys St. Vincent Inft. Orphan Asylum 01/29/1874 Mrs. A. K. Gassmann No. 288 Lafayette Street Jno. R. Gassmann 2 yrs St. Vincent Inft. Orphan Asylum- Transferred to St. Vincent's Home for Boys, 371 Bienville 02/21/1874 George Leggett Victory Street George Leggett 5 yrs Sent to St. Vincent's Inft. Orphan Asylum 02/21/1874 George Leggett Victory Street Hattie Leggett 3 yrs Sent to St. Vincent's Inft. Orphan Asylum 02/25/1874 Rich Benton 161 Dryades Street Maria Sagona 6 Sent to St. Vincent's Inft. Orphan Asylum 02/25/1874 Rich Benton 161 Dryades Street Charlotte Sagona 5 Sent to St. Vincent's Inft. Orphan Asylum 02/25/1874 Rich Benton 161 Dryades Street Catharine Sagona 3 1/2 Sent to St. Vincent's Inft. Orphan Asylum 02/26/1874 Thos. Fernandez 208 Levee Street Delphina Fernandez 8 1/2 yrs N.O.F.O. Asylum 03/05/1874 Anna Hughes No. 67 Orleans Street Marie A. Bouche 16 dys Sent to St. Vincent Inft. O. Asylum 04/23/1874 Martin Tobin 548 Greatmen Margaret Dee 13 Sent to St. Elizabeth Asylum 04/20/1874 Mary J. Hertz 259 Lafayette Street Joseph & Louisa Hertz P. E. Home 04/28/1874 Euphrasie Trinchant 251 Main Street Jph. Francois Trinchant 9 mos St. Vincent Inft. O. Asylum 04/28/1874 Lizzie Morse - Girod St. between Basin & Rampart Sarah Selby 14 mos St. Vincent Inft. O. Asylum Mother of child with Mrs. Finnegan 05/05/1874 Carolina Jones St. Joseph S. Joseph Laine 18 mos Sent to Louisiana Asylum 05/18/1874 Mrs. Emma Thompson 252 Johnson Street George Geblin 10 yrs Taken out by mother May 11/74 05/18/1874 Mrs. Emma Thompson 252 Johnson Street George Geblin 10 yrs Louisiana Asylum 05/20/1874 Mrs. W. Sprin (sic) No. 22 Jackson St. Wener Spring 17 yrs House of Good Shepherd 05/23/1874 Dr. L. S. Clark In charge of Insane Asylum Gustave Rees 1 yr St. Vinct Inft. O. Asylum Dr. L. S. Clark In charge of Insane Asylum Sarah Burkett 1 yr Louisiana Asylum 05/29/1874 Dr. W. I. Starck Boys House of Refuge Johny 5 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M.O. Asylum 05/29/1874 Dr. W. I. Starck Boys House of Refuge George 3 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M.O. Asylum 06/17/1874 Margaret Alamon cor. of Ferdinand & Casacalvo Adaline Alamon 2 mos Sent to St. Vinct. O. Asylum 06/27/1874 Capt. Flanagan Police Station Foundling 2 mos Sent to La. Asylum 06/29/1874 Mary Manning cor. Caiborne (sic) & Gravier Thos. Manning 6 mos Sent to St. M. O. Asylum 06/29/1874 Michael Manning* cor. Caiborne (sic) & Gravier M. Manning 3 mos Sent to St. M. O. Asylum 07/08/1874 Jno Kieffer 116 Bienville St. Jeff Smith 11 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. Asylum 07/08/1874 Jno Kieffer 116 Bienville St. Eddy Smith 8 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. Asylum 07/09/1874 Celia Crowley cor. Enghien (sic) & Morales Michael Crowley 5 1/2 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. Asylum 07/09/1874 Celia Crowley cor. Enghien (sic) & Morales Danl. Crowley 3 1/2 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. Asylum 07/10/1874 Mollie Lee cor. St. Louis & Rampart Katie Lee Cunningham 18 mos Sent to St. Vinc. Inft. O. A. 07/15/1874 Emily Finnegan 102 Howard St. Anna Maria Finnegan 6 yrs St. Vinct. I. O. A. Emily Finnegan 102 Howard St. Mary Emily Finnegan 4 yrs St. Vinct. I. O. A. 07/24/1874 Anna Vallory Music St. opp. Claib. Station E. A. Dowling 7 yrs H. O. F. A. Asylum 07/24/1874 Anna Vallory Music St. opp. Claib. Station Wm. I. Dowling 10 yrs St. Mary's M. O. Asylum 07/28/1874 Louisa Gordan No. 17 Treme St. Louise Gordan 6 yrs St. Vincent O. Asylum 07/28/1874 Louisa Gordan No. 17 Treme St. Antoinnette Gordan 4 yrs St. Vincent O. Asylum 07/28/1874 Louisa Gordan No. 17 Treme St. Mimi Gordan 20 mos St. Vincent O. Asylum 07/31/1874 Mary Ann Adull Craps St. bet. Lesseps & France Regina Leymann 6 yrs St. Vincent O. Asylum 07/31/1874 Mary Ann Adull Craps St. bet. Lesseps & France Sophia Leymann 5 yrs St. Vincent O. Asylum 07/31/1874 Mary Ann Adull Craps St. bet. Lesseps & France Christina Leymann 4 yrs St. Vincent O. Asylum 08/05/1874 Xavier Simson Charity Hospital James Xavier Simson 9 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. A. 08/05/1874 Xavier Simson Charity Hospital Jno. Jos. Simson 5 1/2 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. A. 08/05/1874 Xavier Simson Charity Hospital Edwd. Simson 3 1/2 yrs Sent to St. Mary's M. O. A. 08/07/1874 Edwd E. de Y. Barru**** 196 1/2 Girod Street Elaine de Y. Barru**** 21 dys Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. Asylum 08/28/1874 Robt. Barry 73 Constance St. Jno. Driscoll 8 dys Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. Asylum Name of mother Mary Ann Driscoll 09/02/1874 Sarah Jane Stokes Slate House - S.? (sic) L. Hotel Foundling 2 mos Sent to Louisiana Asylum 09/07/1874 Louise Clayton 211 Camp with M. Beuner*** Louise Clayton 13 mos Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. 09/16/1874 Adelia Williams Prytania bet Berlin and Napoleon Avenue Edwd Jph Williams Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. 09/19/1874 Mary Scanlan No. 37 Calliope Wm. Scanlon 3 mos Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. 10/21/1874 Mary Jane Gibbons Tchoupitoulas St. William Gibbons 3 wks Sent to St. Vincent Infant O. A. 10/21/1874 Mrs. Tiernan Poydras near Bolivar St. John Tiernan 3 yrs & 4 mos St. Marys Catholic Orphan Boys Asylum 10/23/1874 Peter Brice 35 Enghein St. (3rd Dist) Maggie White 4 mos Sent to St. Vincent Infant O. A. 10/29/1874 Mrs. Ramona Lopez 353 St. Ann St. M'a Luisa Lopez 10 N. O. F. O. Asylum Mrs. Ramona Lopez 353 St. Ann St. Lano^ Lopez 11 St. Marys M. O. A. 11/13/1874 Peter Joseph 200 Spain Street Unknown Age about 3 weeks, foundling Capt. Police Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. Orphan Asylum Name of mother supposed to be Mary Ann McElroy 11/18/1874 Peter Varey** New Levee bet. Thalia & Erato James Smith 2 yrs & 6 mos St. Mary Orphan Asylum 11/23/1874 Louisa Bachemin Cor. Charters & Dumaine Geo. Bachemin 6 yrs Sent to St. Vinct. Home for Boys 11/24/1874 Mag. Peyton Aubrey bet. Dorgenois & Rocheblave Unknown 1 mo Sent to St. Vinct. Inft. O. Asylum 12/02/1874 Elizabeth Youghman* No Home Ameline Younghman 1 1/2 yrs St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum 12/05/1874 Lizzie Watson (col) Melpomine & St Thomas Foundling About 8 mos (boy) St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum 12/10/1874 Caroline Wolf No Home Rosa Wolf 9 mos St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum *This is probably the name of the child (recorded in column 3 as M. Manning), mistakenly written in the first column. **Could be Narey ***Could be Benner. ****Could be Barron, Barrse, etc. ^Could be Lans, Laus.