1875 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 01/06/1875 F. Dankel, F. Philips, & Emma Beder 144 Chartres St Fridolin Zweifel 6 yrs German Protestant Orphan Asylum 01/06/1875 F. Dankel, F. Philips, & Emma Beder 144 Chartres St Catherine Zweifel 5 yrs German Protestant Orphan Asylum 01/09/1875 Clara Barker, Mother, No. 83 Josephine St Mary Joseph Barker 21 days (male) St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum Mrs. Nora Henniks 02/20/1875 Corporal Wm. Carlton Suburban Precinct Mary Jane Wilson 5 yrs House Good Shepherd Suburban Precinct Florence Wilson (sisters) 3 yrs These children are fatherless & mother dying with consumption, was sent to Charity Hospital 02/20/1875 Mrs. A. H. Lambert, Aunt No 619 Tchoupitoulas St Charles Cornelius Lambert 2 mos & 20 dys St. Vincent Orphan Asylum Mother dead; father absent from the state 02/22/1875 Mary Ellen, Child's Aunt Tangipahoa, LA Elizabeth Henry 1 mo St. Vincent Orphan Asylum (Father & mother dead) 02/23/1875 Mary McCabe No 5 Euterpe St Harry Hart 6 mos Protestant Orphan Home Cor. 7th & Constance Mother sick & father 4 mths absent not heard from 03/01/1875 Mr. R. S. Hegrard 76 Gasquet Geo Farrel 12 yrs St. Vincents Home for Boys 03/01/1875 Mr. R. S. Hegrard 76 Gasquet Wm Farrel 8 Pineville St. Father dead & mother unable to provide for them. 03/01/1875 Francois Laspals, Mother Pa. Plaquemine Jean Gadet Laspals 2 mos St. Vincent Orphan Asylum Father dead & mother has three other children to support. 03/02/1875 Annie Labela cor. Ursuline & Old Levee Annette Antonio 5 1/2 yrs St. Vincent Orphan Asylum---Mother dead; 03/02/1875 Annie Labela cor. Ursuline & Old Levee Sarah Antonio 3 1/2 yrs father sick and destitute. Has six other children to support besides these two. 03/08/1875 Fanny Northern No Home Willy Northern 3 mos Sent to St. Vinct Orphan Asylum 03/10/1875 Capt. Joseph, Met. Police Third Dist.Station Unknown Male Infant -- Supposed born last night- St. Vincent Orphan Asylum Found in Macarty Square by the police 03/13/1875 Louis Prieur Bienville St. bet Randon (sic) No Name 10 dys St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum & Hagan Avenue 03/25/1875 W. L. Evans Judge 1st M. P. Court Jno. Crowley 3 yrs Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum & 4 mos old 04/16/1875 Mrs. L. Boone Jackson & White Sts. Unknown (Male) St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum. said child having been found by her on her gallery on the night of the 15th April/75 04/17/1875 Revd. Jack Manorilla cor. Basin & Conti Vincent Del Bono 5 mos Dr. John Del Orts, certifies that the mother Pastor Italian Cath. Church has been insane for some years, father is too destitute to support the child. Sent to St. Vincents Inft. Orphan Asylum 04/19/1875 Mrs. D. Kellon Peter & Bartholomew Sts. Nellie McGraw 10 yrs Sent to New Orleans Female O. A. 04/19/1875 (Algiers) Maggie McGraw 6 yrs (Mother gone to the country) for a term of two months to pay at the rate of $5.00 per month and then to be taken out. Sent here by "Margaret" 04/19/1875 Mrs. E. Danon Julia & Commerce James Danon 6 yrs Sent to the St. Mary's Orphan Boy's Asylum. Wm. Danon 4 yrs Their mother not be able at present to take care of them. Father Dead. 05/03/1875 Edmund Kennedy No. 96 Notre Dame St. Mary Ellen Busey 10 yrs St. Elizabeth F.O. Asylum 05/08/1875 Wid. __rie Messonnier No. 286 Roman St. Mary Lebonne 25 dys St. Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum Mother dead & father unknown. 06/10/1875 Lady Managers of Magazine & Peters Ave. Sixth District Ellen Kelly 11 Sent to the House of the Good Shepherd Poydras Asylum (Permit book No. 4-see copy) Kate Voorhies 12 at the request of Lady Managers the Kate O'Neal 11 said children being unmanageable. 06/25/1875 James Quinn St. Andrew Street Michael Clark 6 1/2 Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum through admit D. Mr. Quinn is a cousin of the corner of Chartres & Mazant upon McCarthy. See permit child but having several children of his own is unable to statement made by Admr. of Police, D. book No 4 folio 542 keep the child. McCarthy 06/25/1875 Dr. A. C. Holt 242 Felicity St. Bertha Guth 14 Sent to House of Good Shepherd on for Managers Lady's See Permit book No 4 Folio 543 account of being incorrigible. She was Poydras Asylum taken out of asylum by Dr. Holt and not only robbed House but attempted to fire it. 06/28/1875 Mrs. Mary Walker Euterpe between Camp & Magazine Maggie Walker 3 1/2 Sent to the St. Vinct's Infant Orphan In great distress & unable to procure work with child Asylum upon the recommendation of P.M.L. Cossrudier, Pastor of St. Theresa Church 07/05/1875 Jane Roach Corner of New Levee & Girod Mary Roach 8 mos Sent to St. Vinct Inft Orphan Asylum. application on file, pigeon hole of July. age 8 months Husband has absented himself for two See letter addressed to Lady Superior in Permit years. Mother a laboring woman unable Book No 4, pg 546 to find employment with child. 07/21/1875 Sophie Blancq 750 Love Street Born of Fernand and Asterio Montamat both deceased. Relatives living Joseph Montamal 11 St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum very poor, & unable to provide for the child. Placed in Asylum upon the recommendation of Louis A. Shultz and J. E. Jarreau. Order placing same in Asylum copied in permit book No. 4 Page 550. 07/21/1875 Jas. H. Flynn cor. Galvez & Gravier Mary Agnes Flynn 7 New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum Mother dead. Father out of employment, can procure labor in the country without the child. Will take it from the Asylum as soon as he can do so when times improve. His application is recommended by S.M. Higgins, Chairman Relief Association 08/26/1875 Sarah W. Hanna cor. Third & Annunciation Wm. Reid 8 mos old Sent to St. Vincent Inft O. Asylum Missionary Christ Church St. John's Church Mother & father dead--Grandfather living but so destitute as to be unable to care for the child. See Permit book # 4 page 553 for order placing child in Asylum. 09/08/1875 Laura Schoeder No. 320 Ursuline Srreet Edw. Paul 11 mos old Sent to St. Vincent Inft Orphan Asylum The mother of the child aged 21, deceived by a person under promise of marriage. She seems like a modest woman and being without friends is unable with the child to find employment. See Permit book No 4 page 554. 09/23/1875 Wm. R. K. Higgins 64 Race Street Emma Higgins, 28 yrs old - Wife of party making affidavit. She is always drunk and a terror to her children. Sent at request of the Adm of Police to the House of the Good Shepherd under hope that by being there under restraints for several months she may reform. See Permit Book No. 4 page 556. 10/05/1875 C. Sabuzau Metropolitan Police Station Name Unknown one week Corporal 2nd Precinct old Found in a market basket at the corner of Howard and Erato St. at 6 a.m. Oct. 5 by Patrick J. Gashick No. 84 2nd Precinct. Foundling sent to St. Vinct Inft O. Asylum. See page 557, Permit book No. 4 11/25/1875 Wm. Brown 91 Rocheblave St. Unknown 2 mos Mother left child at house of said Brown promising to return and take it. More than 3 weeks have elapsed and the mother has not made her appearance. Brown and wife are poor colored persons & unable to keep & care for the said white infant. He has made affidavit to these facts see his statement page 560 Permit Book No 4 *Could be Yongman.