1842 Admissions to the Lunatic Asylum Orleans Parish Submitted by: Colleen Fitzpatrick Source: Family History Library Microfilm No. 842076 Updated: October 2003 USGenWeb NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. Note: To see a entry on a single line, set your page layout to "Custom" size paper, and make the paper as wide as possible, with the right and left margins at most 0.5" wide. January through December 1842 10-Jan Thomas Marshall Plasterer Pennsylvania 25 New York S 4 dys Insanity 8-Jan Incised Wound & Insanity 12-Dec-43 Mary Moore Louisiana 22 ----- S 6 yrs Insanity 18-Jan Phthisis Pulm 4-Oct-47 Mary Fisher France 29 Returned S 3 yrs Insanity 22-Jan Chro Gastro Enteritis 4-Feb-03 P. P. Hall Mason France 32 St. Louis M 5 dys Insanity 31-Jan Mania a potu 3-Apr Philip Gallagher Laborer Ireland 26 Louisville S 5 dys Insanity 11-Feb ----- 22-Feb John Evans Painter England 35 Returned S 2 wks Insanity 13-Feb Mania a potu 27-Feb W. Woods Clerk Maryland 30 Natchez S 8 dys Insanity 25-Feb Insanity 13-Mar Charles A. Watson Gun Smith? (sic) Pennsylvania 35 Philadelphia - 1 dy Insanity 4-Mar Epilepsy 15-Apr W. Woods Clerk Maryland 30 Natchez S 8 dys Insanity 9-Mar Insanity Cephalalgia 10-Mar P. H. Starr Gun Smith New York 30 New York S 1 yr Insanity 9-Mar Phthisis John Farrell England 36 New York S 1 yr Insanity 10-Mar Mania a potu 11-Mar 14-Mar William Harrison Teacher England 30 Opelousas S 6 dys Insanity 12-Mar ----- Absconded Catherine Cravin ----- -- ----- - -- Insanity 12-Mar ----- 22-Mar* John McCarthy New Orleans -- ----- - -- Insanity 14-Mar Intoxication 13-Oct Mrs. O'Brian Ireland -- ----- M -- Insanity 19-Mar Insanity 4-Apr George Cassaw**** Pennsylvania 36 ----- M -- Insanity 20-Mar Mania a potu Absconded ----- F. M. C. ----- -- ----- - -- Insanity 20-Mar 25-Mar James McMahon Steam B. Canada 19 Arkansas S 1 wk Insanity 23-Mar Insanity 30-Mar Ellen McMullegan Ireland 22 New York S 14 mos Insanity 28-Mar Insanity 26-Jul Dr. Dailey Ireland 35 Opelousas S -- Insanity 31-Mar Gastro Enteritis 12-Apr Pierre Rega Clerk France 39 Bordeaux S 10 dys Insanity 2-Apr 21-Apr George Fulsher^ Carpenter Virginia 37 Louisville S 2 mos Insanity 7-Apr Variola ----- Hippolyte Davokac^^ F. M. C. Louisiana 28 ----- S 3 wks Insanity 9-Apr Cerebritis 12 Jan 1843 Charles Isby Tennessee 23 Iberville S 22 yrs Insanity 16-Apr 22 Nov 1848 Ferdinand Premier Sailor Italy -- ----- - -- Dementia 18-Apr Rem'd to Jackson 29-Aug Alexander Mitchell ----- Louisiana 20 Point Coupee S -- Insanity 25-Apr Epilepsy 29-Apr Evariste Verret Farmer Louisiana 27 Returned S 20 yrs Insanity 27-Apr 9-May George Lopez Wood Cutter Spain 36 San Iago S 2 wks Insanity 28-Apr 16 Nov 1843 Mr. Marty Hotel des Etrangers Louisiana 21 ----- - -- Insanity 11-May Absconded Wm. C. Hallum Farner Tennessee 23 Alexandria S 2 yrs Insanity 14-May Murdered Charles Handrich Laborer Sweden 54 ----- S 2 wks Insanity 14-May Absconded 20 Feb 1848 Celarrisa Capdeville F. W. C. Cuba 30 Cuba S 4 yrs Insanity 24-May 20-Mar Ellen McMonegle Ireland 22 ----- S 2 mos Insanity 25-May 4-Nov George Daugherty Carpenter Ireland 35 ----- M 1 dy Insanity 29-May Phthisis 4-Jun Jean Baptiste Riverdy Painter France 36 Baton Rouge M 8 mos Insanity 30-May Manio a potu 5-Jul Joseph Godat Laborer France 24 France S 2 yrs Insanity 3-Jun Cerebritis 27-Jun John Curry Laborer Ireland 33 Returned S 3 wks Insanity 3-Jun Inter Fever 14-Jun Margaret Gallagher Ireland 24 Returned M 2 mos Insanity 6-Jun Gastro Enteritis 10-Aug Susan McCall F. W. C. South Carol. 20 ----- S -- Insanity 10-Jun ----- 2-Sep Manuel Antonio Laborer Spain 22 New York S -- Insanity 17-Jun Iritis 9-Jul Margaret Kraser Germany 27 Havre S 14 dys Insanity 22-Jun Typhus Fever 24-Jun M. Burrell Scotland 27 New York M 6 dys Insanity 23-Jun Phrenitis 15-Oct E. A. Saul Carpenter Massachusetts 32 Terrebonne S -- Insanity 24-Jun Cerebritis 24 Oct 1844 Joseph Pellerin Trader Louisiana 34 ----- S 4 yrs Insanity 30-Jun Died on the 18th Dec 1846 - A Spaniard of a dark complexion - with short gray heirs (sic). He was since August? 42 in a state of idiocy. He died of Dysentery. He could not be inserted in the formula that we generally follow - his ticket being lost. No one could not say what time he was admitted. I think that he came in 1842.*** *There is an ink spot on the day of the month in this entry. **This note is written vertically in the margin of the register. ***This might be Craven, but probably not. ****This might be Cossaw. ^There is an umlaut on the u in Fulsher. ^^This might be Davckac. July 1842 15-Jul P. M.c Dermot Virginia 25 ----- - 2 yrs Insanity 11-Jul Delirium Tremens 8 Feb 1843 Sarah McLean Louisiana 45 ----- W 12 yrs Insanity 11-Jul 13-Oct Peter Wever Laborer Bolivia 37 Tampa Bay M -- Insanity 15-Jul^ Enteritis Chronic Absconded John Defrites Sailor Madeira 35 ----- M 2 mos Insanity 27-Jul 30-Jul Charlestine Ramsten Germany 43 Cincinnati M 2 yrs Insanity 27-Jul Insanity ^This might be 16-Jul August 1842 Absconded Dr. Dailey Ireland 36 Returned S -- Insanity 3-Aug 27 May 1843 Lois Norbert Leroux Laborer France 40 Missouri S 2 yrs Insanity 11-Aug Scurvy Absconded Patrick Curac Carpenter Ireland 58 Returned S -- Insanity 11-Aug 28-Nov Margaret Moore & Child Ireland 23 Returned M 4 dys Insanity 16-Aug 5 Aug 1844 Jane Sittle Ireland 35 ----- W 1 dy Insanity 16-Aug Inebrity September 1842 10-Oct Juda Slave of Caldwell Virginia -- ----- - -- Insanity 15-Sep 22-Sep Francis Sandvier Butcher France 32 Havre S -- Insanity 19-Sep Delium Tremens 19 Aug 1847 Margaret Farland 32 ----- - -- Chronic 21-Sep Dysentery October 1842 Absconded Louis Eloi Charretal Cabinet Maker France 33 ----- -- ----- Insanity 9-Oct 15-Oct Tom Slave of Robert ----- -- ----- -- ----- Insanity 14-Oct & Allen November 1842 4-Dec Jean B. Ducret France 32 ----- S -- Insanity 19-Nov Cerebritis 9-Dec William Sparrow Ireland 27 New York M 1 wk Insanity 25-Nov Delirium Tremens 1-Dec John Ragg Clerk England 32 ----- S 4 mos Insanity 27-Nov Delirium Tremens Adam Smith Brick Layer Germany 22 Havre S 2 dys Insanity 1-Dec December 1842 20-Dec Sam McCullogh Ireland 27 Ireland S 1 mo Insanity 1-Dec 1 Apr 1845 John Donahoe Laborer Ireland 26 Pass Christian M 3 mos Insanity 11-Dec Diarrhoea 21 Dec 1843 Pierre Lacoste France 34 Bordeaux S 2 yrs Insanity 16-Dec Mania 19 Sep 1843 Louisa Klore Switzerland -- ----- W 18 yrs Insanity 20-Dec Phthisis ----- William Sparrow Carpenter Ireland 29 Returned S 7 wks Insanity 29-Dec Yearly Reports of the Lunatic Asylum From the 1st of July 1841 to the 1st of January 1842 Discharged 20 Died 12 Absconded 6 Remaining 12 Admitted 50 From the 1st of January 1842 to the 1st of January 1843 Discharged 33 Died 14 Absconded 7 Remaining 16 Admitted 70 P. Poursine Clerk