1885 List of Persons Adjudged to be Insane by the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans Submitted by: Gene Hullinghorst Colleen Fitzpatrick Source: Family History Library Microfilm No. 906706 Updated: February 2004 ************************************************* Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http:/www.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 1885 13074 Jan 16 Louis Jn.? And. Billaud Jr. 21 M/W 304 Fulman? N. O. Lithography - Dementia 1 yr - * " " " Fredk. Brown 35 M/W N.O. Germany Laborer - Chronic Mania - Not Known * " " " Oscar F. Coleman 40 M/W Mississippi Mississippi Clerk S Dementia Sev Yrs Not Known * " " " Arthur Constanzi 38 M/W N.O. N. O. " " Monomania Unknown Religious Med. * " " " Mike Galloon 50 M/W None Ireland Vagrant " Dementia Not known Not known * " " " Tony Gebhart 25 M/W N.O. N. O. None " Idiocy S. Childhood Not known * " " " Moses Hisch or Hirch 44 M/W N.O. Germany M Monomania Not known Not known * " " " Henry Nixon 27 M/W N.O. La. Laborer S Demented 1 yr Not known * " " " Dan'l Shea 29 M/W N.O. " None " Chronic 2 yrs ??? * " " " Eliza Bambrich 35 F/W La. La. " " Periodical Insanity 15 yrs Epilepsy * " " " Ellen Biggs 67 F/W N.O. Ireland " Wid Chronic Mania Not known Not known * " " " Ellen Delaney 56 F/W N.O. Ireland Vagrant Wid Dementia " " Excess Alcoholicism * " " " Martha Monigalan 41 F/W 414 S. Basin England None M Chronic Mania 3 1/2 yrs Not known * " " " E. Esadord McKean 18 F/W La. La. " S " 5 yrs Epilepsy " " " Rosa Roman 36 F/W Germany " Wid Dementia Not known Not known 13074 Jan 16 Nelson King 44 M/B N.O Georgia Laborer M Dementia 1 yr Religious extreme * " " " Harriette Lewis 45 F/B " N. Carolina None Wid Monomania Not known Supersticious * " " " Daniel Marcellus 50 M/B " U.S. Laborer M Chronic Mania " Not known Died January 1885 at La. Retreat " " " Betsy 67 F/B N.O. N. Carolina None Wid Senility " Old age * " " " Hannah Carr 40 F/B " Virginia " " Dementia " Not known * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, January 21, 1885 13529 Feb 25 Frederick Foster 36 M/B N.O Louisiana Laborer M Monomania Not known Suposed Religious * Excitements " " " John Thome 38 M/W Toulouse bet. Germany " S Suicidal mania 7 mos Hereditary * Chartre & Royal " " " John Leahy 22 M/W N.O. N.O. " " Acute mania Sev mos Not known * " " " Daniel Rooney 18 M/W N.O. Massachusetts None " Homocidal mania Not known Reading dime novels * " " " Tim. Sullivan 65 M/W N.O. Ireland Labor Wid Dementia " Political topics * supposed " " " Joseph Miller 38 M/W Charity Hospital N.O. Clerk S Dementia Sev yrs Epileptic seizures * " " " Mrs. Mary Slatery 63 F/W N.O. N.O. None M Senility Sev mos Old age and exposure * " " " Mrs. Gordy 40 F/W N.O. Italy " " Chronic Mania Not Known Not known * " " " Carrie Wallace 34 F/W N.O. La. " S Chronic Insanity For yrs Epileptic seizures * Dementia " " " Virginia Little 35 F/C 10 N. Liberty N.O. " " Chronic Mania 4 yrs & more " * " " " Ch__ie Wilson 35 F/W N.O. N.O. Seamstress S Dementia Over 1 yr General Ill health * " " " Jennie Ray 31 F/W N.O. La. None Wid Dementia Sev yrs Epilepsy * 13904 Mar 28 Mrs. Johanna Schumann 58 F/W Burnette & Roman Germany - Wid Chronic mania over 2 yrs Typhoid fever ** * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, March 1, 1885 ** Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, Apl 1, 1885 14116 Apl 23 Geo. Silver 30 M/W N.O. N.O. None S Dementia Sev yrs Masturbation * " " " Jno. Wm. Boullet 38 M/W N.O. " " M " 15 yrs Monomania * " " " E. Sutterman 22 M/W N.O. " S " - - * " " " J. W. Fleetwood 68 M/W N.O. N. Carolina Sugar maker M Chronic mania 1 yr Not known * " " " Chas. Hickey 59 M/W N.O. Denmark Merchant " " - " * " " " Bud Mureman 33 M/W N.O. N.O. Clerk " Dementia Sev yrs Not stated * " " " Daniel Hill 55 M/W N.O. Germany Laborer S Acute mania Not known Not known * " " " Lucia Winters 80 F/W N.O. N. York None Wid Senility " Old age * " " " Sallie Sheridan 15 F/W N.O. N.O. " S Idiotic Life Epilepsy * " " " Caroline Muller 24 F/W N.O. Germany " M Dementia Not known Not known * " " " Ann Cleaves 54 F/W N.O. Ireland " Wid " " Old Age * " " " Simeon Laurence 22 F/C N.O. N.O. " S " " Masturbation * " " " Paul Turner 25 F/C N.O. N.O. - M " " Not known * " " " James Dillon 32 M/W N.O. Ohio None S Chronic mania 5 yrs don't know * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, April 26, 1885 14608 Jun 10 Anseline Baylie 45 M/W St. Bernard Ph. La. Clerk M Acute Mania About 1 yr Ill health * " " " Anthony Hughes 41 " N.O. Ireland None " Dementia Sev yrs Intemperance * " " " Henry Speyerer 30 " Csthouse bet N.O. " S Idiotic All his life Not known * Preston & Laurel " " " Joseph Emile Templeb 20 " La. Retreat Baton Rouge " " Chronic Mania 8 yrs Not known * " " " Jas. Latapie 9 " N.O. La. " " Idiocy - - * " " " George Pegram^^ 7 " N.O.^^ La.^^ " " Chronic mania^^ Sev yrs^^ Brain fever^^ Delivered to his mother June 16, 1885 " " " Caroline Litolhof 61 F/W 244 Melpomene London, England " Wid Chronic Insanity 8 yrs Unknown * " " " Mrs. Chambers 35 " N.O. La. " Wid Chronic mania Sev yrs Religious Excitement * " " " Ida Stephens 35 " N.O. Mississippi " S Dementia ? (sic) ? (sic) * " " " Mena Struken 31 " N.O. N.O. " Wid Dementia Sev mos Not known * " " " Julia Lenenville 30 " Lafourche La. " S Dementia About 1 yr * 14654 " " Peter Lynch 30 M/W 113 Elmire St. , Algiers Algiers " S Irritable 25 yrs A fall when a child ^^ Items stricken through * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, June 18, 1885 14871 Jul 16 Richard Watson 19 M/W St. Louis & Johnson N. O. Painter S Melancholia ? (sic) ? (sic) * " " " Ernest Durand 41 " Poydras & Baronne " Clerk " Chronic Mania about 8 yrs Hereditary * " " " Raul D'Aquin 35 " New Orleans " None " Mania ? (sic) ? (sic) * " " " Charles Gerard 12 " St. Mary's O.B. Asylum " " " Idiocy Life " * " " " John Arthur 27 " Kentucky " " Mania ? (sic) " * " " " Theodore Apfel 19 " 469 Levee St. N.O. " " Chronic Mania Sev yrs " * " " " Pierre Louise 36 " None France Cook M Imbecility ? (sic) " * " " " Michael O Keefe 22 " N. O. N.O. Plasterer S Acute Mania 1 yr & 10 mos " * " " " Henry Armstrong 56 M/C 125 Contie Street N.O. Painter M Chronic Mania ? (sic) " * " " " Squire Davies 60 " None Kentucky Laborer M " " " * " " " Celestine Chirot 55 F/W " La. None Wid " about 5 yrs " * " " " Ann Hubelmann 25 " " New York " S " ? (sic) Probably Onauisin? * Eplissy (sic) " " " Annette Scates Ducat 37 " " N.O. " Wid Melchanolia (sic) " ? (sic) * " " " Mary Jewell 48 " " La. " - Mania " " * " " " Jennie Welsh 25 " N.O. " M Acute Peridical " " * " " " Lena Loges 17 1/2 " 430 S. Rampart St. " None S Progressive Mania 18 mos " * " " " Margaret Killyan 41 " St. Anthony & Urquhart " " " Mania ? (sic) " * " " " Virginia King Favio 27 F/C ? (sic) " " M " " " * " " " Jane Washington 30 " ? (sic) Tenn. " " " " " * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. (Jones), July 19, 1885 15014 Aug 3 James Taylor 38 M/W 101 Cypress La. Brass Moulder S Chronic mania About 12 yrs Don't know * 15015 " " Julin Curien 34 " 47 Decatur N.O. Book keeper M " 3 yrs " * " " " Frank Franchard 32 " Franklin bet. Clio & Erato " Engineer S " 1 yr " * " " " William Bierer** 45 " N.O. Germany Vagrant M Dementia ? (sic) " * " " " Wm. Smith 33 " 505 Annunciation N.O. Clerk S Chronic mania ? (sic) " * " " " Ed. D. Hayden 55 " None Boston, Mass. Gardener " Mania about 3 yrs " * " " " Joseph Robinson 40 M/C N.O. La. Vagrant " Chronic mania ? (sic) " * " " " Ellen Cotten 39 F/W " N.O. None M " nearly 1 yrs Ill health * " " " Mrs. Patton 30 " " " " " " Over 1 yr Ill health * " " " Mary Jane Coudy?, Coady? 31 " 177 Rousseau " " " Acute mania Over 2 yrs Don't know * 15115 Aug 3 Annie Zinc 25 F/W Convent of Good Sheperd N.O. Servant S Chronic mania About 5 yrs Don't know * " " " Natile Laufurney 37 " 70 Bourbon France Servant M Acute mania Don't know Hereditary * " " " Mary White 35 " N.O. Tenn. Vagrant Wid Chronic mania " Drunkeness & Exposure * " " " Lena Claris 25 " Metairie Ridge & Alabama Servant M Mania " Don't know * Alexandere " " " Lou Moore 35 F/C Carondelet near Prytania La. Servant M Mania " " * " " " Marie Williamis 25 " Second & Liberty Miss. None S Acute Mania " " * " " " Maltildo or Mathldo 23 " Ursuilinia (sic) & La. Servant S Melancholia " " * Lewis or Luins Burgundy " " " Augustin Chevaux - " N.O. La. None S Dementia " " * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, Aug. 5, 1885 **This name might be William Bierer, Burer. A little hard to read. 15174 Sep 11 August Moretz 45 M/W N.O. Germany None S Acute Mania - ? (sic) * " " " James Connors 36 " Algiers N.O. Laborer M Monomania 1 yr " * " " " Thomas Harvey 28 " N.O. N.O. Laborer S Dementia Periodical 2 yrs " * " " " Charles Cassimere 50 M/C N.O. N.O. Vagrant M Dementia ? (sic) " * " " " Miss Felicia Wiltz 30 F/W 330 Philip St. N.O. None S Chronic mania 2 1/2 Insanity hereditary; * yrs or 3 over work " " " Emma Delarodrie 15 107 Constance La. " S Periodical Insanity 10 yrs Epilepsy * " " " Barbara Kirk - F/C N.O. N.O. Cook Wid Dementia Don't know Don't know * " " " Dinah Owens 70 " Algiers La. Cook M Chronic mania " " * " " " Mary Wilson 53 " N.O. Va. Vagrant M Dementia ? (sic) ? (sic) * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, Sep. 16, 1885 15679 Nov 6 James Ludwidge 39 M/W N.O. England Teacher S Dementia Sev yrs Self abuse * " " " Tony Faker 35 " " N.O. Chicken merchant S " Don't know Don't know * " " " David O'Keefe 25 " " " Harness maker S " ? (sic) ? (sic) * " " " Conrad Sasse 25 " " " Laborer S " 2 yrs ? (sic) * " " " William Ferris 21 " " " " S Chronic mania Sev yrs Don't know * " " " Louis Drouet 21 " " " Clerk S Acute mania 4 mos Sun stroke * " " " Charles Hoettle 28 " 70 Jeannie St. " Laborer S - 1 yr * " " " Bernard Seguria 57 " N.O. " Laborer S Dementia ? (sic) ? (sic) * " " " Sydney Fernandez 13 " " " None S Idiotic Life Epileptic seizure * " " " George Pegram 8 " " " S Dementia Sev yrs Brain fever * " " " George Henry 49 M/C N.O. Ky. Laborer M Dementia Sev mos Don't know * " " " Amanda Melatull? 59 F/W None Kentucky Vagrant Wid Dementia senile Long term old age * or Metatull? " " " Alice Peterson 30 " Port & Goodchildren N.O. - S Chronic mania 1 yr Hereditary * " " " Johannah Daar 27 " N.O. N.O. - M Chronic mania Sev yrs Ill health * * Delivered to Dr. J. W. Jones, Nov. 6, 1885