January - May 1886 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: April 2003 ************************************************* 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 1886 16429 Jan 22 Saml [Samuel] B. Gilliam __ M/- Biremiham (sic) Alabama Clerk S Dementia over 1 year Masturbation Jan'y 24th 1886 " " " Adele Coutoula 32 F/W N. O. N. O. - S Chronic Mania 19 years Sickness to Dr. J. W. Jones " " " Mrs. J. Cassamarette alias 32 F/W N. O. Germany - W Dementria (sic) 1 year Don't know Jackson, La. Ida Schaffer " " " Mary Fischer 58 F/W N. O. Germany - W Senility Several yrs Ill health " " " " Mary Louis Thompson 37 F/W House of Good Shepherd N. O. - M Dementria (sic) 1 year Don't know (sic) " " " " Tessa Coates 18 F/W Franklin & Terpsichore Mississippi - S Acute Mania 3 months Melancholy " " " " Tabitha Sunders 27 F/W N. O. N. O. - S Idiotia Life Idiocy " " " " Eliza Biggs 28 F/C N. O. N. O. - S Acute Mania - ? (sic) " " " " Mary Alice Hopkins 38 F/W N. O. N. O. - S Dementia - - " " " " Victoria Julian 33 F/W N. O. N. O. - M Chronic Mania 1 year Melancholy " 17284 Mar 26 James Daniel Constantine 25 M/W N. O. - Laborer S Dementia - Masturbation Delivered to " " " M. R. Ryan 52 M/W Baltamore (sic) Ireland Peddler M Dementia Senility - - Dr J. W. Jones " " " Mike Campbelle 50 M/W Shakespeare Alms House Ireland Laborer S Chronic Mania, Several Ill health, paralysis March 27 1886 Softening of the Brain years " " " Phillip D. Wade 26 M/W 118 Gaiennie St N. O. Telegraphic S Acute Mania 6 months Don't know (sic) " Operator " " " Rudolph Pfieffer 25 M/W N. O. - Laborer S Monomania, 1 year - " Perpetual Motion, Etc. " " " Charles Mitchell 21 M/C N. O. N. O. Vagrant S Chronic Mania - Masturbation " " " " Dora Battil 25 F/W Charity Hospital Ireland None S Chronic Mania Several Paralysis " years Softening of Brain " " " Mrs Catherine Courtney 50 F/W Gaiennie St Ireland - W Senility - Intemperance, Neglect " near Constance Senile Debility " " " Hortense Dupont 29 F/W N. O. Louisiana Seamstress S Dementia Hysteria 1 year Ill Health " 17867 May 20 Peter Albert 47 M/W 184 Liberty Germany Laborer M Dementia - Don't know Delivered to " " " Geo. Debin Jones 45 M/W Howard bet. England Painter M Mantia Religion 4 years Religion Dr. J. W. Jones Josephine & Jackson - - - James Doyle 40 M/W Charity Hospital Ireland Laborer S Dementia About 1 Not known May 30th 1886 year - - - John D. Lathrop 37 M/W Camp St New Orleans Clerk S Acute Mania - Alcoholic _____ _____ " - - - Jacob Rockenback Jr 35 M/W Port & Levee Germany Laborer M Dementia 7 months Family Trouble " - - - Baptiste Kassman 35 M/W New Orleans France Laborer S Acute Mania - Not known " - - - Henry Clark 34 M/W New Orleans Germany Sailor S Dementia - - " - - - Henry C. Saaker 30 M/W Craps bet. New Orleans Printer S Dementia Several Masturbation " years Burgundy & Spain - - - A. W. Swift 32 M/W New Orleans New Orleans Clerk S Dementia over 1 year Not Known " - - - Nicholas Sullivan 29 M/W 125 Pitt St New Orleans Laborer S Dementia (Kleptomania) More or Epileptic Seizure " or Less 2 yrs of age - - - Thomas L. Mehan 28 M/W New Orleans New Orleans Laborer S Dementia Several - " years - - - John Bocham Sr* - M/W _____ ____* Germany* Baker* S Senility* 2 years* Do Not Know* " - - - Henry Linsey 39 M/C New Orleans New Orleans Laborer W Acute Mania 3 weeks Liquor " - - - Hannah Murray 78 F/W New Orleans Ireland - W Senility over 1 year Old age " - - - Bridgt Quinlan 60 F/W House of Good Shepherd Ireland Laborer S Dementia - - *Whole entry scratched out