| 01/22/1884 |
Mrs. Jos. Turminello |
33 Hospital St. |
Augustine Vigne |
12 years old |
Orphan. Has no relative or
friends to
make provision for her maintenance. Sent to the New Orleans Female
Orphan Asylum. Ret'd & sent to the Louisiana Retreat on the 9th of
February/84. |
| 01/31/1884 |
Maria Edward |
Laurel bet. Josephine &
Jackson |
Melvina Maguire |
11 years old |
Orphan. Sent to La. Asylum
cor. Tonit & Hospital. |
| 02/01/1884 |
Mrs. W. F. Hughes |
427 1/2 Gravier |
George Hughes |
11 years old |
Half Orphan. Sent to the
St. Alphonsus Society corner of 4th & St. Patrick Street. |
| 02/15/1884 |
Mrs. Lena Keno |
No. 26 Toulouse St. |
Mary Agnes Keno |
3 weeks old |
Mother abandoned by her
husband Silas
Keno. Mother works out & is unable to get work with care of child.
Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum. |
| 02/18/1884 |
Margaret Clark |
17 Toulouse St. |
James Clark |
3 weeks old |
Father drowned. Mother
unable to get work with the care of the child.. Sent to the St. Vinct.
Infant O. Asylum. |
| 02/18/1884 |
Mrs. Chas
Randall |
No Home |
Lizette Randall |
2 1/2 years old |
The father
starts for Texas
this day. Mother cannot find work with the care of the children. Sent
to Orphans House, 7th Street. |
| Robt. Randall |
4 months old |
| 02/20/1884 |
Chas. Monaghan |
Franklin St. 172 1/2 |
Ellen Monaghan |
14 years old |
The girl is disposed to run
out & get in bad company. Sent to House of the Good Shepherd with
view to try and reform her. |
| 03/14/1884 |
Sophy Bleschinder [?] |
169 Second St. |
Chas. Fitzgerald |
3 weeks old |
Father of the child is
dead. The mother
cannot find work with charge of same. Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant
Asylum cor. Race & Magazine. |
| 03/21/1884 |
Mrs. E. Lunn |
304 Decatur St. |
Thos. Bothman |
Eight years old 17th Oct/84
|
Father of child dead. Sent
to St. Marys Male Orphan Asylum. |
| 03/25/1884 |
Mrs. Emma
Knuckley |
cor. Marigny
& Victory |
Eddy Knuckley |
6 years old |
1/2 orphans.
Mother unable
to provide for their maintenance. Sent to the St. Mary's Male Orphan
Boys Asylum corner Chartres & Mazant. |
| Wm. Knuckley |
9 years old |
| 04/02/1884 |
Mrs. Sarah. W. Hanna |
Office 26 Carondelet
Res. 238 Sixth St. |
John Cole |
2 months old |
Mother's name Mrs. Kate
Cole. Resides
Gravier St. near Gravier near Dryades. Child abandoned by its father.
Sent to the St. Vinc. Infant O. Asylum cor. Race & Magazine. |
| 04/02/1884 |
Rosa Larruge |
Spain St. No. 60 |
Albert Larouge [sic] |
2 months old 5th April/84 |
Father not living. Sent to
the St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum. |
| 04/03/1884 |
M. J. Kernaghan |
35 S. Robertson St. |
Albt. M. Kissinger |
7 years old |
Parent dead. Sent to the
St. Mary's Male Orphan Boy's Asylum. |
| 04/14/1884 |
Mrs. Ellen Regan |
72 Desire St. |
Mrs. Alice Regan |
60 years old |
Residing at No. 72 Desire
St. Her
child, Mrs. Ellen Regan being unable to provide for her support. Sent
to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 04/14/1884 |
Mrs. Rosa
Compeeren |
125 Toulouse St. |
Peter Compeeren |
8 years old Sept 5/84 |
The former sent
to the St. Mary's Male O. Asylum. The latter sent to the St. Vinct.
Infant O. Asylum. |
| Alice Compeecren |
4 years old 24th Augst/84 |
| 04/19/1884 |
Washington Smith |
95 Basin St. |
Henry Wood |
7 years old |
Father dead. Mother left
city - boy has
no one to care for him. Sent to Asylum of Ladies of Providence corner
Esplanade & Miro. |
| 04/25/1884 |
Mrs. Mary Bruner |
Mrs. Mary Bruner |
|
61 years old |
Sent to Shakspeare Alms
House. |
| 04/29/1884 |
Mary Weber |
Metairie Ridge |
Jno. Flick |
Two weeks old |
The mother Mary Weber
unmarried. The
father of child, John Flick has abandoned the child and the mother is
unable to find work with its care. Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant Orphan
Asylum. |
| 05/07/1884 |
Mrs. Louisa Brevin |
cor Enghien & John Bapt |
Antonio Brevin |
9 years old |
Mother a widow and cannot
find
employment with care of the child. Sent to Orphan's House, 7th St. bet.
Constance & Magazine. |
| 05/07/1884 |
R. C. Davey, Recorder |
Recorders Court |
White |
|
Mother in police jail,
children under four years old. Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum.
Name of mother Mary White. |
| 05/12/1884 |
Rosalie Valden |
144 Ursuline St. |
|
53 years old |
Has no friends and is
destitute. Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 05/20/1884 |
Jean Delgari |
Homeless |
|
62 years old |
In a destitute condition.
Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 05/20/1884 |
Kati Knockton |
Mother of child |
Joseph Francis |
2 weeks old |
Illegitimate child. Sent by
Mayor to the St. Vinct Infant O. Asylum. |
| 05/22/1884 |
Jno. Hoffman |
Homeless |
Mary Ellen Hoffman |
Seven years old on the 7th
Novbr/84 |
Mother dead, father without
means to
make provision for its maintenance. Sent to the N.O. F. Orphan Asylum,
Camp, Clio & Prytania. |
| 05/23/1884 |
Peter Beersoll |
47 N. Market St. |
Frank Beersoll |
3 years old |
St. Vinct. I.
O. Asylum |
| Fritz Beersoll |
6 years old |
| Valentine Beersoll |
8 years old |
St. Mary's Male
O. Asylum |
| Henry Beersoll |
10 years old |
| The mother of
these
children blind and in Hospital, sick father without means & unable
to provide for their maintenance. Sent as above May 23/84. |
| 06/02/1884 |
Miss Katie Naughton |
601 Royal St. |
Joseph Francis |
1 month old |
Father refuses to recognize
the child.
Mother not married & unable to find work with care of child on her
hands. Sent to St. Vinct. Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| 06/09/1884* |
E. A. Holt |
Confer. Charities
20 Carondelet |
|
|
Mrs. Margaret Montgomery,
46 years old. Homeless and destitute. Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/05/1884 |
Conference of
Charities |
20 Carondelet |
J. L. Vignirs |
74 years old |
A native of Philadelphia. |
| Mrs. Mary
Dolan, 72 years old, native of Ireland |
| both of the
above sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/05/1884 |
Mrs. Mary Sullivan |
107 Mandeville St. |
John Conrad
about 57 years old in destitute condition. Sent to Shakspeare Alms
House. |
| 06/06/1884 |
N. G. Carbajial |
No. 48 Villere |
Leah Lorton,
blind &
abandoned by Robt. Harrison. Wife Porter of Christ Church who formerly
resided at No. 47 North Villere. Sent to Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/16/1884 |
Susan Harris |
154 Julia Street |
Annie Gerard |
9 years old |
Father dead and
mother
without any means of support. The girl sent to N. O. Female Orphan
Asylum. The two boys sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum. |
| Charles Gerard |
11 years old |
| Wm. Gerard |
7 years old |
| 06/10/1884 |
Webster Long, Sr. |
61 Marigny Street |
53 years old.
Widow Ann O'Keefe, homeless and destitute. Sent to Shakspeare Alms
House. |
| 06/12/1884 |
Mrs. Mary Burke |
Going to
Charity Hospital |
Georgie Burke |
5 |
Sent to the St.
Vinct. Infant Orphan Asylum. Mother going to Hospital to be confined.
Father of children dead. |
| Mamie Burke |
3 |
| Katie Burke |
2 |
| 06/16/1884 |
Mde. Guiterrez,
82 years old, destitute, homeless. Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House.
$5 from donation fund given her. |
| 06/17/1884 |
Theodore Lavigne |
68 Perdido St. cor. Dryades |
Geo. W. Johnston |
72 years old |
His daughter is unable to
make provision for his support. Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/19/1884 |
Francis Leo Bowie |
Cor. Dauphine & Barracks |
F. L. Bowie |
65 years old |
Destitute and homeless.
Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/20/1884 |
Sarah W. Hanna |
20 Carondelet, Conf. of
Charities |
Mrs. Jane Wilson |
45 years old |
Native of England. Homeless
& destitute. Sent to Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/21/1884 |
T. S. Martin |
59 Delaronde
St., Algiers |
Mary Alice Martin |
5 years old |
Mother has just
obtained a
divorce. Refuses to provide for children. Father about to go to sea.
Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum. |
| Katie Martin |
3 years old |
| 06/23/1884 |
Judge Th. Buisson |
Sec'y to Mayor |
Laurence Lagay |
12 years old |
Father dead. Mother very
poor. Sent to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum, cor. Chartres & Mazant. |
| 06/25/1884 |
Conference of Charities |
20 Carondelet |
James Lodwidge |
38 years old |
Homeless and destitute.
Sent to the Shakspeare Alms House. |
| 06/09/1884* |
Conference of Charities |
20 Carondelet |
Margaret Dolan |
76 years old |
Homeless. Sent to the
Shakespeare Alms House July 9/84. |
| 07/09/1884 |
S. W. Hanna |
Conf. of Charities |
Catharine Christ |
|
Aged 55 years, homeless and
destitute. Sent to S.A.H. |
| 07/15/1884 |
L. O'Donnell |
383 N. Rampart Street |
Jules Paul Poree |
4 years old |
Mother resides on
Independence St. bet.
Greatmen and Love Streets. Sent to St. Vinct.'s Infant O. Asylum corner
Race & Magazine. |
| 07/15/1884 |
Judge R. C.
Davey |
1st Recorders
Court |
Jno. White |
5 |
Mother habitual
drunkard. Sent to St. V.I.O. Asylum. |
| Henry White |
18 mos |
| 07/16/1884 |
Lucy Barnett |
446 Carondelet St. |
Charley Cornish [Comish?] |
Eight years old |
Mother dead. Father refuses
to provide for his maintenance. Sent to Ladies of Providence Asylum,
cor. Miro & Esplanade. |
| 07/17/1884 |
Mrs. Anna Brown |
Elmira St. bet.
Craps & Love |
John F. Brown |
11 years old |
The two former
sent to the St. Mary's Male O. Asylum. The two latter sent to the St.
Vincent Infant O. Asylum. |
| Henry M. Brown |
7 years old |
| Louis S. Brown |
4 years old |
| Anna Brown |
2 years old |
| 07/24/1884 |
Mrs. Katie Kelly |
61 Julia St. |
Jimmy Kelly |
One month old |
The father Thomas Kelly,
has abandoned
his family. Mother cannot find employment with care of child. Sent to
St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum. |
| 08/12/1884 |
Mrs. Ann L. Mersessier
[Morsessier?] |
67 Mandeville St. |
Viola Mersessier^ |
5 years old |
Father dead. Mother works
out & cannot find employment with care of child. Sent to St. Vinct.
Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| 08/12/1884 |
Mrs. R. S. Chinn |
222 Bienville St. |
Amelia Chinn |
2 1/2 years old |
Father dead. Mother works
out for a living & cannot find work with the care of the child. |
| 08/12/1884 |
Mary Irene Benton |
283 Chartres St. |
Helen Irene Benton |
1 month old |
Father dead. Mother unable
to find work with the care of the child. Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant
Orphan Asylum. |
| 08/13/1884 |
Mary Willis |
42 Villere St. |
Luther Willis |
3 years old |
Father died Decbr. 5th,
1881. Mother
unable to find employment with its care upon her hands. Sent to the St.
Vinct. Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| 08/14/1884 |
Ann Donegan |
Cor. Felicity
& St. Thomas |
Mary Forry |
6 years old |
Mrs. Ann
Donegan is the
Godmother. Mother unable to care for them & find employment. Father
of children dead. Sent to the St. Vinct. Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| Minnie Forry |
4 years old |
| 08/15/1884 |
Mrs. Morel |
|
Ristoro Morel |
12 years old |
Sent to the St. Mary's Male
Orphan Asylum. |
| 08/22/1884 |
Matthew Crawley |
492 1/2 Craps
St. |
Katie Crawley |
3 1/2 years old |
Mother so
constantly under
influence of liquor as to be an improper guardian of her children. Sent
to St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum by direction and solicitation of father
Matthew Crawley. |
| Mary Crawley |
17 months old |
| 08/25/1884 |
Mrs. Gus Angel |
Mandeville St.
near Moreau |
Lizzie Angel |
12 years old |
Father dead.
Mother unable to find work with care of children. Sent to the New
Orleans Female Orphan Asylum. |
| Alida Angel |
7 years old |
| 09/05/1884 |
Mary Hillmint |
196 Chartres St. with Mrs.
C. Bell |
Joseph Harvey Hillmint |
1 months old on the 11th
Sept/84 |
Father's whereabouts
unknown. Mother
unable to find employment with the care of the infant. Sent to the St.
Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| 09/08/1884 |
Claude Paret |
Cor. Toulouse & Royal,
No. 151 Toulouse |
George Edmund Varnet |
Two years & 3 days old. |
Mother died in Charity
Hospital -
father sick in Hospital. possessions of Mr. Claude Paret who is unable
to care for same. Sent to St. Vinct. Infant Asylum. |
| 09/09/1884 |
John O'Meara |
169 Clio St. |
Katie Downs |
9 |
Mother died about 6 months
ago. Father died Sept. 7/84. Veteran Army of Tennessee. Sent to N.O.
Female Orphan Asylum Sept. 9/84. |
| 09/09/1884 |
John O'Meara |
169 Clio St. |
Jas. Downs |
11 |
Brother of the above sent
same date to St. Mary's Male Orphan Asylum. |
| 09/12/1884 |
Mrs. M. E. Smith |
140 Bourbon St. |
Francis Smith |
6 years old |
1/2 orphan. Mother cannot
find
employment with care of children on her hands. Sent to St. Mary's Male
Orphan Asylum, cor. Chartres & Mazant. |
| 09/16/1884 |
Sgt. A. Grabert |
Commanding 2nd
Precinct |
Mary Dempsey |
8 years old. |
Mother Mary
Dempsey
drunkard and in police jail. Mary sent to N.O. Female Orphan Asylum.
Katie & John sent to St. Vinct. Infant O. Asylum. |
| Katie Dempsey |
4 years old. |
| John Dempsey |
6 years old. |
| 09/18/1884 |
Mrs. Antonina Millor |
239 St. Ann between Marais
& Villere |
Sept. 19/84 [sic]
Salvatore Millor |
Aged 6 months |
Mother Antonina Millor
cannot find employment with care of child on her hands. Sent to St.
Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum |
| 09/20/1884 |
Captn Arthur
Dunn |
5th Prect.
Police Station |
Toney Andrews |
12 yrs |
Mother Mrs.
Widow Andrews has been arrested for insanity. Sent to St. Mary's Male
Orphan Asylum. |
| Bezou Andrews |
7 yrs |
| 09/22/1884 |
Mary Morris
Convent of the Good Shepherd |
Convent of the Good Shepherd |
Mary Roberts |
3 wks |
Mother is in the House of
Good Shepherd
where the mother Mary Roberts, left the infant which was then sent by
the sisters of the House to this office. Sent to St. Vincent's F.
Orphan Asylum, corner Race and Magazine. |
| 09/22/1884 |
Mrs. Alfred
Bourg |
110 Music St. |
Ernestine Bourg |
12 years old |
Abandoned by
their mother,
unable to make provision for their support. Sent to the New Orleans
Female Orphan Asylum. Order sent Sept. 30/84 that these two children be
delivered to their father Joseph A. Bourg. See letter book page 624. |
| Adele Bourg |
10 years old |
| 10/07/1884 |
Jno. P. Maurer |
Cor. Chartres 532 St.
Ferdinand |
Hammond Turnell |
7 years old |
Father dead. Mother
helpless. Sent to the 7th Street Orphans' Home. |
| 10/10/1884 |
Mrs. Katie Burns |
No. 3 Melpomene St. bet.
Dryades & Baronne |
Katie Burns |
17 mos |
Father dead and mother
unable to
provide support for child owing to her need of constant attention of
mother. St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum, corner Race & Magazine. |
| 10/11/1884 |
Captn. Dunn
1st Prect. N.O. City Police |
First Prect.
Police Station, City |
Loretta Lynch |
9 yrs |
Father dead,
mother an
habitual drunkard and abandoned children for past two days. Girl sent
to N.O. Infant Female Asylum, corner Camp and Prytania. Boy sent to St.
Vincent's Orphan Asylum corner Race & Magazine. |
| Michael Lynch |
2 yrs |
| 10/15/1884 |
Benjamin
Claassen, son-in-law of the father, Adam Schrant |
58 Johnson St. |
Joseph Schrant |
9 yrs |
Mother dead.
Father very
sick, supposed to be on death bed. Joseph sent to St. Mary's Male
Orphan Asylum, corner Chartres & Mazant St. Peter and Phillip sent
to St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum corner Race & Magazine. |
| Peter Schrant |
4 yrs |
| Phillip Schrant |
1 yr |
| 10/15/1884 |
James Rettinghouse, Charity
Hospital |
Charity Hospital |
Elijah Rettinghouse |
7 yrs |
Mother dead. Father sick in
Charity
Hospital - too poor to support himself. Sent to Prot. Orphan Asylum,
7th Street & Constance. |
| 11/07/1884 |
Mrs Nora McGaw |
68 Calliope
St., City |
Joseph McGaw |
7 |
Father dead and
mother
unable to take proper care of them owing to her having to work out as
cook and house maid. Both sent to the St Mary’s Orphan Asylum corner
Chartres & Mazant Streets, City. |
| Harry McGaw |
6 |
| 11/07/1884 |
Bella Orpheus, friend of
the mother |
308 Sixth Street |
Hattie Harris |
1 mo |
Father dead & mother
Alice Harris
residing at 77 Pleasant Street and sick, unable to work for support of
infant. Sent to the Louisiana Asylum, corner Tonti & Hospital
streets, City. |
| 11/11/1884 |
Lenora Pratts |
Corner of Laurel &
Toledano |
Lenora Pratts |
8 mos |
Father in prison &
mother unable to
find employment for herself on account of care of infant. Sent to St
Vincent’s Infant Orphan Asylum, corner Race and Magazine Streets. |
| 11/14/1884 |
Mrs. Mary Kain |
Marigny bet. Roman &
Derbigny |
Lenora Kain |
1 yr |
Father refuses to support
child. Mother
cannot find employment owing to care of infant. Sent to St. Vincent I.
O. Asylum, Race & Magazine. |
| 11/18/1884 |
Mrs. Lenora Pratts |
Lauren & Toeldano, City |
Annie Irons |
9 yrs |
Step father sent to one
year in the
Penitentiary for B. of T. & E. Mother unable to take care of child,
and find a situation to work out. Child sent to N.O. F. O. Asylum,
corner Camp, Clio & Prytania. |
| 11/18/1884 |
C. G. Maspero^ |
60 Esplanade |
Armand Nunez |
3 months |
Father named Pedro Nunez
abandoned the
Mother before birth of child. Mother Lalie Campo died Nov 16/84 on St.
Claude bet. Barracks & Bayou Road. Child sent to St. Vincent de
Paul Asylum, Race & Magazine. |
| 11/19/1884 |
Mrs. Mary Kelly |
71 Annunciation St., City |
Stelly Kelly |
3 1/2 yrs |
Father abandoned the mother
for past
two years. Mother sick & in search of employment, unable to procure
it on account of care of child. Sent to St. V. I. O. Asylum, Race &
Magazine. |
| 11/19/1884 |
Officer S. A.
Blanchard |
144 Louisa St.,
City |
Valene [Valine?] Landry |
9 yrs |
Father and
mother dead.
Mother was married to party making application['s] brother, then
married again. Children are from second marriage. Sent to St. M.. B. O.
Asylum, Chartres & Mazant. |
| Austin Landry |
6 yrs |
| 11/26/1884 |
Mrs Elizabeth
Boatmann |
403 Victory |
Thos. Boatmann |
8 yrs |
Father dead
& mother
unable to support them on account of ill health also having two more to
provide for. The boy sent to St Mary’s Male Orphan Asylum corner
Chartres & Mazant St. The girl sent to St. Vincent's Infant Orphan
Asylum, corner Race & Magazine. |
| Louisa Boatmann |
4 yrs |
| 11/28/1884 |
Sophie Betzler |
Dauphine &
Independence, City |
Willie Betzler |
--------- |
Fatherless. Mother unable
to procure
work with care of child depending upon her. Sent to St Vincent I. O.
Asylum corner Race & Magazine. |
| 11/29/1884 |
Mary Morris |
House of Good Shepherd |
Francis Xavier |
1 day old |
Left at the gate of the
House of Good Shepard Nov 29th at 5 o’clock A.M. Sent to the St. V. I.
O. Asylum, Race & Magazine. |
| 12/06/1884 |
Mary Huron |
Hospital |
Mary F. Huron |
3 wks old |
Martin Huron the father who
has
separated from his wife refuses to support child. Mother can't find
employment with care of child. Sent to St. Vinct. Infant Orphan Asylum. |
| 12/18/1884 |
Captain Dunn –
Comdng Harbor |
N.O. City Police |
Oscar Smith |
11 yrs |
Sent here from
Bardston, KY
to meet their father. Father cannot be found. Sent to St. M. B. Orphan
Asylum, corner Chartres & Mazant streets until the police can
locate him. |