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New Orleans (La.) Office of the Mayor Records of the Disposition of Destitute Orphans Transcription, 1877 |
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| Date | Name of Person Making Affidavit | Residence of Person Making Affid*avit | Name of Orphan | Age | How Disposed of |
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| 01/19/1877 | Mrs. Kate Lemmons | No. 445 Fourth St. | Walter Labbee | 4 mos | St. Vincent Infant Orphan Asylum. Mother and father abandoned child. Has no relatives. See P.B. No 4 pages [sic] |
| 03/22/1877 | Virginia Anderson | 74 Gaiennie St | ---- Spencer | 5 mos | Sent to Ladies of Providence cor Esplanade & Miro Mother named Betsy Spencer. Sent to Insane Asylum Feb. 23/77. Has no relatives or friends. Was taken to Central Station by Virginia Anderson. |
| 05/31/1877 | Ellen Wilson | Near the boundary line of Parish of St. Bernard, towards the swamp. Has been but a short time in N.O. | Foundling | 5 dys | Sent to the St. Vincent Inft. Orphan Asylum. Note from Father Moynahan date May 31 |
| 05/18/1877 | T. O.Neil | Capt. of Police 5th Prect. | Male Monaghan | 2 1/2 yrs | Father in Parish Prison on charge of kidnapping - children in destitute condition. Sent to St. Vinct Inft O. Asylum. The father acquitted of charges June 14/77 and order sent to deliver children to him. See L.B. date 15/77 page 418. Ellen Ling Monahan age 6 years, having been picked up at the Lake End was again sent to asylum July 27/77. |
| Female Monaghan | 4 | ||||
| Female Monaghan | 6 | ||||
| 07/31/1877 | L. Adams | 400 Bienville St. | Sidney Bienveno | 13 yrs | Orphan - Sent to St. Vincent Home for Boys |
| 08/16/1877 | Gabriel Prats | cor. of Chartres & St. Ann | Antonine Frecheda | 7 | Orphan - Sent to Inft. O. Asylum |
| Pauline Henrietta Frecheda | 5 1/2 | ||||
| Lydia Octave Frecheda | 3 | ||||
| 09/1877 | O'Rourke | Sergeant, 1st Precinct | Florence Elenora St Clair | 18 yrs | Orphan - Sent to House of the Good Shepherd, Sept. 6, 1877 |
| 10/06/1877 | Mary Papiana | Corner Spain & Claiborne | Josephine Robertson | 13 | Sent to House of Good Shepherd; See Letter Book 582, Book No. 4 |
| 12/06/1877 | B. A. McDonogh | Aid to Chief | Sarah Ruiz | 9 | Sent to N.O.F.O. Asylum |
| 12/29/1877 | Mary Carrico, Widow | 56 1/2 Villere St. | Mary Louise Camis | 14 yrs | Sent to House of Good Shepherd. The grandmother alleging that the character of girl will be ruined unless this step is taken. Permit book #4 pg. 583 |
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