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Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] More Public Hospital Records from New Orleans Are Now Online
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 22:13:54 EDT
Hi Listers,
I am joining the list again temporarily to tell you that I have completed the
admission records for the public hospital (Charity Hospital) for the months
of July and August 1851 in New Orleans. As I have told the list on previous
occasions, New Orleans was one of the largest points of entry for the Irish into
the United States. Because of its location on the Mississippi River, the
Irish who came to the US through the Port of New Orleans had access to cities
further upriver, and cities on the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, such as St. Louis,
Cincinnati, and Louisville.
The public hospital admissions were mainly Irish who could not afford to pay
for private medical care. July and August were especially bad. At that time,
New Orleans was little more than a large swamp, and the summer months with
all the rain an humidity were ideal for breeding mosquitos which carried many
types of diseases. In fact, many of the Irish were imported to New Orleans in
the mid 1800s to drain the swamps to provide more habitable land. A slave was
worth money, so the worthless Irish were used by the thousans instead. Many
worked digging drainage canals filled with mosquitos - some were buried into
the walls of the canals right where they dropped dead.
In the past, I have posted the names of the patients from this county on this
list, just in case anyone sees someone they recognize. In my opinion, these
hospital lists are some of the most uner-appreciate sources of genealogical
information there are.
If you see someone on the list you'd like to know more about, please visit
the web sites for July and August 1851 on the Orleans Parish (New Orleans)
rootsweb site at:
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajul51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chajul51.txt</A>;
and
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chaaug51.txt">ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/charityhos/chaaug51.txt</A>;
If these links stretch over two lines, you will have to type them into your
browser by hand. Else, you could go to the homepage and follow the links under
hospital records. The homepage is located at:
<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">Orleans Parish Archives</A>
or
<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm</A>;
If the links don't work, please type them in by hand into your browser.
Here are the names from Co. Carlow in the July and August 1851 Charity
Hospital admission records for New Orleans. Please ignore any references to See
such and such a page - or the marks *^~ by some of the names. The former just
mean the person was in the hospital at some earlier time, and you should check
the records for more info on the earlier date. The latter marks are footnotes
relating to the admission.
Admission Date, Date of Death, Date of Discharge, Ward, Name, Occupation, Age
5-Jul -- 7-Jul 30 Thomas Boylan Laborer 40
12-Jul -- 13-Jul 32 Francis Nash Laborer 22
18-Jul -- 19-Aug Cott Mary Kavanagh 17
19-Jul -- 2-Aug 34 Esther Doyle 20
22-Jul -- 28-Jul 25 John O'Neil Laborer 45
23-Jul -- 5-Aug 34 Maria Murphy born Byrnes 22
23-Jul -- 26 Jul** 28 Laughlin Rafter Farmer 40
6-Aug -- 13-Aug 36 Maria Dowling 16
11-Aug -- 20-Aug 6 Edward Coddy --
14-Aug -- 18-Aug 32 Edward Coleman Laborer 20
19-Aug -- 20-Aug 31 Dennis Cavanagh or Kavanaugh 45
25-Aug -- 3-Sep 33 John Mullen StBtman 22
30-Aug -- 4-Sep 16 Garrett Shea Laborer 40
30-Aug -- 26-Sep 19 Lawrence Toole Laborer 23
31-Aug -- 11-Sep 30 Lawrence Gormon Cooper 37
Happy Hunting.
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Orleans Parish (New Orleans) Rootsweb CoCoordinator
<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm">Orleans Parish Archives</A>
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