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From: Joe Egan <>
Subject: Re: [Sligo] More Public Hospital Records Online - Ireland to NewOrleans in the 1850s
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:04:38 -0800
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Hi Colleen,

Many thanks for both the Sligo and Mayo list of names.

Regards,

Joe Egan
San Diego, CA

wrote:

>Hi Listers,
>
>I am once again joining your list temporarily to tell you I have posted some
>more admission records from Charity Hospital in New Orleans. I have just
>completed and posted the months of September and October, completing the year
>1851
>for the months of January through October.
>
>To remind you, New Orleans was one of the largest ports in the US during the
>mid 1800s. It was a gateway for the Irish entering the US, not only those
>who
>settled in New Orleans itself, but also for those who made their way north up
>the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers to St. Louis, Cincinnati,
>Louisville, Iowa, and other towns. Although the population of the town was
>only about
>116,000 people in 1850, in the next few years, over a quarter of a million
>immigrants arrived from Europe - the majority of whom were Irish escpaing the
>Great Famine. Many Irish were brought to Charity Hospital when they were
>sick,
>as this was the city's public hospital and they were too poor to pay for
>private medical care. As I finish two months, I have been posting the
>admission
>records to the various Irish lists and some other lists for Germany,
>Scotland,
>and some US cities like Philadelphia that were the birthplaces of many of the
>patients.. So far, I have probably transcribed 15,000 names. Some ships
>arrived infected with a typhus or some other equally devasting epidemic, and
>the
>sick passengers were brought directly from the docks to the hospital.
>
>September and October were very bad months in New Orleans for various fevers
>because of the hot weather and the mosquito population which soared during
>the
>hot, wet, summer months. On an average day during other times of the year,
>about five of the patients admitted on a given day would die sometime during
>their stay in the hospital. During August and September, that number would
>go
>over 70 patients during years of particularly heavy rainfall. Of course, the
>Irish were the most affected by this, due to the destitute and unsanitary
>conditions they lived in.
>
>Below is a list of the names of the patients from Co. Sligo who were
>admitted to Charity Hospital in New Orleans for the months of September and
>October,
>1851. If you see a name you would like to investigate further, please visit
>the New Orleans rootsweb site at:
>
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm
>
>Click in the left margin under Charity Hospital, and scroll down until you
>see the link you want. Each admission gives the date of admission, date of
>death, date of discharge, ward no., name, occupation, place of birth, age,
>last
>place from, how long in NO, marital status, how long sick, disease, and
>sometimes a note about the patient. This info is excerpted for this county
>below.
>Sorry if the formatting disappears when it goes through email, it is copied
>from
>an Excel spreadsheet and I have no control over it.
>
>Admissions from Co. Sligo, Sept and Oct 1851 (Date of admission, date of
>death, date of discharge, name, occupation, age)
>
>
>29-Oct -- 1-Nov Bernard McDonough Laborer 30
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>2-Oct -- 12-Oct Bridget Collins 15
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>18-Sep -- 22-Sep Bryan Cowley Laborer 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>20-Oct -- 28-Oct Catharine Cassidy born May 35
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>20-Oct -- 23-Oct Catharine Sheehan --
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>3-Oct -- 4-Oct David Rutledge Laborer 22
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>24-Sep -- ----- Ellen McDonald 17
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>9-Sep -- 10-Sep Henry Kelly Laborer 35
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>14-Oct -- 18-Oct Henry Kelly Cook 35
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>15-Sep -- 20-Sep James Dunbar Laborer 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>18-Sep -- 22-Sep James Gillsepie or Gallespie 36 Sligo
>Co., Ireland
>10-Oct -- ----- John Conway Carpenter 34
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>12-Sep -- 15-Sep John Gaffney Laborer 30
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>7-Sep -- 9-Sep John Gilhooly Laborer 30
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>11-Oct -- 27-Oct John O'neil Laborer 22
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>8-Sep -- 12-Sep John Scanlan Laborer 54
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>27-Oct -- 2-Dec John Scanlan Laborer 55
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>12-Sep -- 18-Sep Mary Chambers 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>30-Sep -- 6-Oct Mary Chambers 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>18-Oct -- 21-Oct Mary Chambers 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>28-Oct -- 31-Oct Mary Moore 22
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>11-Oct -- 22-Oct Michael Finney Laborer 45
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>29-Oct -- 9-Dec Michael Finnigan Laborer 30
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>23-Oct -- 27-Oct Patrick Clark Laborer 27
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>3-Sep -- 4-Sep Patrick Costello Tinsmith 21
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>5-Sep -- 8-Sep Patrick Figgely or Feely 35
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>24-Oct -- 30-Oct Patrick Gallagher Laborer 32
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>24-Sep -- 8-Oct Patrick Lynch 41
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>14-Oct 17-Oct -- Patrick Ross Laborer 36
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>22-Oct -- 4-Nov Thomas Devaney Laborer 45
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>6-Sep -- 13-Sep Thomas Donoghoe Laborer 27
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>31-Oct -- 2-Feb-52 Thomas Dunn Laborer 28
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>23-Oct -- 25-Oct Thomas McCauley Laborer 70
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>9-Sep -- ----- Thos Armstrong Baker 20
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>26-Sep -- 3-Oct Winafred Brannan 20
>Sligo Co., Ireland
>
>Colleen Fitzpatrick
>CoCoordinator
>New Orleans Rootsweb Site
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm
>
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