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Subject: More Public Hospital Records Online - Ireland to New Orleans in the 1850s
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 19:09:57 EDT

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 escaping 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 ermany, 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. West Meath 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. West Meath, Sept and Oct 1851 (Date of admission, date of
death, date of discharge, name, occupation, age)


25-Sep -- 27-Sep John Maguire Boatsman 28
West Meath Co., Germany
19-Sep -- 1-Oct Ann Hoy born Bennan 19
West Meath Co., Ireland
16-Sep -- 2-Oct Ann Karney 17
West Meath Co., Ireland
23-Sep -- 24-Oct Bernard McCarthy Laborer 46
West Meath Co., Ireland
17-Sep -- 1-Oct Bridget Cunningham born Smith 43
West Meath Co., Ireland
6-Oct -- 29-Nov Bridget McCormick 21
West Meath Co., Ireland
27-Sep -- 3-Oct Bridget Morris 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
16-Oct -- 21-Oct Bridget Morris 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
24-Sep -- 24-Sep Caroline Peacock born Coyle 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
14-Oct -- 16-Oct Catharine Meyers born Egan 22
West Meath Co., Ireland
3-Sep -- 6-Sep Catharine Mulvey born Judge 28
West Meath Co., Ireland
4-Oct -- 8-Oct Catharine Murphy 29
West Meath Co., Ireland
4-Oct -- 24-Oct Eugene Brady No Trade 40
West Meath Co., Ireland
12-Oct -- 17-Oct Gerald Ryan Carpenter 18
West Meath Co., Ireland
7-Sep -- 10-Sep James Byrnes Laborer 29
West Meath Co., Ireland
23-Sep -- 27-Sep James Caughlin Laborer 21
West Meath Co., Ireland
11-Sep -- 16-Sep James Lynch Laborer 50
West Meath Co., Ireland
6-Sep -- 10-Sep James McHugh Laborer 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
3-Oct -- 14-Oct James Slevin Laborer 35
West Meath Co., Ireland
6-Sep -- ----- John Buckley Horseler 31
West Meath Co., Ireland
14-Sep -- 14-Sep John Keegan Laborer 29
West Meath Co., Ireland
23-Oct -- 3-Nov John Keegan Laborer 42
West Meath Co., Ireland
7-Sep -- 25-Sep John Laffy 16
West Meath Co., Ireland
24-Sep -- 25-Sep Joseph Dunn 8 yrs
West Meath Co., Ireland
22-Sep 27-Sep -- Margaret Bartley born Minock 44
West Meath Co., Ireland
29-Sep -- 6-Oct Margaret Dunn 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
17-Sep -- ----- Margaret Kaine born White 40
West Meath Co., Ireland
21-Oct -- 21-Nov Margaret Kelly born Riley 20
West Meath Co., Ireland
18-Sep -- 29-Sep Margaret Moran 23
West Meath Co., Ireland
21-Oct 27-Oct -- Mary Corcoran 60
West Meath Co., Ireland
15-Sep -- 18-Sep Mary McKeon 23
West Meath Co., Ireland
1-Oct -- 6-Oct Matthew Hammond Laborer 34
West Meath Co., Ireland
20-Sep -- 24-Sep Michael Allen Laborer 26
West Meath Co., Ireland
29-Sep 29-Sep -- Michael Byrnes 20
West Meath Co., Ireland
31-Oct -- 4-Nov Michael Finney Laborer 20
West Meath Co., Ireland
8-Sep -- 14-Sep Michael Kerry or Carey 23
West Meath Co., Ireland
26-Sep -- 29-Sep Owen Linagh Carriage Paint52
West Meath Co., Ireland
13-Oct -- 15-Oct Patrick Cunningham Laborer 18
West Meath Co., Ireland
27-Oct -- 1-Nov Patrick Cunningham Sailor 18
West Meath Co., Ireland
19-Sep -- 29-Sep Patrick Dunn 11
West Meath Co., Ireland
19-Sep -- 28-Sep Patrick Karney 13
West Meath Co., Ireland
23-Sep -- 27-Sep Peter Fitzimmons 27
West Meath Co., Ireland
29-Oct -- 6-Nov Peter FitzSimmons 27
West Meath Co., Ireland
2-Oct -- 11-Oct Richard Maxwell Laborer 20
West Meath Co., Ireland
4-Sep -- 8-Sep Sarah Karney born Finney See page 199.~40
West Meath Co., Ireland
23-Oct -- 28-Oct Thomas Cramer Laborer 19
West Meath Co., Ireland
13-Sep -- 30-Sep Thomas Darcey Laborer 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
17-Sep -- ----- Thomas Glennan Drayman 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
13-Oct -- 25-Oct Thomas Glennan Laborer 30
West Meath Co., Ireland
29-Sep -- 9-Oct Thomas McGinnis Drayman 27
West Meath Co., Ireland
8-Sep -- 13-Sep Thomas Sullivan Blacksmith 20
West Meath Co., Ireland
18-Oct -- 5-Nov Thos Price Laborer 24
West Meath Co., Ireland
22-Sep -- 25-Sep William Bartley 14
West Meath Co., Ireland
14-Oct -- 14-Oct William McCormick Laborer 35
West Meath Co., Ireland
8-Oct -- 13-Oct Bridget Cunningham born Smith 43
West Meath, Ireland
1-Oct -- 4-Oct Margaret Gaffney 30
West Meath, Ireland
25-Sep -- 11-Nov Mary Rourke born Bartley 20
West Meath, Ireland

Colleen Fitzpatrick
CoCoordinator
New Orleans Rootsweb Site
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm

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