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. Leitrim 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. Leitrim, Sept and Oct 1851 (Date of admission, date of death, date of discharge, name, occupation, age) 9-Sep -- 10-Sep Ann McMahan 18 Leitrim Co., Ireland 20-Sep -- 26-Sep Bridget McMann 60 Leitrim Co., Ireland 16-Oct -- 29-Oct Bridget Morrisson born Corcoran 30 Leitrim Co., Ireland 14-Oct -- 15-Oct Catharine Donnelly 17 Leitrim Co., Ireland 4-Sep -- 6-Sep Catharine Lynch 21 Leitrim Co., Ireland 25-Sep -- 28-Sep Catharine O'Neil 40 Leitrim Co., Ireland 31-Oct -- 4-Nov Catherine O'Neil born Travers 40 Leitrim Co., Ireland 6-Oct -- 10-Oct Cecilia Flynn 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 11-Oct -- 14-Oct Ellen Durkin born Laugnan 23 Leitrim Co., Ireland 16-Oct -- 20-Oct Ellen McGovern 19 Leitrim Co., Ireland 24-Sep -- 27-Sep Ellen McGowan 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 29-Sep -- 4-Oct Francis Mulvey Tailor 26 Leitrim Co., Ireland 15-Sep -- 19-Sep James Maguire Saddler 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 30-Sep -- 8-Oct James Maguire Laborer 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 5-Oct -- 12-Oct James Mason Laborer 35 Leitrim Co., Ireland 20-Oct -- 23-Oct James Middlin arrived on Ship Olympus 27 Leitrim Co., Ireland 2-Sep -- 13-Sep Jane Langan born Reynolds mother of James 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 2-Sep -- 13-Sep James son of Jane Langan born Reynolds fro3 wks N. O. 8-Sep -- 9-Sep John Riley 28 Leitrim Co., Ireland 9-Sep -- 11-Sep John Scanlan Laborer 32 Leitrim Co., Ireland 25-Oct -- 13-Nov Mary Field 30 Leitrim Co., Ireland 20-Oct -- 17-Nov Mary Scullin born Farley arrived on Ship O60 Leitrim Co., Ireland 12-Sep -- 19-Sep Matthew Dobson Laborer 28 Leitrim Co., Ireland 27-Sep -- 30-Sep Michael Dolan 27 Leitrim Co., Ireland 18-Oct -- 21-Oct Michael McGovern Laborer 52 Leitrim Co., Ireland 2-Oct -- 6-Oct Owen Doyle Laborer 24 Leitrim Co., Ireland 25-Oct -- 31-Oct Patrick Crown Laborer 25 Leitrim Co., Ireland 8-Sep -- 18-Sep Patrick Keegan Laborer 18 Leitrim Co., Ireland 20-Oct -- 23-Oct Patrick Kelly arrived on Ship Olympus 26 Leitrim Co., Ireland 8-Oct -- 23-Oct Patrick McTearnan 22 Leitrim Co., Ireland 6-Oct -- 10-Oct Patrick Moran Laborer 30 Leitrim Co., Ireland 24-Sep -- 27-Sep Patrick Tearnan -- Leitrim Co., Ireland 7-Oct -- 9-Dec Peter Clancey Laborer 24 Leitrim Co., Ireland 28-Oct -- 4-Nov Peter Clancey Laborer 24 Leitrim Co., Ireland 8-Sep -- 21-Oct Philip Clancy Schoolmaster 27 Leitrim Co., Ireland 15-Oct -- 20-Oct Richard Reynolds Laborer 28 Leitrim Co., Ireland 16-Sep -- 16-Sep Rose Faughnan 23 Leitrim Co., Ireland 15-Sep -- 30-Sep Rose Tearnan 50 Leitrim Co., Ireland 8-Oct -- 20-Oct Rose Tearney 50 Leitrim Co., Ireland 5-Sep -- 10-Sep Sarah Flynn 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 17-Sep -- 25-Sep Sibley McLaughlin born Dolan 25 Leitrim Co., Ireland 25-Sep -- 7-Oct Susan Haily See page 272.*23 Leitrim Co., Ireland 31-Oct -- 6-Nov Sylvester Gockin Laborer 40 Leitrim Co., Ireland 29-Oct -- 26-Nov Terence Donnolly Laborer 28 Leitrim Co., Ireland 16-Oct -- 17-Nov Terence McGann Laborer 35 Leitrim Co., Ireland 17-Sep -- ----- Thomas Masterson Laborer 25 Leitrim Co., Ireland 11-Sep 15?-Sep (-- Thomas Reynolds Laborer 20 Leitrim Co., Ireland 6-Oct -- 9-Oct Thomas Rooney 13 Leitrim Co., Ireland 20-Oct 9-Nov -- Thos Scullin arrived on Ship Olympus 25 Leitrim Co., Ireland 12-Sep -- 14-Oct William Butler 42 Leitrim Co., Ireland 8-Oct 10-Oct -- William McGowan 50 Leitrim Co., Ireland 16-Oct -- 22-Oct Robert Dobson Laborer 25 Leitrim, Ireland (sic) Colleen Fitzpatrick CoCoordinator New Orleans Rootsweb Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/orleans.htm