1860 Mortality Census
Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1860, in 7th Ward city of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, Louisiana

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/
Slave

Married/
Widowed

Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease of cause of death

# days ill

William Elder

2/12 M       Louisiana August   Inflammation of the lungs 4 days
Cora 1 F B S   Louisiana January   Teething 5 mths
Harry 21 M B S   Virginia April Carriage Maker Complication of disease 2 days
Mary Ann Maguire 1 F       Louisiana January   Croup 1 wk

John Maguire*

3

M

      Louisiana April   Drowned Accidently Sudden
Marie Legandre 0/12? F       Louisiana October   Unknown 2 wks
Ann E. Jones 24 F M F M Louisiana March   Consumption 3 mths
Gerade Soignez? 48 F       Louisiana March Seamstress Apoplexy Sudden
Josephine 35 F B S   Unknown January House Servant Lock Jaw 3 days

Joseph Cantrella

4/12

M       Louisiana November   Typhoid Fever 10 days
Amanda Killingsworth 7 F       Louisiana December   Typhoid Fever 2 wks
I. Edward Lamoureux 26 M     M Louisiana April Printer Consumption 3 mths

Naily?

60

F

B S

 

Unknown

May House Servant Paralitigue? 6 yrs
Mrs. Marie M. Leyume? 60 F     W Louisiana February   Dysentery 5 mths

Octave Ancoin

5/12

M       Louisiana April   Teething 2 wks
Louis Ancoin 5/12 M       Louisiana April   Teething 4 wks
Phillip Leblance? 1 M       Louisiana June   Sore Throat 3 days

Arthure Parr

1 M       Louisiana January   Teething 9 mths
Amanda Dantin 1 F    

 

Louisiana May   Teething 2 wks
Madeline 16

F

B S   Louisiana January House Servant Child Birth 1 day
Infant 1 hour M M S   Louisiana January   By weakness of the mother 1 hour
Jerome Laisne 39 or 37 M     M Louisiana January Laborer Pleurisy 5 wks
Phillip Lagarde 6/12 M       Louisiana February   Croup 4 days
William** 3?/12 M M S   Louisiana February   Accidentally smothered by the mother Sudden
City of Thibodaux Concluded

Francis Picoux 

48

M

    M Louisiana May Farmer Dysentery 1 mth
Madeline 23 F B S   Louisiana August House Servant Child Birth 2 days

N--a B. Thibodaux

20

M

      Louisiana March College Student Inflammation of the bowel 6 wks

Louis Bush Jr.

1 M       Louisiana July   Inflammation of the bowel 4 wks
Leontine Boudreaux 3 F       Louisiana December   Inflammation of the bowel 2 wks

Josephine Stiven?

6

F

      Louisiana September   Sore throat & croup 4 days
Emilie Bergerms? 35 F     M Louisiana May   Pleuresy 2 days
Infant ?/??/12 M B S   Louisiana December   Lock Jaw 2 days
*No (5) by falling in a well
**No (24) during the night no other cause being attributed

 

1860 Mortality Census
1st Ward of the Parish of Lafourche

Name

Age

Sex

Color

Free/
Slave

Married/
Widowed

Birth

Month Died

Occupation

Disease of cause of death

# days ill

Mary Antoine

55 F M S   Virginia April Field Hand Chronic Rheumatism 2 mths
William 8 M B S   Louisiana October   Internal Hemorrhage 3 mths
Joe 35 M B S   North Carolina August Field Hand Dropsy & Fever 2 mths
Milly 50 F B S   Unknown November Field hand Unknown fever 2 mths

Joe

8

M

B S   Mississippi Sept   Congestive Fever 8 days
Esther 28 F M S   Mississippi November Field hand Disease of the heart 4 mths
Abraham 28 M B S   Unknown January Field Hand Unknown 8 days
Hanna 38 F B S   Unknown June Field Hand Rupture of blood vessel Sudden
Charlotte 45 F M S   Mississippi August Field Hand Dirt Eater 1 mth

Fanny

30

F B S   North Carolina August Field Hand Consumption 1 yr
Marie Louise 48 F M S   Louisiana August House servant Dropsy 1 yr
Infant 0/12 F B S   Louisiana January   Unknown 2 days

Charlotte

40

F

B S

 

Unknown

February House Servant Disease of the Heart 4 days
Henriette Chiasson 5/12 F       Louisiana August   Typhoid Fever 3 wks

Melinda

45

F B S   Unknown Sept Field hand Unknown Unknown
Harry 2 M B S   Louisiana August   Unknown Unknown
Aseia? 1 M B S   Louisiana October   Unknown Unknown

Francois Anpied

30 M     M Louisiana December Cooper Dropsy 1 mth
Adeline Molaison 33 F    

M

Louisiana September   Bilious Fever 6 days
Marie Rose Duvillard 37

F

    M Louisiana October   Consumption 3 mths
Jean 39 M B S   Louisiana April Field Hand Rheumatism 2 mths
Johnson 45 M M S   Unknown July Field hand Unknown 3 wks
John 22 M B S   Unknown August Field Hand Dysentery 2 mths

Moses

 7

 M

B S   Louisiana August   Dropsy 3 mths
Sally 25 F B S   Unknown June Field Hand Bilious Fever 2 mths

Infant

3/12

M

B S   Louisiana June   Pneumonia 3 days

Infant

2/12 M B S   Louisiana June   Pneumonia 5 days
Infant 2/12 F B S   Louisiana August   Pneumonia 4 days

*Henry

12

M

B S   Louisiana April Stable Boy Accidentally Killed Sudden
Andrew I. Donelson 43 M     M Tennessee July Farmer Erysipelas 10 days
Jacob (poss. Jarod) 5 M B S   Louisiana September   Congestive Fever 6 days
Gilly 28 F B S   Unknown October Field Hand Dysentery 8 mths

Mahaly

5

F

B S   Louisiana July   Congestion of brain 6 days
Infant ?/30/12 F B S   Louisiana January   Lock Jaw 2 days
Infant 8/30/12 F B S   Louisiana April   Lock Jaw 2 days
Erneste Ly--s

19

M

     

Louisiana

August Cooper Pleurisy 12 mths
Adelard Ly--s 21 M       Louisiana November Cooper Pleurisy 6 days

Flora

14

F B S   Louisiana September Field Hand Inflammation of the bowel 12 days
George 49 M B S   Unknown October Cooper Appoplescy Sudden
Jinny? 54 F B S   Unknown December Field Hand Unknown 14 days
Lewis  Bowie 74 M B S   Unknown Sept Field Hand Old age 4 mths
Donala 21 M B S   Louisiana February Field hand Dysentery 5 wks
Rubin 4 M M S   Louisiana November   Worms 2 days
Juba 90 F B S   Unknown February Field Hand Old Age 2 yrs
Infant 9 days M B S   Louisiana March   Lock Jaw 1 day
Joseph Leonard 79 M     W Louisiana February Farmer Asthma 2 mths
Clemence 34 F B S   Louisiana February Field Hand Pleurisy 3 days
Sanford 17 M B S   Louisiana January House servant Chronic Glanders 7 days
Infant** 4/12 M B S   Louisiana January   Accidentally Smothered by the mother Sudden
Infant*** 4/30/12 F M S   Louisiana March   Accidentally Poisoned One day
Leo? Bondreaux 1 M       Louisiana April   Teething 5 wks
Fanny 3 F B S   Louisiana March   Unknown Unknown
Infant 6/12 M B S   Louisiana March   Unknown Unknown
Chonte? (alias) Baptiste 13 M M S   Louisiana May   Dropsy 3 yrs
Jacques?**** 6/12 M M S   Louisiana February   Over laid Sudden
*No (35) by a card running over him attributed to his being deaf & dumb having not seen the cart coming
**No (20) during the night and found dead with no cause but what stated above
***No (21) by laudanum through the ignorance of a servant
****No (26) by the mother during the night not other cause being attributed but what stated above

 

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Transcribed by S. Williams