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NEW ORLEANS (Orleans Parish)

Bethlehem Children's Home. 1977:  Bethlehem Children's Home, 4430 Bundy Rd.,70127; residential care and foster placements; same address as Lutheran Social Services. 1933 census: Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Orphan Asylum, no address. 1923 census; The Bethlehem Orphan Asylum, no address; for White children; under the auspices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, South; established in 1881.

Booth Maternity Home. Maud Ballington Booth Maternity Home, 1432 Magazine St.; a maternity home for unwed mothers. Case History: A natural mother gave birth in 1959 at Touro Infirmary and surrendered her child to the Forgotten Maternity Home.

Burton Memorial. Also see the Society for Relief of Destitute Orphan Boy's. 1977; The Waldo Burton Memorial, 3320 S. Carrolton Ave., 70118; residential and psychiatric care, under private auspices for children. Same address as "Boy's Home. 1933 census: Waldo Burton Home no address; 59 White boys.

Catholic Charities. 1976; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 2929 S. Carrollton Ave., 70188. 1972 to1968: Associated Catholic Charities (Central Office), 211 Camp St. licensed for adoption; branch office in Houma. 1966: Handles adoptions for St. Vincent Infant Home. 1964 to 1944: Same name and address. 1941: Associated Catholic Charities of New Orleans, Inc., 503 Queen and Crescent Bldg.; does casework for 7 child care institutions in the Archdiocese of New Orleans established in 1924. Case History: A natural mother gave birth in 1858 at Hotel Dieu (hospital) and surrendered her child to Catholic Charities.

Charity Hospital of Louisiana. 1979 to 1976: Charity Hospital, 1532 Tulane Ave., 70140: A General Hospital under State auspices. 1964 to 1958: The Charity Hospital of Louisiana, same address, 2,874 beds and 188 bassinets; a State Hospital staffed by Sisters of Charity. 1937: Same name, no address 4,044 births in 1935; established prior 1737 as St. John Hospital; a new charity Hospital (San Carlos) was established in 1786; in 1834, The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul took charge. 1925: Charity Hospital of Louisiana, Tulane Avenue between Howard and South Robertson Sts.; 1,270 beds; includes the Delgado and Richard Milliken Memorial Hospitals. 1922: Same name, Tulane Avenue; A State Hospital.

Case Histories: A natural mother gave birth here in 1947 and surrendered her child to The Protestant Home for Babies. An adoptee was born in 1950--perhaps at this hospital--and was adopted via the Methodist Home and Hospital.

Children's Bureau. 1978: Children's Bureau of New Orleans, Suite 801 Carondelet Bldg., 226 Carondelet St., 70130; adoptions. 1976 to 1973: same name, (Gravier Bldg., 3rd. floor), 535 Gravier St., 70130 serves the Parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard and St. Tammany. 1963  to 1948: same name, 211 Camp St. (Room 502 in 1954); a private adoption agency; in 1957 at least, it was placing White and Negro babies in the Parishes of Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard.

Children's Home of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Also see: (1) Episcopal Group Home, and (2) Protestant Orphans' Home. 1933 census: The Children's Home of the Protestant Episcopal Church, no address; residential care for dependent White girls age 4-19. 1923 Census: same name, no address; under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church; founded 1853.

Dilbert Memorial Home. Also see Booth Maternity Home. 1925; John Dilbert Memorial Home, 1432 Magazine St.; for women and children.

Episcopal Group Home. Also see Children's Home of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 1977: The Episcopal Group Home, 1518 Elysian Fields Ave., 70122: Residential care for children. 1972:  Episcopal  Community Services, Diocese of Louisiana, 1261 Esplanade Ave., 70116; serves adoptive applicants in Louisiana who are Episcopalian. 1968: Episcopal Community Services, 2265 St. Charles Ave.; 1955:  Episcopal Children's Home, no address. 1948 Same name Canal Bank Building.; Adoptions.

Fink Asylum.  1923 census: Fink Asylum, no address; residential care for dependent white children under the auspices of Protestant Churches; established in 1874.

Gaudet Normal and Industrial School. 1923 census:  Gaudet Normal and Industrial School, no address; residential care for dependent Negro children. under the auspices of the Protestant Episcopal Church; established in 1902.

German Protestant Orphan Asylum. 1977 address 920 State Street, 70118 1933 and 1923 censuses:  same name, no address; for White children; established in 1891 or 1866. 1925:  same name, 920 State St.

Hotel Dieu Hospital. 1979 to 1973:  Hotel Dieu Hospital, 2021 Perdido St., 70122; also known as Hotel Dieu Sister's Hospital; a Catholic General Hospital;  with 281 beds and 30 bassinets; operated by the Daughter's of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul. 1964 to 1958:  Hotel Dieu Sisters Hospital 2004 Tulane Ave.; 1944:  Hotel Dieu, Hospital and School of Nursing, same address; 525 births in 1935; Includes Burguieres Memorial and John Dilbert Memorial; established in 1845 as "Maison De Sante."

1925:  Hotel Dieu Hospital, 2004 Tulane Ave.; 185 beds, 1922 Hotel Dieu, same address; Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul.

Immaculate Conception Girls Asylum.  1922 address:  Rampart and Elmyra Sts.; a Catholic Home for 61 Orphan and destitute girls operated by Sister Marianites of the Holy Ghost; established 1851.

Jewish Children's Regional Service. 1977: The Jewish Children's Regional Service, 5342 Saint Charles Ave., P.O.B. 15225, 70715; Adoptions. 1972: The Jewish Children's Regional Service of Jewish Children's Home, same address; a private adoption agency serving 7 southern states including Louisiana (except for the Parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and Saint Bernard. (Distinct from the "Jewish Family and Children's Service).

1968:  Jewish Children's Home Service, 5342 St. Charles Ave., P.O.B. 5225, 70114; licensed for adoption; serves the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. 1933 census: The Jewish Children's Home, no address.  1923: census: The Jewish Orphan's Home, no address; 119 White children; under the auspices of the B' Nai Brith ; established 1855.

1919:  The Jewish Orphans Home, no address; affiliated with the Federation of Jewish Charities in Mobile, Al. probably identical to :  The Jewish Widow's and Orphan's Home, St. Charles and Peters Ave.; organized 1853 affiliated with The Jewish Charitable and Educational Federation (at 1205 St. Charles Ave). 1904; a Photograph of the Jewish Orphans home was published in "The Jewish Encyclopedia" Vol. 9 Page 246.

Jewish Family & Children's Service. 1977:  The Jewish Family and Children's Service, 211 Camp St., 70130; Adoption and unwed mother services; same address as The Jewish Welfare Federation of New Orleans.  1972:  The Jewish Family and Children's Service, 211 Camp St., Suite 300; a division of The Jewish Welfare Federation of New Orleans; serves Jewish families in the metropolitan New Orleans area.

1968:  The Jewish Welfare Federation of New Orleans, 211 Camp St.; licensed for adoption. (Distinct from The Jewish Children's Home Service). 1956:  Jewish Federation of New Orleans, Family Service Dept., same address.  1948:   The Jewish Federation, same address; licensed for adoption.  The Jewish Welfare Federation was established in 1910 by the merger of 18 Charities.

Jewish Orphans Home. See The Jewish Children's Regional Service.

Jewish Welfare Federation of New Orleans. See Jewish Family and Children's Service.

LaFon Orphan Boy's Home. 1976: Lafon Child Development Center, 7024 Chef Menteur Hwy., 70126 day care under Catholic auspices. 1964:  Lafon Home for Boys, same address; 48 boys; conducted by Sisters of The Holy Family. 1944:  Lafon Home for Boys, 6850 Chef Menteur Hwy.; 56 boys.  1933 census; for Negroes.  1923 Census:  Lafon Boys Asylum no address; residential care, under Catholic auspices, for dependent Negro Boys; established in 12842 or 1873. 1922 Census:  Lafon Orphan Asylum for Colored Boys, Gentilly Rd.; 60 boys; Sisters of The Holy Family. Eponym:  If not named for "Lafon Drive" in this city, perhaps for Jean Baptist Hyacinth Lafon (c. 1765-c.1830) and Abbe.

Liners' Harvest Home. 1923 census:  Liners' Harvest Home, no address; residential care under private auspices, for dependent Negro children; established in 1904.

Louisiana Child Finding and Home Society. This title is probably erroneous. Listed in the 1923 census without and address; a private corporation with 499 children under its care mostly in free family homes; established in 1917.

Louisiana Freedman's Old Folks & Orphans Asylum. Too small for inclusion.

Lutheran Social Services of The South, Inc. 1977 address 4430 Bundy Rd., 70127; residential care for children and foster placements . Same address as Bethlehem Children's Home.

Memorial Mercy Home. See Methodist Home-Hospital.

Mercy Hospital. 1979 to 1976:  Mercy Hospital, 30-1 N. Jefferson Davis Parkway, P.O.B. 19024, 70119; a Catholic General Hospital with 216 beds and 22 bassinets; 442 births in 1975; conducted by Sisters of Mercy of The Union. 1964:  Mercy Hospital--Soniat Memorial Hospital, same address. 1958:  Mercy Hospital, same address. 1937:  Mercy Soniat Memorial Hospital, 1321 Annunciation St.; 397 Births in 1935; Sisters of Mercy of The Union.  1925:  Leonce M. Soniat Mercy Hospital, same address; 60 beds; established in 1924. Eponym:  Leonce Martin Soniat (1841-1922) whose wife founded this hospital.

Methodist Home--Hospital. 1977 The Methodist Home--Hospital, 815 Washington Ave., 70130; residential care for children.  1972 to 1968:  Same name and address; mailing address:  P. O. B. 15109, Station B, (70175); a private adoption agency serving Louisiana and Mississippi; adoptive applicants must be of  the United Methodist Religion.

1966:  Methodist Home--Hospital, 815 Washington Ave.; A maternity home for unwed mothers (licensed for adoption) which was chartered by the Louisiana  and Mississippi annual conference of the Methodist Church; childbirth occurs on premises except for complicated deliveries (at Southern Baptist Hospital). 1963 to 1958:  same name and address; a maternity home which was established in 1886.1956 to 1951:  The Methodist Home--Hospital, 815 Washington Ave.; 1947:  The Memorial Mercy Home--Hospital, same address; licensed for adoption.  1933 census:  Memorial Mercy Home, no address:  residential care, under religious auspices, for 32 dependent white children.  1929:  same name, 815 Washington Ave.; a maternity home for unwed mothers under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Case Histories:  a natural mother gave birth in 1957 at the Methodist Home and Hospital for unwed mothers and surrendered her baby to the home. A natural mother gave birth in 1953 at the Methodist Home Hospital for unwed mothers and surrendered her child to the Prentiss County Welfare Dept. in Booneville, Ms.; an adoptee was born in 1950 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and was baptized at St. Michaels Church; the placement was by Methodist Home Hospital, and the adoption was apparently finalized at Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.  An adoptee was born in 1946 at Methodist Home Hospital and was placed by the same for an adoption which was finalized in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Perhaps akin to:  1979:  The Methodist Hospital, 5620 Read Rd., 70127

Milne Boys Home.  1977 address 5420 Franklin Ave., 70122; residential care for boys age 8-16.  Perhaps named for Milne Blvd. or Road in this city.  Note:  Milne Home School for Girls, at 1913 Gentilly Blvd, is for mentally retarded girls.

Mount Carmel Asylum. 1922 address:  729 Piety St.; a Catholic home for 125 orphan and destitute girls, operated by Sisters of Mount Carmel; established in 1869.  Note:  in 1964 these nuns were active at Mount Carmel High School (for girls), 103 St. Charles St., Thibodeaux, La. 70130.

New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum. Also see Saint Elizabeth's' Home for Girls. 1944:  The New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum, 1314 Napoleon Ave.; a Catholic home for 43 white girls; operated by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul.  1933 census:  same name, no address; 120 white girls. 1923 census/1922:  same name, 1404 Clio St.; 120 white girls; established in 1840.

Poydras Female Orphan Asylum. 1933 census Poydras Female Orphan Asylum, no address; residential care, under private auspices for 79 dependent white girls.  1923 census:  Poydras Female Orphans Home , no address; 125 white girls; founded1856.

Protestant Home for Babies.

 1977 address:  1233 8th St., 70115; adoption and unwed mother services; residential care for both children and adolescents.  1972 to 1968:  same name and address + P. O. B. 15123; a private adoption agency serving protestants in Louisiana; adoptive parents are required to hire the agency's attorney who will file the petition for adoption in Orleans Parish.

1963:  Protestant Home for Babies 1233 8th St.; serves as a maternity home for unwed mothers.  1956 to 1947 same name 1219 8th St.; licensed for adoption.  1933 census:  same name, no address; residential care under religious auspices, 44 white children, age 0-3.

Case Histories:  A natural mother gave birth in 1947 at Charity Hospital and surrendered her baby the this agency; decades later, she requested the agency to contact the adoptive parents and they complied, but no reunion with the adoptee resulted.  An adoptee was born in 1957 at an unknown hospital in New Orleans and was placed by this agency; adoption was finalized at the Juvenile Court of the Parish of Orleans and the adoptee was raised in Baton Rouge.

Protestant Orphans Home. See (1) Episcopal Group Home and (2) Protestant Home for Babies.  1933 census:  The Protestant Orphans Home, no address; distinct from The Protestant Home for Babies.,  1923 census:  Protestant Orphans Home, no address; residential care, under the auspices of a private corporation for white children; established in 1854.

Roberson Memorial Home. 1933 census:  The W. E. and Frances Roberson Memorial Home, no address; under private auspices; for negro children.

Sacred Heart Orphanage.  1944:  Sacred Heart Orphan Asylum, 3400 Esplanade Ave.; a Catholic home for 72 children conducted by Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. (In 1976 this address was used by the Cabrini High School.)  1933 census:  Sacred Heart Orphanage, no address; for white girls.  1923census/1922:  Sacred Heart Orphan Asylum, 3400 Esplanade Ave.; 110 orphan and destitute girls of Italian extraction; Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart; established in 1893.

Saint Alphonsus Orphanage.  1923 census:  St. Alphonsus Orphan Asylum, no address; a Catholic home for 148 white children; established in 1877. 1922  St. Alphonsus Orphanage, 2709 Saratoga St.; Sisters of Mercy in charge.

Saint Anna's Asylum.  1925/23 census:  St. Anna's Asylum, 1823 Prytania St.; residential care under protestant auspices, for dependent white children and aged people; established in 1850 or 1847.

Saint Elizabeth's Home for Girls. See also The New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum.  1977:  St. Elizabeth's Home for Girls, 1314 Napoleon Ave., 70115; residential care, under Catholic auspices, for 57 girl; staffed by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul.  1964  St. Elizabeth's (Orphan Asylum), same address;  75 girls.  1922:  St. Elizabeth's House of Industry, same address; 175 dependent girls, age 12-15; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul established 1855.

Saint John Berchman's Asylum.  1964:  St. John Berchmans Asylum for Girls, 2710 Gentilly Blvd., 70122; a Catholic Home for 55 girls which is operated by Sisters of the Holy Family. 1944:  St. John Berchmans Asylum for Colored Girls 2710 Gentilly Ave.; 1933 census St. John Berchmans Asylum, no address; 75 negro girls.  1923 census:  same name, no address.  1922:  St. John Berchmans asylum for Colored Girls, 733 Orleans St.; 70 destitute colored girls; Sisters of the Holy Family; established between 1842 and 1875.

Saint Joseph's Maternity Hospital. See Saint Vincent Infant and Maternity Home.

St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. 1923 census/1922:  St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Josephine and Laurel Sts.; a Catholic home for 150 white children conducted by Sisters of Notre Dame; established in 1854.

Saint Mary's Catholic Orphan Boys Asylum. 1923 census/1922:  St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Boys Asylum, 4111 Chartres St.; a Catholic home for 256 orphan and delinquent white boys, age 2-4; conducted by Sister Marianites of Holy Cross; established 1835.

Saint Vincent Infant & Maternity Home. 1977:  St. Vincent Infant and Maternity Home, 1507 Magazine Street, 70130; adoption and unwed mother services under Catholic auspices and residential care for 40 babies; operated by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul. 1966:  St. Vincent's Infant Home, same address; a maternity home for unwed mothers; childbirth occurs at a local hospital; adoptions are handled by The Associated Catholic Charities. 1963:  Saint Vincent's Maternity Home, same address.  1944:  St. Vincent's Infant Asylum,  1507 Magazine St.; 120 inmates (including 60 orphans).

1937:  St. Joseph's Maternity Hospital, 1507 Magazine St.; a Catholic maternity and pediatric hospital conducted by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul; 10 beds and bassinets; opened in 1859.  1933 census:  St. Vincent's Infant Asylum, no address. 1925 to 1922: same name, 1507 Magazine St.; a Catholic maternity hospital and infant home with 188 children, age 0-5; no negro's accepted; established 1858; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul.

Case History:  A natural mother who gave birth in 1968 at West Jefferson General Hospital in Marrero says that she surrendered her child to "Saint Vincent De Paul" (The Saint Vincent De Paul Society does not usually act as an adoption agency, and this probably a confusion with Saint Vincent's Infant Home.

Sellers Baptist Home. 1977:  The Sellers Baptis Home and Adoption Center, 2010 Peniston St. , 70115; adoption and unwed mother services  residential care for children. 19762:  same name and address; serves Baptist families in the States of Southern Baptist Convention (which according to another source, involves all 50 states). 1966:  same name and address; an adoption agency and maternity home for unwed mothers, which is operated by The Southern Baptist home Mission BD., Atlanta Ga.; childbirth occurs at the Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans.

1963:  Sellers Baptist Home and Adoption Center, 2010 Peniston St.; 1957:  Baptist Baptist Baby Home, same address; an a adoption agency which places white babies in the states which are in the Southern Baptist Convention. Perhaps named for Sellers, La., in St. Charles Parish, not far from New Orleans.

Case Histories:  A natural mother gave birth in 1968 at Baptist Hospital and surrendered her baby to this agency. An adoptee was born in 1953 at Baptist Hospital and was placed by The Sellers Home for Unwed Mothers; adoption was finalized at the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Orleans, and the adoptee was raised in Dothan, Alabama.  An adoptee was born in 1951 at Sellers Baptist Baby Home and was adopted via the Home; this adoptee was raised in Birmingham, Al.

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 1933 census:  The Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, no address; a private agency with 613 white and negro children in its care.

Society for Relief of Destitute Orphan Boys. Also see Burton Memorial. 1925/23 census:  The Society for Relief of Destitute Orphan boys, 3320 Carrollton Ave.; residential care under private auspices , for 65 white boys; established in 1824.

Southern Baptist Hospital. 1979to 1973 address:  2700 Napoleon Ave., 70155.  1966: Southern Baptist Hospital is used by unwed mothers from Sellers Baptist Home and for complicated deliveries only. From Southern Methodist Home-Hospital. 1958: Southern Baptist Hospital, same address; a general hospital for 441 beds and 80 bassinets.  1937:  same name and address; 346 births in 1935; owned by the Hospital Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention which opened it in 1926. Case Histories:  See Sellers Baptist Home.

Volunteers of America.  Also see Booth Maternity Home.  1978 The Volunteers of America, 3720 Prytania St., 70115. The Southern Regional Director of the National Society of the Volunteers of America is here in New Orleans; HQ are in New York City.  1977:  Volunteers of America, 3801 Pitt St., 70115; adoption, unwed mother, and residential services under private auspices.  1972 same name and address; a non-sectarian adoption agency which sometimes places children out of the State.  It is unclear whether the agency's attorney must be hired by adoptive parents.

1966:  Volunteers of America 3801 Pitt St.; a maternity home for unwed mothers which is licensed for adoption; childbirth occurs at a local hospital.  1963 same name, 1636 Toledano St. 1956:  same name, 303-308 Vincent Bldg., Camp St. and commercial place; licensed for adoption.

1929:  Volunteers of America Maternity Home, no address; for unwed mothers.  1923 census:  (1) Volunteers of America Women's and Children's Home, no address; for whites; established in 1896; (2) Volunteers of America Colored Parental Home, no address; for 6 dependent non-white children; established in 1910.  Case History:  A natural mother gave birth in 1958 at the Sara Mayo Clinic and surrendered her child to this agency.