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Does your family history have someone who 'vanished'? If you cannot find a death certificate, or if children were raised by someone other than a parent, check mental asylum records. Reasons for admission include epilepsy, head injury, alcoholism, congenital defects, depression (including post-natal depression), etc. Many patients (adults and children) spent only days or weeks in an asylum before being discharged, and descendants would be unaware of that. I've spent many years creating indexes to make the information more accessible.

Mental asylums created documents whose usefulness varies. Other agencies and government departments created different types of records that are often even more useful. The records vary in content, but some give reasons for admission, and some have superb details about patients' relatives.

Before you check the list of names, please read this explanation carefully:

• Names are from more than sixty (60) series of original records.
• Some of these people were interstate or overseas, but most were in Queensland (Australia).
• Some were in an asylum. Others were only suspected of being of unsound mind.
• The original records are located in archives or libraries in Brisbane (Queensland).
• Dates of documents that I indexed: earliest 1860, latest 1980 (but most are before 1950).
• Names without a surname, eg 'BILLY (Aboriginal)', are listed under the first letter of the name.
• Scroll through the list to find spelling variants. Some names are spelled incorrectly in the records.
• '..' means either 'I could not decipher some letters' or 'name not specified'.
• A question mark means the spelling is in doubt or handwriting is difficult to read.
• Names beginning with 'Mc' precede other 'M' surnames.
• Apostrophes have been removed from names (eg, O'GRADY is listed as OGRADY).
• Some diacritical marks such as umlauts were removed by indexing software.
• If there are multiple entries for a name, there may be multiple people with the same name, or multiple documents (each with different information) for one person.
• For more information, follow the instructions on Insanity Services.

 Names beginning with: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   Y   Z

EADE George
EADE James
EADE James
EADES James Lindsay Gordon
EAGAN Catherine
EAGLESHAM Thomas
EAMES John
EARLEY Peter
EARLY Emma
EARXSON Elizabeth
EAST Charles
EASTERBROOK William
EASTERBROOK William
EASTERBROOK William
EASTERBROOK William
EASTERBROOK William
EASTERBROOK William
EASTGATE Lucy Marion
EASTON Helena Bland
EASTWOOD May
EAYRES Jane ?
EBAR Rose
EBBERS John
EBBS Charles William
EBBS Charles William
EBENSTON Joshua
EBENSTON Joshua
EBENSTONE Joshua
EBILING Wilhelmina
EBSWORTH Blanche
EBSWORTH Blanche
ECCLES Joseph
ECCLES Samuel
ECCLES William Joseph
ECHLIN Thomas
ECHLIN Thomas
ECHLIN Thomas
ECHO (Aboriginal)
ECKART Bertha
ECKART Emma
ECKHARDT Fred
ECKHARDT Fred
ECKHARDT Fred
ECKHART Anton
EDDIE (Aboriginal)
EDDY John
EDE .. (wife of Francis)
EDE Sarah B
EDE Sarah Batley
EDEL Otto
EDEL Otto
EDELFSEN Ludwig
EDGAR Agnes Jane
EDGAR Agnes Jane
EDGAR Agnes Jane
EDGAR James
EDGAR James
EDGAR James
EDGAR James
EDGEWORTH Sarah E
EDGEWORTH Sarah Ellen
EDGEWORTH Sarah Ellen
EDGEWORTH Sarah Ellen
EDMISTON William
EDMONDS John William
EDMONDS Ursula
EDMONDS Ursula
EDOLS Robert M
EDOLS Robert Mawby
EDWARDS Alexander Niven
EDWARDS Annie
EDWARDS Annie
EDWARDS Annie Elizabeth
EDWARDS Charles
EDWARDS Charlie
EDWARDS Charlie
EDWARDS Ed Arthur
EDWARDS Elizabeth
EDWARDS Ellen
EDWARDS Ellen
EDWARDS Ellen
EDWARDS Erica Margaret
EDWARDS Ethel Mary
EDWARDS Ethel Maud
EDWARDS Evan
EDWARDS Evan
EDWARDS Frederick
EDWARDS Frederick
EDWARDS Frederick
EDWARDS George Lewin
EDWARDS James
EDWARDS James
EDWARDS James
EDWARDS John
EDWARDS John
EDWARDS John
EDWARDS Kate
EDWARDS Kate
EDWARDS Kate
EDWARDS Katherine Ann
EDWARDS Marie
EDWARDS Marie
EDWARDS Marie
EDWARDS Mary Jane
EDWARDS Samuel
EDWARDS Samuel R R
EDWARDS Sarah
EDWARDS Thomas
EDWARDS Thomas
EDWARDS Thomas (see Cornelious OKEEFE)
EDWARDS William H
EDWARDS William Holt
EDWARDS William Holt
EGAN Adelaide Louisa
EGAN Annie
EGAN Annie
EGAN Catherine
EGAN Catherine
EGAN Eliza
EGAN Eliza
EGAN Eliza
EGAN James
EGAN James
EGAN John
EGAN John
EGAN Margaret
EGAN Margaret
EGAN Margaret
EGAN Michael John
EGAN Patrick Joseph
EGAN Patrick Joseph
EGAN William
EGAN William John
EGDMANN Frederick F
EGERT Charles
EGGAR Frederick Edward
EGGERSDORFF Justine
EGGLESTON John
EGGLESTON John
EGINGTON Louisa
EGLI Alfons
EGLINGTON Harry H
EHBRICH Adolph
EHELIER Charlott
EHELIER Charlotte
EHLAERS Charlotte
EHLARS Charlotte
EHLARS Charlotte
EHLER Peter
EHLRICH A B
EHLRICH Adolph
EHRHARDT Regina
EICHMANN Augusta A W
EICHMANN Auguste A W
EICHMANN Auguste Albertina
EICHMANN Auguste Albertina Wilhelmina
EICKENLOFF Emma Matilda
EICKLER Chas F
EIGEL Nicholas
EIGEL Nicholas
EISELOE Mary
EISILOE Mary
EISILOE Mary
EJELIA Michael
EK Herman Theo
EK Herman Theodore
EKIE Jimmy
EKIE Jimmy (Polynesian)
EKINS Charles Allan
EKLAND Caroline
ELBORNE Julia
ELBORNE Julia
ELD William
ELDER Thomas
ELDRICH Charles A
ELDRIDGE James
ELIMAN John
ELLEN Eliza
ELLEN Eliza
ELLEN Eliza
ELLENDEN Mary
ELLENDEN Mary
ELLENDEN Mary
ELLENDEN Mary
ELLERY Frederick
ELLES Louisa
ELLIMAN John
ELLINGHAM Alfred
ELLINGHAM Alfred
ELLIOT Arthur Bowen
ELLIOTT Alfred Chas
ELLIOTT Angel
ELLIOTT Arthur Bowen
ELLIOTT Charles John
ELLIOTT Ellen Marie
ELLIOTT Ellen Marie
ELLIOTT George
ELLIOTT George
ELLIOTT John Alexander
ELLIOTT Matilda
ELLIOTT Matilda
ELLIOTT Matilda
ELLIOTT Richard
ELLIOTT Robert
ELLIOTT Thomas
ELLIOTT William
ELLIS David
ELLIS David
ELLIS Emanuel
ELLIS Emanuel
ELLIS James
ELLIS John Henry
ELLIS John Henry
ELLIS John Henry
ELLIS Leonard
ELLIS William
ELLISON Charles
ELLISON Charles F
ELLISON Charles Francis
ELLISON Charles Francis
ELLISON Francis
ELLISON Francis
ELLISON Frank
ELLISON J C
ELLISON John C
ELLISON John Clement
ELLISON John Clement
ELMORE John William
ELMS Robert
ELPHICK Edward Leslie
ELRICH A B (see EHLRICH)
ELSAESSER (see ELSASSER)
ELSASSAR Gottleib
ELSASSER Gottleib
ELSBURY George Stephen
ELSBURY Stephen
ELSBURY Thomas
ELSE Thomas
ELSE Thomas
ELSIE (Aboriginal)
ELSNER John Reginald
ELY William
ELZY George Henry
EMELLE Noter
EMERICK Frederick
EMERSON Laura
EMERSON Laura
EMIL Fritschi
EMMELHAINZ Victor H
EMMELHAINZ Victor Herman
EMMETT Albert
EMMETT Lizzie
EMMOTT Elizabeth
ENCILIO Columbo ?
ENDERS Grace
ENDERS Grace
ENGELS Emily
ENGLES Emily
ENGLET Thomas
ENGLETT Thomas
ENGLISH Elizabeth
ENGLISH Elizabeth
ENGLISH Elizabeth
ENGLISH George
ENGLISH George Bulpit
ENGLISH William
ENGLISH William
ENGSTROM John
ENGSTROM John
ENGSTRUM John
ENNIS Ellen
ENRICO Cao ? (see CAO Enrico)
ENRIGHT John
ENRIGHT John James
ENRIGHT John James
ENRIGHT Thomas
ENSOR Theresa Margaret
ENTSCH Mabel Evelyn
EPPENGER Annie
EPPIE (South Sea Islander; alias HABEY Tommy)
EPPINGER Annie
EPPLE Henry
ERICKSEN Andres
ERICKSEN Lars Peter
ERICKSON Charles
ERICKSON Elizabeth
ERICKSON Elizabeth
ERICSON Emelia
ERICSSEN N A A
ERICSSEN Niels A A
ERNEST Gustave
ERNEST Gustave
ERNESTINE Franz
ERNESTON Ernest
ERNESTON Ernest
ERNESTON Ernest
ERNESTSON Ernest (see ERNESTON)
ERSKINE William
ERSTEINE William
ESLEA Charles
ESTERBROOK Joseph
ESTLER Max Bruno
ESTLER Max Bruno
ETHERINGTON Martha
EUCILIO Columbo ?
EVANOFF John
EVANS Alfred John
EVANS Alice
EVANS Ann
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie
EVANS Annie (or EVEANS)
EVANS Arnold Louis
EVANS Arnold Louis
EVANS Charles
EVANS Charles
EVANS Charles
EVANS Charlie
EVANS Evan (d.1896)
EVANS Francis William
EVANS George
EVANS George
EVANS George Rudolph Montague
EVANS Jane
EVANS Jane
EVANS Margaret
EVANS Marion
EVANS Mary Ellen
EVANS Mary Lucy
EVANS Mary Lucy
EVANS Rees
EVANS Robert
EVANS S A (mother of Annie)
EVANS Sarah Ann
EVANS Susan
EVANS Thomas Frederick
EVANS Tom
EVEANS Annie (see EVANS)
EVENDEN Mary Susan
EVENDEN Mary Susan
EVEREST Charles Fanshawe
EVEREST Frederick William
EVERETT Francis Thomas Rutledge
EVERETT Margaret
EVERETT Winifred Maud
EVERILL Henry Charles
EVERTON Annie
EVERY Andrew
EVINS Evin
EVRITT Frank
EWALD Michael
EWING James Henry
EWING James Henry
EWING Ruby
EYPRIEN Rey
EZZY Harriet
EZZY Harriett

Names beginning with other letters

Explanation of these names

For information about mental asylum patients, follow the instructions on 'Insanity Services'.

Other Suggestions (links open in a new window)

Other Suggestions (links open in a new window)

Many useful sources are listed in my mini-guide Researching Mental Asylum Patients.

Children in Mental Asylums.

Annual Reports of asylums (Queensland).

Other records that I'm indexing (watch for announcements on What's New).

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