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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 70 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 1985 (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

OAKES Harold
OAKLEY John Stewart
OATWAY H J
OATWAY Herbert James
OBENDORF Andrew
OBOYLE Martin
OBRIAN John
OBRIEN Agnes
OBRIEN Ann
OBRIEN Bridget
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Catherine
OBRIEN Conelia
OBRIEN Edward
OBRIEN Edward Thomas
OBRIEN Elizabeth
OBRIEN Ellen
OBRIEN Ellen
OBRIEN Ellen
OBRIEN Ellen
OBRIEN Florence M
OBRIEN Florence Margaret
OBRIEN Hannah
OBRIEN Henry Arthur
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James
OBRIEN James Joseph
OBRIEN Jane
OBRIEN Johanna
OBRIEN Johanna
OBRIEN Johanna
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John
OBRIEN John William
OBRIEN Margaret
OBRIEN Mary
OBRIEN Mary
OBRIEN Mary Anne
OBRIEN Matthew
OBRIEN Maurice
OBRIEN Maurice
OBRIEN Michael
OBRIEN Michael
OBRIEN Michael
OBRIEN Michael
OBRIEN Michael Nicholas
OBRIEN Norah
OBRIEN Norah
OBRIEN Patrick
OBRIEN Patrick
OBRIEN Patrick
OBRIEN Thomas
OBRIEN Thomas Joseph
OBRIEN William
OBRIEN William
OBROWN Murray
OBST Gustavus John
OBYRNE Patrick James
OCALLAGHAN Catherine
OCALLAGHAN Catherine
OCALLAGHAN F Mc C
OCALLAGHAN Jane
OCALLAGHAN Jane
OCALLAGHAN Sarah
OCALLAGHAN Sarah
OCALLAGHAN Thomas
OCKELFORD Isa
OCKENDEN Jessie
OCONNELL Elizabeth
OCONNELL John
OCONNELL John
OCONNELL Mary
OCONNELL Maurice J
OCONNELL Maurice J
OCONNELL Maurice John
OCONNELL Michael
OCONNELL Michael
OCONNELL Thomas
OCONNELL Thomas
OCONNELL Thomas
OCONNOR Annie
OCONNOR Annie
OCONNOR Arthur W
OCONNOR Arthur William
OCONNOR Bernjamine
OCONNOR Bridget
OCONNOR Bridget
OCONNOR Charles Stuart
OCONNOR Ellen
OCONNOR Ellen
OCONNOR Ellen
OCONNOR Ellen
OCONNOR Harry Andrew
OCONNOR James
OCONNOR James
OCONNOR James
OCONNOR John
OCONNOR John
OCONNOR John
OCONNOR John
OCONNOR Margaret
OCONNOR Mary
OCONNOR Mary
OCONNOR Mary
OCONNOR Michael
OCONNOR Michael
OCONNOR Michael
OCONNOR Michael
OCONNOR Patrick
OCONNOR Patrick
OCONNOR Robert Sydney
OCONNOR William
OCONNOR William
OCONNOR William
OCONNOR William
OCONNOR William Lawrence
ODEA Catherine
ODEA Catherine
ODEA Catherine
ODEA Kathleen Mary Patricia
ODOHERTY Annie
ODOHERTY Annie
ODOHERTY Anthony
ODOHERTY Anthony
ODOHERTY Daniel
ODOHERTY Denis
ODONNELL Bernard John
ODONNELL Christina
ODONNELL J
ODONNELL John
ODONNELL John
ODONNELL John
ODONNELL Joseph
ODONNELL Paddy
ODONNELL William Laurence
ODONNELL William Lawrence
ODONNELL William Lawrence
ODONOGHUE Thomas James
ODONOHOE Ellen
ODONOHOE John
ODONOHUE Charles Stanislaus
ODONOHUE Daniel
ODONOHUE Ellen
ODONOHUE Ellen
ODONOHUE John
ODONOHUE John
ODONOHUE John
ODONOVAN Thomas
ODOWD Ellen
ODOWD Ellen
ODOWD William
ODRISCOLL Ellen
ODRISCOLL Ellen
ODRISCOLL Ellen
ODRISCOLL Francis Edward
ODWYER Margaret
ODWYER Margaret
ODWYER Michael J
ODWYER Patrick A
ODWYER Patrick Aloysius
OECANKOFF Fader ?
OESTRIECH Henry
OFFORD Martha B
OFFORD Martha Bromley
OFLAHERTY Thomas James
OFLYNN Mary
OGATA (Japanese)
OGILVIE Anna
OGILVIE Anna
OGRADY James
OGRADY John
OGRADY Julia
OGRADY Julia
OGRADY Patrick
OGRADY Robert
OHAGAN Sarah Ann
OHAGAN Walter
OHALLARON Andrew (see OHALLORAN)
OHALLORAN Andrew
OHALLORAN Andrew
OHALLORAN Edmund
OHANLAN Annie Catherine
OHANLAN Annie Catherine
OHANLON Annie Catherine
OHARA A
OHARA Ann
OHARA John
OHARA Luke ?
OHARA Mary
OHARA Mary
OHARA
OHARE ..
OHARE Andrew
OHARE Andrew
OHARE Andrew
OHARE Mary
OHARE Mary
OHARE Mary
OHLBRECHT Otto
OHYE Batta Julia
OHYE Bertha Julia
OHYE Bertha Julia
OKANE Hugh
OKANE Mary Josephine
OKANE Thadeus
OKANE Thadeus
OKANE Thadeus
OKEEFE Agnes
OKEEFE Agnes
OKEEFE Agnes
OKEEFE Bridget
OKEEFE Cornelious
OKEEFE Cornelius
OKEEFE Cornelius
OKEEFE Cornelius
OKEEFE Denis
OKEEFE Edward Arthur
OKEEFE Ellen
OKEEFE Ellen
OKEEFE John
OKEEFE John
OKEEFE John
OKEEFE John
OKEEFE Joseph
OKEEFE Thomas
OKEEFE William
OKEEFFE Denis
OKEEFFE John Arthur Joseph
OKEEFFE John Arthur Joseph
OKEEFFE Thomas
OLAUGHLAN Ellen
OLAUGHLAN Ellen
OLAUGHLIN Henry James
OLAUGHLIN Thomas ?
OLAUGLAN Ellen
OLDENBURGH Maria
OLDENBURGH Maria
OLDFIELD George
OLDFIELD William
OLDFIELD William
OLDFIELD William
OLEAN Joseph
OLEAN Joseph
OLEAN Joseph
OLEAN Thomas
OLEAN Thomas
OLEARY Arthur
OLEARY Cornelius
OLEARY Elizabeth
OLEARY Elizabeth
OLEARY Ellen
OLEARY James
OLEARY James
OLEARY James
OLEARY Julia
OLEARY Kate
OLEARY Kate
OLEARY Margaret
OLEARY Matthew
OLEARY Matthew
OLEJKO Valentine
OLINDER Peter
OLIVE Mary Alice
OLIVER Isaac
OLIVER John
OLIVER John
OLIVER Joseph
OLIVER Michael
OLIVER Richard
OLLAGHAN John
OLLAGHAN John
OLLAGHAN John
OLLAGHAN John
OLLIER Ada Elizabeth
OLNEY Ernest Henry
OLNEY Ernest Henry
OLOGHLEN G M
OLOUGHLIN Ellen
OLOUGHLIN Thomas
OLOUGHRAN William
OLSEN Anne Thomas
OLSEN Annie
OLSEN Annie Thomas
OLSEN Carl W
OLSEN Christy
OLSEN Elizabeth
OLSEN Jacob
OLSEN Johann Martin
OLSEN Johann Martin
OLSEN Ole
OLSEN Ole
OLSEN Olive
OLSEN Olive
OLSEN Olivia Patria
OLSEN Oscar
OLSEN Oscar
OLSEN Oscar
OLSEN William Henry
OLSON Oliver
OMAHONEY Annie
OMALLEY Charles Michael
OMALLEY Frank
OMALLEY John
OMALLEY John
OMALLEY John
OMALLEY Patrick James
OMALLEY Peter Charles
OMALLEY William
OMALLEY William
OMALLEY William
OMARA Hannah Sydney ?
OMARA Hugh
OMARA John
OMARA Michael
OMARA Michael
OMARA Patrick
OMARA Thomas
OMEARA John
OMEROD John Roscoe
OMEROD Richard
ON Jim
ONEIL Alice
ONEIL Catherine
ONEIL Daniel
ONEIL Daniel
ONEIL Daniel
ONEIL Edward
ONEIL J D F
ONEIL J D F
ONEIL James
ONEIL John
ONEIL John
ONEIL John
ONEIL John
ONEIL John
ONEIL John
ONEIL Kate
ONEIL Kate
ONEIL Martin
ONEIL Mary Ann
ONEIL Patrick John
ONEILL Bernard
ONEILL Bridget
ONEILL Catherine
ONEILL Edwin James
ONEILL Hannah
ONEILL Harry
ONEILL Henry
ONEILL James
ONEILL James F ?
ONEILL John
ONEILL John
ONEILL Lawrence
ONEILL Martin
ONEILL Thomas
ONEILL Thomas
ONEILL Thomas (see NEILL)
ONEILL William Bernard
ONEILL William Bernard
ONG KEE (Chinese)
ONIONS Louis Napoleon
ONIONS Maud
OOM Bullo
OONDALLIE (South Sea Islander)
OPPERNON John
ORANGE Maria
OREARDON Daniel
OREGAN Joseph
OREGAN Kate
OREGAN Kate
OREGAN Kate
OREGAN Matthew John
OREILEY Mary
OREILLY Anthony
OREILLY Christine
OREILLY Francis
OREILLY Francis
OREILLY Francis Henry
OREILLY Frank
OREILLY Patrick
OREILLY Patrick
OREILLY Peter
OREILLY Robert
OREILLY Robert
OREILLY William
OREILLY William
ORIELLY Peter
ORIELLY Peter
ORILEY Elizabeth
ORILEY Elizabeth
ORILEY James
ORMEROD John Roscoe (see OMEROD)
ORMEROD Richard (see OMEROD)
OROOKE Godfrey (see OROURKE)
ORORKE Easter
OROURKE Godfrey
OROURKE Godfrey
OROURKE Godfrey
OROURKE James
OROURKE Mary Jane
OROURKE Thomas
OROURKE Thomas
ORR Phoebe
ORR Phoebe
ORR Rebecca
ORR Robert
ORR Robert
ORR Robert
ORR Robert
ORR Robert
ORR Thomas Shaw
ORWIN George
ORWIN George
OSBORNE Alfred C
OSBORNE Alfred Charles
OSBORNE Sydney Charles
OSBORNE William
OSBORNE William
OSHANNESSY Mary
OSHAUGHNESSY Kate
OSHAUGHNESSY Kate (or Mary)
OSHAUGHNESSY Mary (see OSHAUGHNESSY Kate)
OSHAY Denis Gregory (see OSHEA)
OSHEA Denis Gregory (or OSHAY)
OSHEA Harry
OSHEA Harry
OSHEA Henry
OSHEA Johanna
OSHEA John
OSHEA John
OSHEA Margaret
OSHEA Martin Vincent
OSHEA Michael
OSHEA Michael
OSHEA Michael
OSHEA Michael M
OSHEA Nellie
OSHEA Patrick
OSHEA Patrick
OSHEA Timothy
OSHEA Timothy J
OSHEA Timothy J
OSHEA Timothy Jeremiah
OSHEA William
OST John
OSTWALD Albert
OSTWALD Albert
OSULLIVAN Annie
OSULLIVAN Annie
OSULLIVAN Annie
OSULLIVAN Bridget
OSULLIVAN Catherine
OSULLIVAN Daniel
OSULLIVAN David
OSULLIVAN David
OSULLIVAN Edward
OSULLIVAN Elizabeth H
OSULLIVAN Ellen
OSULLIVAN Henry
OSULLIVAN James
OSULLIVAN Jeremiah
OSULLIVAN Jeremiah
OSULLIVAN Jeremiah
OSULLIVAN Johanna
OSULLIVAN John
OSULLIVAN John
OSULLIVAN Joseph Parker
OSULLIVAN Joseph Parker
OSULLIVAN Margaret
OSULLIVAN Margaret
OSULLIVAN Margaret
OSULLIVAN Mary Ann
OSULLIVAN Mary Frances
OSULLIVAN Patrick
OSULLIVAN Patrick
OSULLIVAN Patrick
OSULLIVAN Patrick
OSULLIVAN Timothy
OSULLIVAN Timothy
OSWIN Ada S
OTAAN (South Sea Islander)
OTOOLE Bridget
OTOOLE Margaret
OTOOLE Margaret
OTOOLE Margaret
OTOOLE Margaret
OTOOLE Matthew
OTT Charles
OTT Charles
OTT Charles
OTTO Emilie
OTTO Emilie
OTTO Emilie
OTTO Frederick
OVENDEN Ivy Maud
OW Jim
OWEN Eliza Jane
OWEN Fred
OWEN Fred
OWEN Fred
OWEN Fred
OWEN Victor
OWEN William
OWENS Catherine
OWENS David
OWENS David
OWENS Mary A
OWENS Mary Ann
OWENS Mary Ann
OWENS Samuel
OWENS Samuel
OWENS Sarah Ann
OWENS William
OWENS William
OWENS William

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)

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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