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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

PAAVOLA Pavo
PADAN John
PADDLE John
PADGET May
PAGE Albert
PAGE Amy Elizabeth
PAGE Emily Ruth
PAGE Francis
PAGE Harry
PAGE Mick (see PAGE Thomas Vincent)
PAGE Thomas Vincent (Mick)
PAGE William
PAGE William
PAGE William
PAGE William J
PAGE William Joseph
PAGEL .. (wife of Carl)
PAGEL Eda
PAGEL Emilie
PAGEL Emilie
PAGEL Emilie
PAGEL Fred (part Aboriginal)
PAGEL Jane
PAGEL Reinhardt
PAGET Henry
PAGET Jane
PAGETT Elizabeth Sarah
PAIN Irene Claris
PAKKONEN Matti
PALFREY Jeremiah
PALINERO Annie ?
PALMER Albert
PALMER Alexander
PALMER Charles
PALMER George
PALMER Jackey (Aboriginal)
PALMER James Henry
PALMER John William
PALMER Laura Kate
PALMER Margaret
PALMER William Cecil
PAMPLING Joseph
PAMPLING Joseph
PANDMORE Mary Ellen
PANDMORE Mary Ellen
PANDMORE Mary Ellen
PANKEY Hannah
PANKEY Hannah
PANKO Richard
PANTLIN John
PANTLIN John
PANTON John F
PAOLO Cicini
PARISH Albert
PARISH Albert
PARISH Charles
PARISH Charles
PARISH George
PARISH George
PARISH George
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARISH Sarah
PARK Robert
PARK William Thomas
PARKENSON Charles ? (see PARKINSON)
PARKER Alice Britton
PARKER Amos
PARKER Ellen
PARKER Ellen
PARKER Emma Elizabeth
PARKER John
PARKER John
PARKER John W
PARKER John W
PARKER John William
PARKER John William
PARKER John William
PARKER Joseph James
PARKER William Henry
PARKER William Henry James
PARKES Charles
PARKES John
PARKES Thomas
PARKES Thomas
PARKES Thomas
PARKINSON Charles
PARKINSON Charles
PARKINSON Charles (or PARKENSON)
PARKINSON Charles F
PARKINSON William
PARKS Sophia
PARKS William
PARKS William
PARNEL Minnie
PARNEL Minnie
PARNEL Minnie
PARNELL Ernest
PAROOROW (South Sea Islander)
PAROOROW
PAROOROW
PAROZ Edward C
PAROZ Edward Constant
PARR George
PARR Robert
PARRAMORE Thomas
PARRINDER John Thomas
PARROTT Elizabeth
PARROTT Elizabeth
PARRY John Edward
PARRY John Edward
PARSONS Frederick
PARSONS Harry
PARSONS James
PARSONS Laurence
PARSQUALINI Alberto Antonio
PASCO Charles
PASCOE Lydia
PASCOE Mary Ann
PASCOE Rose Evelyn
PASHEN Mary Ann Martha
PASSMORE George
PASSMORE George
PASSMORE Mary
PASSMORE Mary
PASSMORE Mary
PASSMORE Thomas
PASSMORE Thomas
PATERSON Agnes Jane
PATERSON Agnes Jane
PATERSON Alfred
PATERSON Daniel
PATERSON James
PATERSON John
PATERSON John Joseph
PATERSON John Joseph
PATERSON Joseph
PATERSON William
PATHAWAY Edwin
PATON James (see PATTEN; d. 1868)
PATON Jane
PATRICK Alfred Palmer
PATRICK Charles William
PATRICK Elizabeth
PATRICK Elizabeth
PATRIDGE Katherine
PATTEN Charles
PATTEN Charles B
PATTEN Charles Banger
PATTEN Charles Bauger
PATTEN J
PATTEN James (or PATON; d. 1868)
PATTERSON Allan
PATTERSON August
PATTERSON Edith M
PATTERSON George
PATTERSON George
PATTERSON Harry
PATTERSON James
PATTERSON James
PATTERSON John
PATTERSON John
PATTERSON John Leslie
PATTERSON Martin
PATTERSON Mary
PATTERSON Mary
PATTERSON Mary
PATTERSON William
PATTERSON William
PATTISON Matthew
PAUL James
PAUL James
PAUL William Rowe
PAULINE John
PAULL Anne Milton
PAURIEL Richard (or PAURIL ?)
PAVEY Annie Margaret Winifred
PAVONI Gaetoni
PAWSON Catherine ?
PAWSON John Albert Victor
PAXTON Walter
PAYER Ham
PAYNE A Jane
PAYNE Alfred
PAYNE Alfred
PAYNE Alfred
PAYNE Alfred
PAYNE Ann Jane
PAYNE Annie
PAYNE Francis J A
PAYNE George
PAYNE Julia Finch ?
PAYNE Samuel
PAYNE Samuel
PAYNE Samuel
PAYNE Samuel
PAYNE William
PAYNTER Rosina
PAYNTER Rosina
PAYNTER Rosina
PAYNTER Rosina
PEACE James
PEACE James
PEACOCK George Arthur
PEACOCK Walter
PEACOCK Walter
PEAK Fred
PEAK Frederick
PEAK George
PEAK George
PEAK George
PEAKE Benjamin
PEAKE George
PEAKE William
PEAKE William
PEAKER Francis Joseph Stephenson
PEARAN Matthew
PEARCE Abel
PEARCE Ada
PEARCE Charles
PEARCE Edward John
PEARCE Edwin
PEARCE Frederick Thomas
PEARCE George Forest
PEARCE Grace
PEARCE Grace
PEARCE Henry E
PEARCE Henry Edward
PEARCE James
PEARCE James
PEARCE Josephine
PEARCE Lilian Gertrude
PEARCE Mary
PEARCE Mary
PEARCE Patrick
PEARCE Patrick
PEARCE Patrick
PEARCE Patrick
PEARCE Thomas
PEARCE Walter Henry
PEARL James
PEARN Louisa
PEARN Louisa
PEARN Louisa
PEARN Louisa
PEARN Louisa
PEARSE Henry Edward
PEARSE Mary Anne
PEARSE Mary Ward
PEARSE May Ward
PEARSON Augusta Wilhelmina
PEARSON Dina B V
PEARSON Esther
PEARSON Gussie
PEARSON Gussy
PEARSON Gussy
PEARSON Margaret Ellen
PEARSON William
PEAT William
PEAT William
PEAT William
PEAT William
PECHEY Helen Maria
PECHEY Helen Maria
PECHEY Marion
PECK Benjamin
PECK Benjamin
PEDERSEN Alice May
PEDERSEN Hannah M
PEDERSEN Hannah M
PEDERSEN Hannah M
PEDERSEN Hannah Maria
PEDERSEN May
PEDERSEN Paul
PEDERSON Hannah Maria (see PEDERSEN Hannah Maria)
PEEL Mary Ann
PEELE Ina B
PEIRCE Philip Leslie
PEITRO Dalmareo ?
PEMBER Robert
PENDALL Elizabeth
PENDER Kathleen Mary
PENDER Patrick
PENDER Patrick ?
PENE Josephine
PENGALLY Henry
PENGELLY Henry
PENGELLY Henry
PENGELLY Henry
PENGELLY William
PENGILLEY William James
PENGILLY Henry
PENGILLY Henry
PENGILLY Henry
PENGILLY Henry
PENGILLY Henry
PENHALLURICK Grace
PENHALLURICK Grace
PENNA William Edward
PENNELLY Joseph
PENNY Annie
PENNY George Edward
PENNY John
PENO Patrick
PENO Patrick
PENSINI Geovanni
PENTECOST Billie (alias Blooranta) (South Sea Islander)
PENTECOST Charlie (South Sea Islander)
PEOPLES Agnes Mary
PEPPERDINE Lilly May
PEPPLER Robert
PERCIBLE Arthur
PERCIVAL Elizabeth
PERCIVAL Elizabeth
PERCIVAL Elizabeth
PERCIVAL Elizabeth
PERCIVAL Eva Emily
PERCY Mary
PERE William
PERINA Frederick
PERINE Frederick
PERKINS Emma
PERKINS George
PERKINS Sarah Jane
PEROTT Sarah Augusta
PERRETT Gilbert
PERRIN Alice Amelia ?
PERROS [ask me about the given name]
PERROTT Martha
PERRY Augusta
PERRY Augusta
PERRY George
PERRY George
PERRY Harriet
PERRY Harriett
PERRY Hugh
PERRY Jane
PERRY Margaret
PERRY Margaret
PERRY Robert
PERSKE Albertina
PERTELS John
PERTLES John
PETCHEY Thomas
PETER (Aboriginal)
PETER (Aboriginal)
PETER (Cingalese)
PETER (South Sea Islander)
PETER John Hilmer
PETERKIN William
PETERKIN William
PETERS Annie
PETERS David
PETERS Henry
PETERS Jean
PETERS Joseph
PETERS Joseph
PETERS Joseph
PETERS Richard Watson
PETERS Richard Watson
PETERS William
PETERS William
PETERSEN Anna Maria
PETERSEN Caroline
PETERSEN Caroline
PETERSEN Christiana
PETERSEN Frederick
PETERSEN Hans
PETERSEN Jacob ?
PETERSEN John D
PETERSEN Kohn
PETERSEN Kohn
PETERSEN Lars
PETERSEN Laurace
PETERSEN Mary
PETERSEN Mary
PETERSEN Peter Nisen
PETERSEN Theodore
PETERSEN Theodore
PETERSON Amy Maud
PETERSON Anna Maria
PETERSON Anna Maria
PETERSON Christiana
PETERSON Christiana
PETERSON Dora
PETERSON Elsa
PETERSON Gustav Adolf
PETERSON Gustave Albert
PETERSON Mary Louisa Ann
PETERSON William
PETFORD Louisa
PETFORD Louisa O
PETFORD Louisa Osborne
PETFORD Louise O
PETHER Henry
PETRIE Alexander
PETRIE James Bertram
PETRIE Robert S
PETRIE Robert S
PETRIE Robert S
PETRIE Robert S
PETROFF Alexander
PETSCH William
PETTERSEN Anna
PETTERSEN Carl Alfred
PETTY Henry David
PETTY Margaret
PFLUGRADT Adeline Bertha
PFRUNDER Ernest
PHAN Maria
PHAYER Michael Conleith
PHELAN Edward James
PHELAN Michael
PHELAN William Patrick Mulhall
PHIE George
PHIE George
PHIE James
PHIE James
PHIE William
PHILBEY Joe
PHILLIPE (Manilla)
PHILLIPS Annie
PHILLIPS Bessie
PHILLIPS Charles
PHILLIPS David
PHILLIPS David
PHILLIPS David
PHILLIPS Elizabeth Mary
PHILLIPS Emma
PHILLIPS Fanny
PHILLIPS Frank
PHILLIPS Frank
PHILLIPS Howard
PHILLIPS Howard
PHILLIPS Howard
PHILLIPS Ilma
PHILLIPS Jack
PHILLIPS Jack
PHILLIPS James
PHILLIPS James
PHILLIPS James
PHILLIPS Jessie
PHILLIPS Jessie
PHILLIPS John
PHILLIPS John
PHILLIPS John
PHILLIPS John
PHILLIPS John Westbrook
PHILLIPS John Westbrook
PHILLIPS Robert A
PHILLIPS Thomas
PHILLIPS Thomas
PHILP Jessie
PHIPPEN James
PHIPPS George H B
PHIPPS Sarah Lily Agnes
PHIPPS Thomas
PICCINELLI Catrina
PICCINELLI Catrina
PICCINELLI Catrina
PICKARD George
PICKELS Matthew William
PICKERING John
PICKERING Sarah
PICKLES Maria
PICKLES Maria
PICKLES Maria
PICKLES Matthew William
PICKSTONE Jane
PICKSTONE Jane ?
PICKSTOW Jane ? (see PICKSTONE)
PICKUP John
PICKUP John
PIDCOCK Lydia
PIDCOCK Lydia
PIDD William
PIDD William
PIDGEON James
PIEPER Stanley
PIERCE Beatrice Eliza
PIERCE Grace
PIERCE Thomas
PIERCE Thomas
PIERCE Thomas
PIGG Annie
PILKINGTON Ruth
PILKINGTON Ruth
PILLINGER George
PINCH Alfred E
PINKERTON Agnes
PINKERTON Fanny
PINKERTON Fanny
PINKERTON Fanny
PINTECOST Charlie (South Sea Islander) (see PENTECOST Charlie)
PIPER Edward
PIPER Edward
PIPER Elizabeth
PISTORIOUS Frederick
PISTORIUS Fred
PISTORIUS Frederick
PISTORIUS Frederick
PISTORIUS Frederick
PISTORIUS Frederick
PISTORIUS Frederick
PITCHER Robert
PITMAN Josephine
PITT Annie
PITT Annie
PITT Annie
PITT Elizabeth
PITT Elizabeth
PITT John
PITT Ruth
PITT Ruth
PITTAWAY Edwin
PITTMAN Charles
PLANT Samuel John
PLANT Susan Rachel
PLANT Susan Rachel
PLATANOFF .. (Mrs)
PLATELL Mary Ann
PLATTS Ann
PLATTS Ann
PLATTS Ann
PLATTS Ann
PLATTS Ann
PLATTS Annie
PLATTS Annie
PLATTS Annie
PLATTS Annie
PLATTS John
PLATZ Joseph
PLATZ Joseph
PLEACE Maria Ann
PLEGLER Henry
PLOVER Stephen
PLOVER Thomas Arthur
PLUMMER James
PLUMMER Kevin Rupert Edgar
PLUMMER William John
PLUMRIDGE Mary Ann
PLUNKETT James
PLUNKETT James
PLUNKETT John
PLUNKETT John
PLUNKETT Mary
POACHER John
POCOCK Sarah Jane
POCOCK William James
POHL John
POHL John
POHL Sarah
POHL Sarah
POHLMAN Charles
POHLMAN Frank
POHLMAN Ingburg Henrietta
POICE Emily ?
POLK Ellen
POLK Ellen
POLLARD Elizabeth M
POLLARD Elizabeth Maud
POLLEY Amelia
POLLEY Emily
POLLOCK James
POLLOCK James
POLLOCK James
POLLOCK James
POLLY (Aboriginal)
POLLY (Aboriginal)
POLLY (Aboriginal)
POLLY Amelia
POLLY Emily
POLMEAR Elizabeth
POLWORTH James
POMEROY Daisy Gladys
POMEROY Daisy Gladys
POMPEY (Aboriginal)
PONCABGEE Alfreda
PONTEE Emma
POOL Alice
POOL Alice
POOL George
POOL George
POOL Kate
POOLE Albert
POOLE Annie
POOLE Emily Auguste
POOLE James
POOLE Rose
POOLE Rose
POOLE Rose
POOLE Rose
POOLE Rose
POOLE Rose
POOLE Samuel
POOLE Samuel
POOLE Thomas
POOMASSI (South Sea Islander)
POPE Catherine
POPE Catherine
POPE Catherine
POPE Florence
POPE Kate
POPE Kate
POPE Phyllis Martha
POPHAM Hannah
POPHAM Hannah
POPHAM Hannah
PORTER A
PORTER Alexander
PORTER Alexander
PORTER Alfred James
PORTER Alice Ida
PORTER Catherine
PORTER Francis
PORTER Francis
PORTER Frank
PORTER Frank
PORTER Fred
PORTER Grace Nellie
PORTER Phillip
PORTER Phillip
PORTER Rebecca
PORTER Rebecca
PORTEUS Frank
PORTZABA Annie Amelia
POTTER Charles Joseph
POTTER Jessie
POTTER Ruby May
POUDENS Maria Mary ?
POULSEN Edward
POULSON Robert Bell
POULTNEY Robert
POULTNEY Robert
POULTNEY Robert
POULTON John
POUSTIE Matilda
POUTEE Emma
POWE Arthur Henry
POWE Arthur Henry
POWELL Albert Ernest
POWELL Alice Somerset
POWELL Alice Somerset
POWELL Daniel
POWELL Frederick
POWELL George
POWELL George
POWELL George
POWELL George
POWELL Harry
POWELL Harry George
POWELL Henry P
POWELL Herbert John
POWELL Jane Elizabeth
POWELL John
POWELL John
POWELL Martha Ann
POWELL Mary Ann C
POWELL Mary Ann C
POWER Albert
POWER Arthur G
POWER Arthur G
POWER David
POWER David
POWER Francis Bryan
POWER Henry
POWER Henry
POWER Henry
POWER James Pearce
POWER John Henry
POWER John Patrick
POWER John Patrick
POWER Kate
POWER Lawrence
POWER Mabel Albina
POWER Margaret Mary
POWER Margaret Mary
POWER Maurice Daniel
POWER Michael
POWER Michael
POWER Michael
POWER Michael
POWER Nicholas
POWER Nicholas
POWER Thomas
POWER William
POWLES Abesyker
POWLES Abesyker
POWTER Florence Mattie
POY Sea
PRAM Singh
PRANTON William
PRATT James Healey
PRATT Johanna
PRATT Naomi
PRATT Percy Edward
PRATTEN Frances Florence
PRENZLER Mary Sophie
PRERE Ellen
PRESCOTT Alexander
PRESTIGE Thomas Preston
PRESTON .. (male)
PRESTON Bridget Mary Josephine
PRESTON George
PRESTON George
PRESTON George
PRESTON Hannah Louisa
PRICE .. (Mrs)
PRICE Annie
PRICE Arthur Ernest
PRICE Benjamin E
PRICE Benjamin Ed
PRICE Benjamin Edward
PRICE Christopher J D
PRICE Christopher John D
PRICE Christopher John Dean
PRICE Dorothy Pearl
PRICE Emily
PRICE Emily
PRICE Emily
PRICE Emily
PRICE Frank
PRICE George
PRICE Isabella
PRICE Isabella Jane
PRICE Isabella Jane
PRICE Joseph
PRICE Joseph
PRICE Louisa
PRICE Margaret
PRICE Mary
PRICE Morgan
PRICE Norman
PRICE Norman
PRICE Percy
PRICE Phoebe
PRICE Phoebe
PRICE Sarah Jane
PRICE William Richard
PRIDEAUX Henry
PRIDGEON Walter
PRIEST Henry Hayward
PRIGENT Louis
PRIGGINS Benjamin
PRIM TILI
PRIMITILE (Manilla)
PRINCE Elizabeth
PRINCE Eve
PRINCE Eve
PRINCE Margaret Alice
PRINGLE Lilian Jane
PRINGLE Margaret
PRINGLE Margaret
PRIOR John
PRIOR Lily
PRIOR Lily
PRIOR Thomas
PRISK Joseph
PRITCHARD Albert
PRITCHARD David Lewis
PRITCHARD John
PRITCHARD John
PRITCHARD Richard W
PRITCHARD Richard W
PRITCHARD Richard Wallace
PROBERT Ambrose
PROCTOR Joseph
PROCTOR Joseph
PROFFIT Ada
PROFFIT Ada
PROFFITT William
PROTHERO Louisa
PROTHERS John Arthur
PROUDLEY Alice Ann
PROUDLEY Nellie
PROUDLOCK Louis
PROVOST Maria
PRUDENCE Mary
PRUDENCE Mary
PRUDENCE Mary
PRYN Andre Maria ?
PUDJAR Harry
PUDMORE Mary E
PUDMORE Mary Ellen (see PANDMORE)
PUGH Albert
PUGH Charlotte
PUGH William
PUGSLEY Catherine
PUISACH Aurora
PUMMELL William Henry
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL Bridget
PURCELL George
PURCELL James
PURCELL John
PURCELL John
PURCELL Josepha
PURCELL Josepha ?
PURCELL Mary
PURCELL Mary
PURCELL Patrick
PURCELL Thomas
PURCELL Thomas Lawrence
PURDY Ann
PURDY Ann
PURSALL George Harry
PURSER John Albert
PURTILL Norah
PURVES James
PURVES James
PURVES James
PURVES James
PURVIS James
PURVIS James
PURVIS Mary Ellen
PUTT Edward
PUTTAM Jimmy
PUTTICK George Lawrence
PUZZI John
PYBUS Charles
PYBUS John Alfred
PYBUS John Alfred
PYE Charlotte
PYE Charlotte
PYLE John
PYLE Walter Carpenter
PYNE Leslie

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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