For a long time, Frances Nadeau was something of a mystery to the GMM Team. Thanks to her admission records, we knew that she was Irish-born from Co. Armagh, a Catholic, and a mother with a history of post-partum psychosis. She was a patient during Dr. Joseph Workman’s time in charge of the PLA, but … Continue reading Frances Mullen Nadeau
Patient Profiles
Den(n)is McNamara
"In the summer of 1844, Dennis had become increasingly 'restless at night'."
Letitia Stephens
AO, RG 10 20-B-4, 1, Provincial Lunatic Asylum Register, "Letitia Stephens." We’re not exactly sure when Letitia Stephens arrived in the Canadas, but she certainly was part of the pre-Famine wave of Irish immigrants, likely crossing the Atlantic in either the 1820s or the 1830s. Her first committal papers at the Provincial Lunatic Asylum in … Continue reading Letitia Stephens
Gender, Migration, and Madness Research Project 