1865

Mary Ellen Wilson; Frances Connor [Wilson]; Martha Score

• 1865, July 7 — Martha Score, unable to continue care, turns Mary Ellen (listed as eighteen months old) over to the New York City Department of Charities and Corrections. Frances Wilson disappears from Mary Ellen's life.
  • Source: Racheal Mastel, "Who Will Speak for the Children," Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Vol. 37, 2025, p. 546 (https://www.aaml.org/wp-content/uploads/37-2_Article-5.pdf)