1848–1852 — Attends Yale College; graduates with B.A. (1852). Member of Skull & Bones, class of 1852. Uncle James L. Kingsley is a Yale professor; uncle Henry Coit Kingsley (Bones, 1834) is Yale Treasurer. Lives with the Kingsley family during his college years.
Source: PMC/National Institutes of Health, "Yale, Skull and Bones, and the Beginnings of Johns Hopkins" — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3012287/
Quote: "Gilman was born on July 6, 1831, to William Gilman and Eliza Coit Gilman in Norwich, Connecticut. Through his mother's family, there were strong ties to Yale and to Skull and Bones."
1852–1853 — Brief graduate study at Harvard University in geography.
1850–1852: Ongoing emigration, evictions, and demographic collapse; government policy remains primarily routed through Poor Law administration rather than renewed emergency provisioning.
Source: Britannica (landlord evictions + poor relief frame). https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Famine-Irish-history/Great-Famine-relief-efforts
Quote (locator: Britannica — “Great Famine relief efforts”, paragraph 2): “...hundreds of thousands of Irish tenant farmers and labourers were evicted during the years of the crisis.”
By 1852: Famine conditions ease unevenly; institutional legacy persists through land, governance, and migration patterns.
Source: National Archives of Ireland, Distress Papers & Relief Commission guide. https://nationalarchives.ie/help-with-research/research-guides/famine-records-distress-papers-and-the-relief-commission/
Quote (locator: NAI — “Background to the Distress Papers”): “By examining the Distress Papers, researchers can gain insights into the government’s response to the famine, the challenges faced by relief agencies and the broader impact of the crisis on Irish society.”
Quote: "In 1852 the bank loaned Archbishop Hughes money to buy lots on a Fifth Avenue site — then far uptown — where St. Patrick's Cathedral now stands." — Encyclopedia.com