Olivet v. Whitworth
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. In 1873 William Charles Whitworth, an embosser, and his wife both died of typhus fever at the Stockwell Hospital, London, within three weeks of one another. They left surviving them seven young children.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. In 1873 William Charles Whitworth, an embosser, and his wife both died of typhus fever at the Stockwell Hospital, London, within three weeks of one another. They left surviving them seven young children. One of these, named Sophia Matilda, who had been born two years before in one of the Courts of Drury Lane, was at first placed by an uncle, upon the death of her parents, in a work-house, and was subsequently removed to an orphanage at Hornsby. In 1875, Mrs. Ann Pleasants, a wealthy American lady then residing in Europe, saw the child at the…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
From the record in this case we find that William Charles Whitworth and his wife, Sophia Matilda Whitworth, died in September, 1873, in London, England, leaving surviving *275them five children. The youngest of these, Sophia Matilda, who was about two years of age when her parents died, was taken charge of by an uncle, who shortly after placed her in an orphan asylum in London. Not long afterwards Mrs. Ann P. Pleasants, an American lady who was traveling abroad, adopted her. She assumed the name of Aimée Page'Pleasants and lived with Mrs. Pleasants until the death of the latter, who left her a…
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