Victims of Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is said to be the murderer of five women prostitutes, Mary Anne "Polly" Nichols, Anne Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Cathrine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. There are several other murders after the 5 'true' Jack the Ripper murders but the police believe that Jack the Ripper was only resposible for the first five. All five of the victims have similar stories which lead us to believe that Jack the Ripper had certain targets in mind.
Mary Anne Nicolas (Polly Nicolas)
Grave of Polly Nichols
Polly Nicolas was the first of all the Jack the Ripper vicitims. She was born on August 26, 1845. Her features were she was 5'2" tall with brown eyes.
Her father was a black smith, or officially a lock smith. Polly married William Nichols on 16 August 1864. She was about 22 years old when she got married. They had five children. Polly Nicols had a final divorce in 1881. A year after the divorce, Nicolas discovered that Polly was a prostitute. Before her death, Polly was last seen leaving her lodging house at 18 Thrawl Street. Suprisingly her room was found clean. She had paid 4p for the room. Polly was wearing a new bonnet hat and her last words were ''Look at my joly bonnet," and off she went. At about 3:40 her body was discovered in Bucks Row by Charles Row. She was 42 years old when she was died in 1888.
Her father was a black smith, or officially a lock smith. Polly married William Nichols on 16 August 1864. She was about 22 years old when she got married. They had five children. Polly Nicols had a final divorce in 1881. A year after the divorce, Nicolas discovered that Polly was a prostitute. Before her death, Polly was last seen leaving her lodging house at 18 Thrawl Street. Suprisingly her room was found clean. She had paid 4p for the room. Polly was wearing a new bonnet hat and her last words were ''Look at my joly bonnet," and off she went. At about 3:40 her body was discovered in Bucks Row by Charles Row. She was 42 years old when she was died in 1888.
Annie Chapman
Anne chapman
Annie Chapman was known to be Jack the rippers second victims, she was born in 1841. Her father was a servant and a formerly soldier. Annie was a very heavy drinker but not an alcoholic and like all the other victims worked as a prostitute because of the bad economy and the poverty that fled the east end. In 1869 she married a coachman, John Chapman. They go to live with her mother and have three children; Emily (1870), Annie (1873), and John (1881). John becomes a cripple and is sent to a home, Emily dies of meningitis at age telve and Annie leaves to a French traveling circus.