Elizabeth Stride (Long Liz)
At 44, born in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1843, named Elizabeth
Gustafsdotter. After becoming a registered prostitute and giving birth
to a still born girl, she moved to London in 1866 and married John
Thomas Strise, a carpenter, supposedly living in Gower Street, London.
The Strides allegedly kept a coffee shop prior to the breakdown of their
marriage in 1882. Buried in a paupers grave in the East London cemetery
aged 44 years.
Catherine Eddowes (Kate)
At 44, the daughter of a tin plate worker, Catherine Eddowes came to
London's Bermondsey district at the age of two. She returned to her
native Wolverhampton, with Thomas Conway, a pensioner, who was to father
her three children. The couple separated in 1880, victims of habitual
drinking. Kate left for London once more, where she lived in
Flower and Dean Street. Following a hop picking venture in Kent, Kate
was sadly to embark on her final tragic journey via Bishopsgate police
cells into the clutches of the evil Ripper. She was buried in an
unmarked grave in Ilford on 8th October 1888, witnessed by hoards of
onlookers, aged 44
Annie Chapman (Dark Annie)
Annie wandered the East End Streets penniless following the death of her
husband in 1886. Annie had two daughters, one of which died in 1882, and
a son who was crippled. Buried in secret, at Manor Park on September
14th 1888, by her family.
Mary Nichols (Polly)
At aged 42, The estranged wife of a printer, Polly had five children
before husband William eloped with one of her friends in 1877. It was
then that she became a drink and prostitution. She was laid to rest at
Ilford cemetery on September 6th 1888.
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