Mary Jane Kelly

Mary Jane Kelly

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Mary Jane Kelly (c. 1863 – 9 November 1888), also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma, Ginger, Dark Mary, and Black Mary, is widely believed to have been the final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated a minimum of five women in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London from late August to early November 1888.

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Mary Jane Kelly was born on Tuesday, 25 August 1863 in Limerick, Ireland. Her full name at birth was Mary Jane Kelly. She was best known as a victim. Kelly's country of citizenship (nationality) was Irish. She died on Friday, 9 November 1888 in 13 Miller's Court, Dorset Street in Spitalfields, London, England at the age of 25. She was 5' 7" (170 cm) tall with an average build. She had blue eyes and dyed red hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Virgo.

You can find people similar to Mary Jane Kelly by visiting our lists 1880s murders in the United Kingdom and Murder in 1888.

Full name at birth
Mary Jane Kelly
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Claim to fame
Victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
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Date of birth
25 August 1863
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Place of birth
Limerick, Ireland
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Date of death
9 November 1888
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Age
25 (age at death)
Place of death
13 Miller's Court, Dorset Street in Spitalfields, London, England
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Cause of death
Murdered
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Occupation
Prostitute
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5' 7" (170 cm)
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  • The wife of a local lodging-house deputy, Caroline Maxwell, claimed to have seen Kelly alive at about 8:30 on the morning of the murder, though she admitted to only meeting her once or twice before; moreover, her description did not match that of those who knew Kelly more closely. Maurice Lewis, a tailor, reported seeing Kelly at about 10:00 that same morning in a pub. Both statements were dismissed by the police since they did not fit the accepted time of death; moreover, they could find no one else to confirm the reports. Maxwell may have either mistaken someone else for Kelly, or mixed up the day she had seen her.
  • 1863
    Age: -1
    Ca. 1863 – Mary Jane Kelly is born in Limerick, Munster, Ireland, to John Kelly. edit
  • 1879
    Age: 15
    Ca. 1879 – When she was just 16, Mary was reportedly married to a coal miner named Davies in Wales, who was killed two or three years later in a mine explosion . edit
  • 1882
    Age: 18
    Ca. 1882/83 – Mary, now widow, becomes ill form an unspecified malady and spends 8 months in an infirmary in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. edit
  • 1884
    Age: 20
    She leaves Cardiff to go to London, England, to work. She finds work in a brothel in the more affluent West End of London. edit
  • 1884
    Age: 20
    Mary spends two weeks in France, adopting the name “Marie Jeanette” but returns to England after that. edit
  • 1884
    Age: 20
    Ca.1884/86 – Mary gravitates towards the poorer East End of London. She lives with a man named Morganstone near the Commercial Gas Works in Stepney. edit
  • 1884
    Age: 20
    Ca.1884/86 – Mary lives with and possibly works for Mrs Buki, St George’s St. She helps Mary to retrieve belongings from a French lady’s residence in Knightsbridge. edit
  • 1885
    Age: 21
    Ca.1884/86 – Mary resides at Mrs Carthy’s, Breezer Hill, Ratcliff Highway, East End. edit
  • Dec 1886 - Apr 1887
    Age: 23 - 23
    At the end of the year, Mary leaves Mrs Carthy and goes to live with a mason’s plasterer named Joe Flemming near Bethnal Green, East End. edit
  • Apr 1887
    Age: 23
    Mary lives either at Cooney’s, at at 55 Flower and Dean Street, or a lodging-house in Thrawl St. edit
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