Martha Tabram

Martha Tabram
Mortuary photograph of Martha Tabram
Born
Martha White

(1849-05-10)10 May 1849
Southwark, London, England
Died7 August 1888(1888-08-07) (aged 39)
Whitechapel, London, England
Cause of deathMultiple stab wounds to the body, including vital organs such as the heart[1]
Body discoveredGeorge Yard, Whitechapel
51°30′46″N 0°05′08″W / 51.5128°N 0.0855°W / 51.5128; -0.0855
OccupationProstitute
Known forVictim of the Whitechapel murders
Spouse
Henry Tabram
(m. 1869)
Children2
Parent(s)Charles Samuel White
Elisabeth White (née Dowsett)

Martha Tabram[2] (née White; 10 May 1849 – 7 August 1888) was an English woman killed in a spate of violent murders in and around the Whitechapel district of East London between 1888 and 1891. She may have been the first victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Although not one of the canonical five Ripper victims whom historians have broadly acknowledged, she is considered the next most likely candidate.

  1. ^ "Inquest: Martha Tabram: Day 1". casebook.org. 2 April 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ Her name is sometimes misspelt in the press as "Martha Tabran" (e.g. The Times, 24 August 1888, quoted in Evans and Skinner, p. 18) and she was at other times known as "Emma" or "Martha Turner", taking the last name of the man with whom she had most recently lived.