baby farm – 1.) a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee. 2.) a residence for unwed pregnant girls or women that also arranges adoptions.
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Abbott, Evelyn (USA), 1891 – scores of babies died.
Andrasen, Fru (Norway), 1901 – 27 infants.
Ashmead, Elizabeth (USA), arrested 1904, 1909, 1911 – 100s of babies died.
Atherton, Dr. Bessie (USA), (with Cramer), 1926 – 3 dead babies discovered.
Bamberger, Henrietta (USA), 1899 – midwife; 300 est; conv of 1 abort-murder of mother.
Banks, Leila (USA), 1925 – 3 babies died.
Bamberger, Henrietta (USA), 1899 – midwife; 300 est; conv of 1 abort-murder of mother.
Banks, Leila (USA), 1925 – 3 babies died.
Barnes, Catherine (England), 1879 – 3 babies died.
Barthian, Mme. (France), 1893 – 25 babies died.
Batten, Annie (Australia), 1904 – “alleged wholesale infanticide.”
Batts, Ellen (Australia), 1889 – 3 babies murdered.
Bednerek, Ghelente (Josefa) (Poland), 1892 – 15 bodies found.
Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect.
Blair, Anne (Australia), 1870 – 1 baby died.
Blicenzyk, Marie (Poland) 1907 – multiple deaths.
Batten, Annie (Australia), 1904 – “alleged wholesale infanticide.”
Batts, Ellen (Australia), 1889 – 3 babies murdered.
Bednerek, Ghelente (Josefa) (Poland), 1892 – 15 bodies found.
Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect.
Blair, Anne (Australia), 1870 – 1 baby died.
Blicenzyk, Marie (Poland) 1907 – multiple deaths.
Bronzo, Rosa (Italy), 1879 – “several bodies.”
Breitschwart, Christine (USA), 1892 – 4 babies abandoned in streets & gutters in winter, 1 died.
Calahan, Julia (USA), 1871 – 3 babies died.
Breitschwart, Christine (USA), 1892 – 4 babies abandoned in streets & gutters in winter, 1 died.
Calahan, Julia (USA), 1871 – 3 babies died.
Campbell, Nellie (USA), arrested 1902 – 8 babies died.
Chard-Williams, Ada (England), 1899 – 1 baby died (executed).
Chartier, Veuve (France) 1906 – 1,500 babies died.
Chivers, Daisy Ellen (England), 1928 – 1 baby murdered; suspicion of others.
“Christiana Baby Farmers” (Norway), 1902 – “a small army of tiny corpses were dug up.”
Chartier, Veuve (France) 1906 – 1,500 babies died.
Chivers, Daisy Ellen (England), 1928 – 1 baby murdered; suspicion of others.
“Christiana Baby Farmers” (Norway), 1902 – “a small army of tiny corpses were dug up.”
Claus, Charles & Catherine (USA), 1890 – 5 babies died.
Clayton, Madge (Australia), 1908 – 6 babies died.
“Cologne Baby Farmer” (Germany) – 50 babies died.
Compton, Mary (England), 1673 – willfully starved 4 children (executed).
Clayton, Madge (Australia), 1908 – 6 babies died.
“Cologne Baby Farmer” (Germany) – 50 babies died.
Compton, Mary (England), 1673 – willfully starved 4 children (executed).
Connelly, Matilda (USA), 1912 – 4 babies died.
Cooper, Martha & Daniel (New Zealand), 1922 – 3 dead babies discovered.
“Copenhagen Baby Farm Couple” (Denmark), 1860 – 23.
Cramer, Marie (USA), (with Atherton), 1926 – 3 dead babies discovered.
Cramer, Marie (USA), (with Atherton), 1926 – 3 dead babies discovered.
Day, Gertrude (USA), 1914 – unsolved mystery.
Dean, Minnie (New Zealand), 1895 – 3 babies & 1 toddler died (executed).
De Jesus, Luisa (Portugal), 1772 – poisoned to death 28 babies (executed).
Delaware, Miss (New Zealand), 1889 – many babies killed.
Delpech, Anne Gaillard (France), 1868 – murdered 10 babies.
Dieden, Maude (USA), 1929 – 10 babies died.
De Jesus, Luisa (Portugal), 1772 – poisoned to death 28 babies (executed).
Delaware, Miss (New Zealand), 1889 – many babies killed.
Delpech, Anne Gaillard (France), 1868 – murdered 10 babies.
Dieden, Maude (USA), 1929 – 10 babies died.
Douglas, Amy (England), 1899 – 3 babies died from starvation.
Duda & Dudek (Bohemia, Czech), 1893 – 14.
Dunn, Honora (Australia), 1881 – multiple babies abused & murdered.
Dunne, Maria (Ireland), 1898 – 3 babies died.
Dupin, Anne (France), 1869 – Boulouire, France; 40+ deaths.Duda & Dudek (Bohemia, Czech), 1893 – 14.
Dunn, Honora (Australia), 1881 – multiple babies abused & murdered.
Dunne, Maria (Ireland), 1898 – 3 babies died.
Dyer, Amelia (England), 1896 – 100s of babies died (executed).
Eckhardt, Wilhelmena (USA), 1906 – 12 babies died.
Firletowna, Marianne (Poland), 1878 – 4 deaths, far more suspected.
Fortmeyer, Julia (USA), 1875 – 3-100 babies murdered.
Geisen-Volk, Helen (USA), 1925 – 53 babies died.
Firletowna, Marianne (Poland), 1878 – 4 deaths, far more suspected.
Fortmeyer, Julia (USA), 1875 – 3-100 babies murdered.
Geisen-Volk, Helen (USA), 1925 – 53 babies died.
Gobay, Annie & Emma Kitchen (USA),1903 – at least 3 babies died.
Grammage, Augusta (England), 1875 – convicted of murdering a child.
Grammage, Augusta (England), 1875 – convicted of murdering a child.
“Grey Nuns of Montreal” (Canada), 1876 – 631 babies died.
Gunness, Belle (USA), 1908 – 21 babies “disappeared.”
Guy, Mary Ann (New Zealand) – convicted of manslaughter for one death.
Guy, Mary Ann (New Zealand) – convicted of manslaughter for one death.
Guzovska, Madame (Poland), 1903 – “over 500” babies died.
Hanson, Annie (USA), 1892 – at least 5 babies died.
Hawkins, Laura & Nettie Van Sarver (USA), 1917 – 1 known death.
Hill, Abigall (England), 1658 – 4 deaths (executed).
Hawkins, Laura & Nettie Van Sarver (USA), 1917 – 1 known death.
Hill, Abigall (England), 1658 – 4 deaths (executed).
Holmen, Mrs. (Sweden), 1906 – over 1,000 babies died.
Ishikawa, Miyuki (Japan), 1948 – 103 babies died.
Ishikawa, Miyuki (Japan), 1948 – 103 babies died.
Jager, Mari Azalai (Hungary), 1897 – a very large number of babies died.
Julien, Madame (France), 1867 – midwife, many victims.
Kadletz, Frau (Czech Republic), 1906 – 50 victims.
Kadletz, Frau (Czech Republic), 1906 – 50 victims.
King, Jessie (Scotland), 1889 – 3 babies died (executed).
Knorr, Frances (Australia), 1894 – from 3 to an estimated 13 babies died (executed).
Knorr, Frances (Australia), 1894 – from 3 to an estimated 13 babies died (executed).
Konopkova, Marianne (Poland), 1906 – 30 babies died.
Kreis Children’s Home: Ella Schmidt, Liesel Bachor, Kathe Pisters (Ger.), 1946 – 370 babies.
Kreis Children’s Home: Ella Schmidt, Liesel Bachor, Kathe Pisters (Ger.), 1946 – 370 babies.
Kusnezowa, Madame (Russia) 1913 – 1,012 babies died.
Lacroix, Diana (Canada), 1927 – 7 babies died.
Laphame, Belinda (USA), 1893 – 3 or 4 babies killed, kept in jars; others killed.
Larsson, Olivia Charlotta (Sweden) 1912 – 1 death; 2 rescued from starvation.
Laphame, Belinda (USA), 1893 – 3 or 4 babies killed, kept in jars; others killed.
Larsson, Olivia Charlotta (Sweden) 1912 – 1 death; 2 rescued from starvation.
“Limburg Baby Farmers” (Germany), 1892 – multiple babies died.
Lowry, Mary (USA), 1904 – 2 babies died, 3 babies near death.
Lynn, Rachel (USA), 1911 – unknown number of babies died.
Mabre, Louise (France) 1763 – 62 babies died (executed).
Makin, Jane (Australia), 1892 – 13 babies died.
Maksymischin, Paranka (Galicia
(Poland)), 1890 (executed).
McClosky, Margaret (USA), 1876 – 6 babies in starving condition.
McDonald, Cynthia (USA), 1887 – 2 babies died, 2 babies in starving condition.
McKenzie, Emily Charlotte (England) 1884 – many babies died.
Miller, Mrs. A. H. (USA), 1903 – 2 babies died; additional bodies searched.
“Minneapolis Baby Farmer” (USA), 1908 – starving baby rescued.
Miller, Mrs. A. H. (USA), 1903 – 2 babies died; additional bodies searched.
“Minneapolis Baby Farmer” (USA), 1908 – starving baby rescued.
Mitchell, Alice (Australia), 1907 – 37 babies died.
Mittlestedt, Pauline (USA), 1886 – “professional infant murderess.”
Morris, Jane (USA), 1898 – New York, N. Y.; BF; 5.
Myer, Frau (Germany), 1892 – 58 babies died.
Newman, Isabella (Australia), 1913 – 3 babies died.
Mittlestedt, Pauline (USA), 1886 – “professional infant murderess.”
Morris, Jane (USA), 1898 – New York, N. Y.; BF; 5.
Myer, Frau (Germany), 1892 – 58 babies died.
Newman, Isabella (Australia), 1913 – 3 babies died.
“Nijni-Novrogod Nurse” (Russia), 1894 – 17 babies died.
Nivison, Symenthe S. (USA), 1884 – 22 babies died.
Nordberg, Alva (Sweden), 1905 – 4 babies died.
Noskina, Feige (Lithuania), 1892 – 65 babies died.
Nordberg, Alva (Sweden), 1905 – 4 babies died.
Noskina, Feige (Lithuania), 1892 – 65 babies died.
“Osaka Baby Farmers” (Japan), 1902 – 300 babies died.
“Osaka ‘Devil Woman’” (Japan), 1906 – 100 babies murdered.
“Osaka ‘Devil Woman’” (Japan), 1906 – 100 babies murdered.
Ostrovoskafa, Rachel (Ukraine), 1885 – more than 3 babies died; infanticide cult.
Overbye, Dagmar (Denmark), 1920 – 11 confessed child-murders.
Parr, Agnes (USA), 1877 – multiple babies died.
Persson, Maria (Sweden) 1911 – 21+ babies died.
Piard, Annie (USA), 1883 – multiple babies starved to death.
Porro, Rose & Margarite Coraldi (Italy), 1873 – 8 babies killed (executed).
“Przemysi Baby Farmers” (Austria), 1893 – 27 babies buried in cigar boxes.
Parr, Agnes (USA), 1877 – multiple babies died.
Persson, Maria (Sweden) 1911 – 21+ babies died.
Piard, Annie (USA), 1883 – multiple babies starved to death.
Porro, Rose & Margarite Coraldi (Italy), 1873 – 8 babies killed (executed).
“Przemysi Baby Farmers” (Austria), 1893 – 27 babies buried in cigar boxes.
Reignolds, Mary (USA), 1875 – 5 babies died.
Rogers, Frances (England), 1871 – 4 children died, sentenced to 20 years.
Roseberry, Edna (USA), 1948 – tortured babies routinely.
Rogers, Frances (England), 1871 – 4 children died, sentenced to 20 years.
Roseberry, Edna (USA), 1948 – tortured babies routinely.
Sach, Amelia & Annie Walters (England), 1902 – probably 100s of babies died (executed).
Saldakowa, Julia (Galicia, Ukraine), 1903 – 4 deaths.
Saldakowa, Julia (Galicia, Ukraine), 1903 – 4 deaths.
Sánchez Aguillón, Felícitas (or Sánchez Neyra)
(Mexico),1941 – 40-<100 murders.
Scholes, Elizabeth (Australia), 1906 - 2 confirmed dead, probably several more.
Seiffert, Jennie (USA), 1889 – 2 babies dead, 4 dying.
Scholes, Elizabeth (Australia), 1906 - 2 confirmed dead, probably several more.
Seiffert, Jennie (USA), 1889 – 2 babies dead, 4 dying.
Skoublinska, Marianne (Marianna Skublińska) (Poland), 1890 – 76 babies.
Spinks, Ann (England), 1898 – at least 2 babies died.
Tanaka, Mrs. & Mrs Juniki (Japan), 1924 – 8 babies murdered by fake foster parents.
Tann, Georgia (USA), 1950 – 1,000s of babies died.
Todd, Sophia Martha (England), 1877 – 5 deaths.
Tanaka, Mrs. & Mrs Juniki (Japan), 1924 – 8 babies murdered by fake foster parents.
Tann, Georgia (USA), 1950 – 1,000s of babies died.
Todd, Sophia Martha (England), 1877 – 5 deaths.
Tooke, Annie (England), 1879 – 1 child murdered & dismembered.
Turner, Maud (Canada), 1909 – suspected of numerous murders.
Tydrych, Leontina (Poland), 1927 – 60 babies died.
“Villa Vico Baby Farmer” (Portugal), 1854 – 9 babies died.
“Warasdin Baby Farmers” (Croatia), 1893
– torture & maiming, child trafficking.
Ward, Mary Josephine (USA), 1884 – at least 10 babies died.
Waters, Margaret (England), 1870 – 5 babies died (executed).
Ward, Mary Josephine (USA), 1884 – at least 10 babies died.
Waters, Margaret (England), 1870 – 5 babies died (executed).
Wiese, Elizabeth (Germany), 1903 – burned babies in stove (executed).
West, Mrs. Fred (Clara West) (USA), 1906 – burned babies alive.
West, Mrs. Fred (Clara West) (USA), 1906 – burned babies alive.
Wilczynska, Josefine (Poland), 1893 – 2 deaths, 4 starving.
Willis, Rhoda (Wales), 1907 – 2 babies died.
Winsor, Charlotte (England), 1865 – unknown number (executed).
Worcester, Rozilla (USA), 1877 – 6 babies died (in 30 day period).
Young, Lila & William (Canada), 1936 – an estimated 400-600 babies died.
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NOTE: A few of the cases in the list involve non-serial killers: baby-torturers or providers who are confirmed to have killed only one or two of their charges.
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Murder Method (when known):
Incineration alive – Ashmead, Fortmeyer, Overbye, Stysinski (arson), West, Wiese
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NOTE: A few of the cases in the list involve non-serial killers: baby-torturers or providers who are confirmed to have killed only one or two of their charges.
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Murder Method (when known):
Battery – Geisen-Volk, Noskina
Buried Alive – Ashmead, Wiese
Crushed to Death – Winsor
Crushed to Death – Winsor
Drown – Delpech, Overbye, Wiese, Noskina (in cesspool)
Drugging
/ Poisoning – Dean (laudanum), Jager (poison), Kusnezowa
(poison), Mabre (arsenic), Reignolds (laudanum), Sach & Walters
(chlorodyne), Topper (poison), West (laudanum), Nivison (morphine,
belladonna), West (laudanum), Dean (laudanum), Reignolds (laudanum),
Waters (laudanum), Luisa de Jesus, Wiese (morphine), King (arsenic),
Laphame (opium)
Exposure – Tann (sun), Chivers (cold), Barnes (no clothing), Geisen-Volk (frozen), Breitschwart (frozen)
Exposure – Tann (sun), Chivers (cold), Barnes (no clothing), Geisen-Volk (frozen), Breitschwart (frozen)
Incineration alive – Ashmead, Fortmeyer, Overbye, Stysinski (arson), West, Wiese
Needle into heart° – Makin (needle, heart), Mittlestedt (darning needle, heart)
Neglect – Ishikawa, Mitchell, Nivison, Rogers, Spinks,
Waters, Young, McCloskey, Geisen-Volk, Larsson, Nilsson, Persson (incomplete list)
Starvation – Barnes, Barthian, Campbell, Lowry, McClosky,
Mitchell, Seifert, Tanaka, Waters, Julien
Strangling by hand or instrument – Chard-Williams*, Claus, Compton, Cooper,
Douglas, Dyer, King, Knorr, Ostrovoskafa, Overbye, Turner, Geisen-Volk
Suffocation
– Dean, Newman, Winsor, Noskina
Twisting baby’s neck – Eckhardt
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Burned corpses after murder: Asmead, Birney, Chivers,
Eckhardt, Overbye, "Vivienne Midwife," West, Wiese
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* Chard-Williams
- Stunned, strangled and trussed up with cords
° Similar
method used by nursemaid: Schnell (hairpin into brain)
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►• Baby Farmers & Baby-Killing Midwives Executed
1763 – Louise Mabre (France)
This photograph of Frankie Heath, rescued from a Minneapolis baby farmer, is taken from this post:
►• Baby Farmers & Baby-Killing Midwives Executed
1763 – Louise Mabre (France)
1772 – Luisa de
Jesus (Portugal)
1870 – Margaret
Waters (England)
1902 – Amelia Sach & Annie Walters (England)
1889 – Jesse King (Scotland)
1903 – Elizabeth Wiese (Germany)
1865 – Catherine Winsor (England)
1907 – Rhoda Willis (Wales)
1895 – Minnie Dean (New Zealand)
1922 – Daniel Cooper (Australia)
1894 – Frances Knorr (Australia)
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For a detailed look at a baby farm visit:
This photograph of Frankie Heath, rescued from a Minneapolis baby farmer, is taken from this post:
“Minneapolis Baby Farmer” (USA), 1908 – starving baby rescued
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ALSO SEE the related category of Baby-Sitter Serial Killers
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To learn more details about murderous child care providers in history, including baby farmers, adoption agents and baby sitters, see the 2-part article “Death on the Baby Farm,” by Robert St. Estephe, A Voice for Men, July 16, 2013
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Edith
Rendell, The Baby Farmer” (poem), Kerang
New Times (Victoria, Australia), Sep. 24, 1909, p. 4
THE
BABY FARMER.
Ye
mothers of Australia
O
lend your pitying ear
To
the wail of helpless infants
That’s
borne upon the air.
As ye
clasp your own loved darlings
In
comfort to your hearts, I
Just
think upon the fate of those
Who
hear neglect’s cruel smarts.
Unwelcome
little strangers
To
this cold world they come,
No
mother love awaiting them.
No
friend, no name, no borne.
Not
theirs the fault that brings them,
It is
the parent’s sin,
Yet
on their helpless bodies
Falls
all the wrong and pain.
Who’ll
rid me of this burden,
The
desperate mother cries,
I
cannot, will not face my friends
With
shame before my eyes.
An
accommodating stranger,
For
dross to be paid down,
Takes
the tender infant
To
nurse him as her own
O
luckless little creature.
Thy
doom hath now its seal.
The
horrors that await thee
The
inquest will reveal.
Not
by violent measures
She
deprives hint of his breath —
By
methods known unto the craft
The
child is done to death.
Not
alone in other states
The
baby farmer thrives,
Ev-u
in our very midst
She’s
sacrificing lives.
She’s
not a downcast person.
She’s
possessed of many wiles;
She
laughs and talks and is quite gay,
But
she murders while she smiles.
We
seek for population
In
countries far away,
Yet
human life is wasted
Around
us every day.
The
care of babes should not be left
To
private enterprise
A
home should be provided,
Which
the state should supervise.
You
say an institution
Would
foster vice and sin;
How
can this be
The
evil hath ever with us been.
Ye
women of Australia
O
stay this fearful wrong,
And
by concerted action
Save
the helpless throng.
Ye
Christian men and women.
Give
it your earnest thought
To
found a home for waifs and strays,
To
which they may be brought.
Root
out the baby farmer
By
giving her no place,
And
free this youthful land of ours
From
murder and disgrace.
—
Edith Rendell.
[Edith
Rendell, The Baby Farmer” (poem), Kerang
New Times (Victoria, Australia), Sep. 24, 1909, p. 4]
ALSO SEE the related category of Baby-Sitter Serial Killers
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To learn more details about murderous child care providers in history, including baby farmers, adoption agents and baby sitters, see the 2-part article “Death on the Baby Farm,” by Robert St. Estephe, A Voice for Men, July 16, 2013
Robert, your list of deadly baby-farmers contains an entry for “Young, Lila & William (Canada), 1936 – at least 100 babies died”
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to an article on that case: http://www.canadiancrc.com/Butterbox_babies.aspx
That article puts the number of children killed at that baby farm at between four- and six-hundred.
I can't bare to read most of this and that final photo made me cry, I am a mother and I can't understand how anyone let alone a woman could ever harm or kill a poor innocent child. I hope you all burn in hell for eternity with demons torturing you every second in the most horrible brutal ways possible.
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