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
“Berlin Baby Farmer” (Germany), 1892 – 15 bodies found
Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect
Blair, Anne (Australia), 1870 – 1 baby died
Batten, Annie (Australia), 1904 – “alleged wholesale infanticide”
Batts, Ellen (Australia), 1889 – 3 babies murdered
“Berlin Baby Farmer” (Germany), 1892 – 15 bodies found
Bilien, Valentina (Germany), 1946 – 114 babies killed by severe neglect
Blair, Anne (Australia), 1870 – 1 baby died
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 –
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
Dunn, Honora (Australia), 1881 – multiple babies abused & murdered
Dunne, Maria (Ireland), 1898 – 3 babies died
Dupin, Anne (France), 1869 – Boulouire, France; 40+ deathsDunn, 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
Fortmeyer, Julia (USA), 1875 – 3-100 babies murdered
Geisen-Volk, Helen (USA), 1925 – 53 babies died
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
Johannesen, Fru (Norway), 1901 – 27 infants
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
Saldakowa, Julia (Galicia (Ukraine)), 1903
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
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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