•► Myths about Female Serial Killers ◄•
“I don't think there’s much different between male and female serial killers. I think women have got away with it for a lot longer. ” – Martina Cole, Britain’s most popular crime writer, presenter of BBC series on female serial killers in 2008.
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“It is only recently that we have acknowledged that female serial killers, for example, exist. The FBI still thinks of women who kill as reluctant sidekicks.” [Katharine Quarmby, “The women that kill, abuse and torture,” Mosaic, May 31, 2016]
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“It is only recently that we have acknowledged that female serial killers, for example, exist. The FBI still thinks of women who kill as reluctant sidekicks.” [Katharine Quarmby, “The women that kill, abuse and torture,” Mosaic, May 31, 2016]
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Wikipedia currently (Dec. 2011) asserts that “Female serial killers are rare.” “Rare” is a vague term and its use here is not explained. In contradiction to this claim two points should be noted: 1) the vast majority of female serial killers (of victims other than babies, whose corpses were often secretly discarded or destroyed) leave corpses which are believed by others to be the result of non-homicidal causes, thus making serial-killer victims and perpetrators much more difficult to estimate than in cases of male serial killers, where victims are usually easily identified as murder victims. 2) Very little historical research has been done on female serial killers. A study by the editor of The Unknown History of MISANDRY, using only fragmentary English-language newspapers and google as sources, has turned up hundreds of cases beyond the 140 collected in the longest published list of female serial killer cases, that in Peter Vronsky’s 2007 book. A more ambitious research effort should be expected to increase the number substantially above the current count of more than 1,000.
Wikipedia’s assertion that “most female serial killers murder for money or other such material gain” is not a very useful generalization. “Most” can mean 51%, thus “most” can mean little more than “about half.” Cases of prolific serial killers Bathory, Jager, Popov, Souliakotis, Toppan, demonstrate motives which are sadistic or ideological (in the case of Popov). The case of Martí can be classed as profit-motivated yet the child sexual abuse and cannibalism involved suggests the sadistic motive was paramount, or at least equal to the financial. Tann, who is likely to have murdered thousands of babies was also a sexual pervert who employed other perverts to molest the children she sold for profit. She was also ideologically motivated, holding eugenics beliefs about who was worthy and who was not. Tann, like Bathory, another homicidal sadistic sexual pervert, was one of the most prolific serial killers of either sex. Soulakiotis, murderess of 177 young women engaged, as did Bathory, in ritualized torture of her victims. Child-strangler Weber killed for pleasure. Renczi killed sex partners with a motive that is clearly a proprietary; victims were her “possessions” which she refused to share with the world and whose corpses were fetishistically collected. Popov and Foedi each professed misandric motives, with Popov claiming, implausibly, that each of her 300 victims were determined by her investigations to be of the “abusive” sort, thus justifying their murders, while Foedi similarly expressed a hatred of men in general and offered women assistance in murdering any husband they wished to be rid of. Although Foedi was on at least one occasion well-compensated for the crime, on other occasions was willing to murder for a pittance. Popov charged very little for her services, seeing herself as offering a valuable social service to the community. Gaetana Stimoli murdered 23 children in order to exact “revenge” according to her viewpoint and the “Dahr-al-Ahmur Serial Killer” murdered 8 children with a similar motive. Even in cases where profit motive is clear-cut (insurance scams, property inheritances) there needs to be additional severely pathologically antisocial mental factors before there can be a series of premeditated carefully orchestrated crimes of homicide.
TEMPORARY NOTE: The list is being updated to include all cases (over 860 at this point), regardless of whether the case is included on UHoM, and will include city identifications.
►• Index of Female Serial Killer Posts •◄
Note: Peter Vronsky's book on female serial killers lists 140 cases. The Unknown History of MISANDRY has collected more than 650 additional cases, of which only a portion are as yet posted.
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Before 1600 BC – Queen Ji Xia – China
1200 BC – Fu Hao – China
5th c BC – Parysatis – Persia
316 BC – Queen Olympias – Macedonia
1st c BC – Princess Laodice of Cappadocia – Kingdom of Pontus, Anatolia
42 BC – Anula of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka
48 AD – Valeria Messalina – Rome
1010 – Freydis Ericsdotter – Early (Viking) America
1196 – Mahaut de Bourgogne – Burgundy (Bourgogne), France
1200 – Ta-Ki – China
1315 – Queen Margaret of Burgundy – France
1324 – Alice Kyteler – Ireland
1300s – Sultana Khadeejah – Maldives
1382 – Queen Giovanna I – Naples, Italy
1520 – "Sámána Threefold Murderess" – Sámána, Punjab, India
1533 – Katerina of Komarova – Bohemia
1587 – Walpurga Hausmännin – Dillingen, Austria
1600s – “Lady Guilfort” (“Princess Jabirouska”) – Paris, France
1609 – Jane Hattersley – East Grinstead, Sussex, England
1610 – Elizabeth Báthory – Catchtice Castle, Hungary
1613 – Dona Catherina – Sri Lanka
1600s – La Toffana – Italy
1635 – Elizabeth Evans – London, England
1638 – Linda Downes – Colchester, Essex, England
1650 – Catalina de Erauso – Spain & New Spain
1658 – Abigall Hill – St. Olaves, Southwark, England
1658 – Hieronyma Spara – Italy
Before 1600 BC – Queen Ji Xia – China
1200 BC – Fu Hao – China
5th c BC – Parysatis – Persia
316 BC – Queen Olympias – Macedonia
1st c BC – Princess Laodice of Cappadocia – Kingdom of Pontus, Anatolia
42 BC – Anula of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka
48 AD – Valeria Messalina – Rome
59 AD – Julia Agrippina – Rome
69 AD – Locusta – Rome
275 – Zenobia – Syria
597 – Fredegund, Queen of Franks – Soissons, France
705 – Empress Wu Zetian – China
800 – Queen Eadburgh – England
940 – “White-necked Crow” – China
69 AD – Locusta – Rome
275 – Zenobia – Syria
597 – Fredegund, Queen of Franks – Soissons, France
705 – Empress Wu Zetian – China
800 – Queen Eadburgh – England
940 – “White-necked Crow” – China
1196 – Mahaut de Bourgogne – Burgundy (Bourgogne), France
1200 – Ta-Ki – China
1315 – Queen Margaret of Burgundy – France
1324 – Alice Kyteler – Ireland
1300s – Sultana Khadeejah – Maldives
1382 – Queen Giovanna I – Naples, Italy
1520 – "Sámána Threefold Murderess" – Sámána, Punjab, India
1533 – Katerina of Komarova – Bohemia
1542 – Margaret Davey (Davie) – Smithfield, England
1600s – “Lady Guilfort” (“Princess Jabirouska”) – Paris, France
1609 – Jane Hattersley – East Grinstead, Sussex, England
1610 – Elizabeth Báthory – Catchtice Castle, Hungary
1613 – Dona Catherina – Sri Lanka
1600s – La Toffana – Italy
1635 – Elizabeth Evans – London, England
1638 – Linda Downes – Colchester, Essex, England
1650 – Catalina de Erauso – Spain & New Spain
1658 – Abigall Hill – St. Olaves, Southwark, England
1658 – Hieronyma Spara – Italy
1658 – Gratiosa – Italy
1660 – Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer – Chile
1663 – Queen Nzinga – Ndongo (Angola)
1761 – Dorcas Kelly – Dublin, Ireland
1673 – “The Cruel French Lady” – Paris, France
1673 – Louise Mabre – France
1675 – “The Bloody Innkeeper’s Wife of Pultoe” – Pultoe, England
1676 – Brinvilliers, Marquise de – Paris, France
1663 – Queen Nzinga – Ndongo (Angola)
1761 – Dorcas Kelly – Dublin, Ireland
1673 – “The Cruel French Lady” – Paris, France
1673 – Louise Mabre – France
1675 – “The Bloody Innkeeper’s Wife of Pultoe” – Pultoe, England
1676 – Brinvilliers, Marquise de – Paris, France
1679 – Marie Bosse – Paris, France
1679 – Catherine Deshayes – Paris, France
1679 – Madame Vigoreux – Paris, France
1679 – Catherine Deshayes – Paris, France
1679 – Madame Vigoreux – Paris, France
1679 – Catherine Trianon – Paris, France
1684 – Elizabeth Ridgway – Leichestershire, England
1693 – Mary Compton, Mary Compton the Younger, Ann David – Poplar, London, England
1720 – Anne Bonny – Caribbean
1720 – Mary Read – Caribbean
1740 – Elizabeth & Mary Branch – Taunton, Somerset, England
1750 – (Finland:10 cases, 1750-1896) (names yet to be collected and added)
1720 – Anne Bonny – Caribbean
1720 – Mary Read – Caribbean
1740 – Elizabeth & Mary Branch – Taunton, Somerset, England
1750 – (Finland:10 cases, 1750-1896) (names yet to be collected and added)
1762 – Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova – Moscow, Russia
1763 – “Hadfield’s Maid” – Florence, Italy
1769 – Anne & Alte Christophersdatter – Oyestad, Norway
1772 – Luiza de Jesus – Coimbra, Portugal
1775 – Arne Spanjers – Twente, Netherlands
1780s – Queen Ideah – Kingdom of Tahiti
1763 – “Hadfield’s Maid” – Florence, Italy
1769 – Anne & Alte Christophersdatter – Oyestad, Norway
1772 – Luiza de Jesus – Coimbra, Portugal
1775 – Arne Spanjers – Twente, Netherlands
1780s – Queen Ideah – Kingdom of Tahiti
1789 – “Vanaja Serial Baby-Killing Mother” – Vanaja, Finland
1789 – Rachel Wall – Boston, Massachusetts, USA1788 – Giovanna Bonanno – Palermo, Sicily
1794 – Rachel Hartley – Natchez, Mississippi, USA
1808 – Catherine Bouhours ("Auguste Manette") – Paris, France
1803 – Sophie Ursinus – Berlin, Germany
1807 – Ching Shih – China
1808 – Mary Bateman – Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1803 – Sophie Ursinus – Berlin, Germany
1807 – Ching Shih – China
1808 – Mary Bateman – Leeds, Yorkshire, England
1809 – Anna Zwanziger (Nannette Schoenleben) – Sanspaareil, Bavaria, Germany
1812 – Hester Rebecca Nepping – Nieumarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1814 – “Malága Black Widow” – Malaga, Spain
1812 – Hester Rebecca Nepping – Nieumarkt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1814 – “Malága Black Widow” – Malaga, Spain
1816 – Rachel Clark – Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
1816 – Susannah Holroyd – Ashton-under-Line, England
1819 – Ane Nielsdatter – Copenhagen, Denmark
1816 – Susannah Holroyd – Ashton-under-Line, England
1819 – Ane Nielsdatter – Copenhagen, Denmark
1825 – Françoise Bossard (Harand) – Brioux-sur-Boutonne, France
1828 – Ranavalona the Cruel, Queen – Madagascar1828 – Jane Scott – Lancaster, England
1829 – Martha "Patty" Cannon – Johnson's Corners, Maryland, USA
1829 – Francoise Trenque – Arronede, Mirande Dept. (Gers Dept.), France
1831 – “Deerfield Slave Female Serial Killer” – Caroline, Virginia, USA
1829 – Francoise Trenque – Arronede, Mirande Dept. (Gers Dept.), France
1831 – “Deerfield Slave Female Serial Killer” – Caroline, Virginia, USA
1831 – Gesche Gottfried – Bremen, Germany
1831 – Marie Breysse Martin – Peyrebeille, Lanarce commune, Ardèche, France
1831 – Marie Breysse Martin – Peyrebeille, Lanarce commune, Ardèche, France
1832 – Anne & Marit Forrestadstuen – Ringebu, Oppland, Norway
1834 – Honorine Pellois – Bas-Val, Orne, France
1835 – Fanny Billing & Catherine Frary – Burnham Market, Norfolk, England
1835 – Margarete Jäger (Jaeger, Joyer) – Mentz, Swabia (Germany)
1836 – Olga Konstantinovna Briscorn – Kursk, Yekaterinoslav and Saint Petersburg, Russia
1836 – Betty Rowland – Manchester, England
1838 – Anne-Marie Boeglin – Stetten, Haut Rhin, (Alsace), France
1842 – Frances Bennett – Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
1843 – Sarah Dazley – Bedford, England
1836 – Olga Konstantinovna Briscorn – Kursk, Yekaterinoslav and Saint Petersburg, Russia
1836 – Betty Rowland – Manchester, England
1838 – Anne-Marie Boeglin – Stetten, Haut Rhin, (Alsace), France
1839 – Marie-Barbe Ravez (Quénardel) – Verzenay, France
1840 – Hannah Hanson Kinney – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1840 – Catherine Labalue (Carron) – Liège, Belgium
1840 – Francoise Serval (Chamblas) – Retournac, Haute-Loire, France
1841 – "Oxford Skeleton Black Widow" – Oxford, England1842 – Frances Bennett – Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
1843 – Sarah Dazley – Bedford, England
1843 – Elizabeth Eccles – Bolton, England
1844 – Eliza Joyce – Boston, England
1845 – Sarah Freeman – Bridgewater, England
1845 – Elizabeth Reed – Laurenceville, Indiana, USA
1846 – Mary Pimlett – Runcorn, England1847 – Sarah Chesham – Clavering, near Chelmsford, England
1847 – Hendrikje Doehlen – De Wijk, Drenthe, Netherlands
1847 – Hendrikje Doehlen – De Wijk, Drenthe, Netherlands
1847 – Mary Ann Milner – Lincoln, England
1848 – Rose Theyre – Saint-Victoir-la-Coste, France
1849 – Mary Ann Geering – Lewes, England
1849 – Letitia Page – New Boston, New Hampshire, USA
1849 – Rebecca Smith – Westbury, Wiltshire, England
1850s – Gallus Mag – New York, New York, USA
1851 – Nancy Farrer – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1849 – Letitia Page – New Boston, New Hampshire, USA
1849 – Rebecca Smith – Westbury, Wiltshire, England
1800s – Princess Alexandra Vladimirovna Kozolovskaya – Russia
1800s – Princess Anna Stepanovna Sheleshpanskaya – Chukhloma, Russia
1800s – Honorata Stotskaya – Mozyr Uyezd, Russia
1850s – Allie Belchie – Lintlaw, Buncle Parish, Scotland1850s – Gallus Mag – New York, New York, USA
1850s – “Hungarian Husband-Poisoners” (60) – Hungary [unconfirmed]
1850 – Canadian Indian Cannibal Serial Killer – Canada
1850 – Marie-Catherine Moitrier Segard (Ségard) – Nancy, France
1851 – Mary Emily Cage – Ipswich, England1850 – Marie-Catherine Moitrier Segard (Ségard) – Nancy, France
1851 – Nancy Farrer – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1851 – Hélène Jégado – Rennes, France
1852 – “Hirschfeld Black Widow” – Hirschfeld, Schweinfurt Dist., Bavaria, Germany
1852 – Nancy Hufford – Cumberland, Maryland, USA
1852 – Margaret Waldegrave – Buffalo, New York, USA & Cuba
1853 – Charlotte (slave of LaFargue) – Avoyelles, Louisiana, USA
1854 – Veronika Frantz – Barr, Alsace, France
1852 – Margaret Waldegrave – Buffalo, New York, USA & Cuba
1853 – Charlotte (slave of LaFargue) – Avoyelles, Louisiana, USA
1854 – Veronika Frantz – Barr, Alsace, France
1854 – Marie Gagey – Arnay-sous-Vitteux, France
1854 – “Villa Vico Baby Farmer” – Vila Vicosa ("Villa Vico"), Portugal1854 – Pamela Myers (alias Snyder) – Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pa., USA
1855 – Clarissa – Yorkville, South Carolina, USA
1857 – "Big Mary" – Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1857 – Polly Frisch (Hoag) – Alabama, New York, USA
1857 – Elizabeth Routt – Hazel Green, Alabama, USA
1858 – Lydia Studley – Valley Falls, Rhode Island, USA
1855 – Clarissa – Yorkville, South Carolina, USA
1857 – "Big Mary" – Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1857 – Polly Frisch (Hoag) – Alabama, New York, USA
1857 – Elizabeth Routt – Hazel Green, Alabama, USA
1858 – Lydia Studley – Valley Falls, Rhode Island, USA
1858 – Phebe Westlake – Chester, New York, USA
1860 – "Copenhagen Baby Farm Couple" – Copenhagen, Denmark
1860 – "Copenhagen Baby Farm Couple" – Copenhagen, Denmark
1860 – Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1860 – Elizabeth McCraney – Medford, New York, USA
1861 – Theresa of Sicily – Constantinople, Turkey
1862 – Marianne Dumollard – Montiuel, Rhone-Alpes, France
1862 – Josepha Perez – Galicia region, Spain
1862 – Catherine Wilson – London, England
1863 – Madame Rossner – Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
1865 – Marie-Françoise Bougaran – Brest & Lesneven, France
1861 – Ane Cathrine Andersdatter – Rødovre Mark, Denmark
1861 – Rudduah – Benares, India1861 – Theresa of Sicily – Constantinople, Turkey
1862 – Marianne Dumollard – Montiuel, Rhone-Alpes, France
1862 – Josepha Perez – Galicia region, Spain
1862 – Catherine Wilson – London, England
1863 – Madame Rossner – Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
1865 – Marie-Françoise Bougaran – Brest & Lesneven, France
1865 – Martha Grinder – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1865 – Maria Oliviero – Cattanzaro, Italy
1865 – Mrs. Perkins – Canada & England
1865 – Maria Oliviero – Cattanzaro, Italy
1865 – Mrs. Perkins – Canada & England
1865 – Charlotte Winsor – Torquay, England
1867 – Margaret Grant – Westfield, Staten Island, New York, USA
1867 – Victoire Veysseire Julien – Le Puy, Haut-Loire, France
1868 – “Alt-Ofen Serial Murderess” – between Alt-Ofen & Ueriem, Hungary
1868 – Mary Bowsher – Upper Sandusky, Ohio, USA
1868 – Marie Jeanneret – Geneva, Switzerland
1866 – Marie Gateau Balouzat – Limanton, France
1867 – La Gizzi – Volturara district, Italy 1867 – Margaret Grant – Westfield, Staten Island, New York, USA
1867 – Victoire Veysseire Julien – Le Puy, Haut-Loire, France
1868 – “Alt-Ofen Serial Murderess” – between Alt-Ofen & Ueriem, Hungary
1868 – Mary Bowsher – Upper Sandusky, Ohio, USA
1868 – Marie Jeanneret – Geneva, Switzerland
1869 – Anne Gaillard Delpech – Montauban, France
1869 – Marie Dupin – Bouloire, France
1869 – “Gardiner, Maine Black Widow Serial Killer” – Gardiner, Maine, USA
1869 – Augustine Miard – Bouloire, France
1869 – Mrs. Wahle – Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
1869 – Mrs. White – Lafayette Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1870s – Julie St. Joseph – St. Petersburg, Russia
1870 – Virginia Doyle – Detroit, Michigan, USA
1870 – Julia von Ebergenyi – Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria
1870 – Mrs. Hoffman / Wenzel – Sedalia, Ohio, USA
1870 – Anna Pausch – Graz, Austria
1870 – Margaret Waters – London, England
1871 – Catherine Batchelor – Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1871 – Mary Brister – Pennington, New Jersey, USA
1869 – Marie Dupin – Bouloire, France
1869 – “Gardiner, Maine Black Widow Serial Killer” – Gardiner, Maine, USA
1869 – Augustine Miard – Bouloire, France
1869 – Mrs. Wahle – Jacksonville, Illinois, USA
1869 – Mrs. White – Lafayette Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1870s – Julie St. Joseph – St. Petersburg, Russia
1870 – Virginia Doyle – Detroit, Michigan, USA
1870 – Julia von Ebergenyi – Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria
1870 – Mrs. Hoffman / Wenzel – Sedalia, Ohio, USA
1870 – Anna Pausch – Graz, Austria
1870 – Margaret Waters – London, England
1871 – Catherine Batchelor – Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1871 – Mary Brister – Pennington, New Jersey, USA
1871 – Ann Burns – Wigan, Lancashire, England
1871 – Julia Calahan – East Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1871 – “Dahr-al-Ahmur Serial Killer” – Dahr-al-Ahmur, Lebanon
1871 – Julia Calahan – East Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1871 – “Dahr-al-Ahmur Serial Killer” – Dahr-al-Ahmur, Lebanon
1871 – Lydia Sherman – New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1871 – Elizabeth Wharton – Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1872 – Charlotte Lamb – Trimbelle, Wisconsin, USA
1871 – Elizabeth Wharton – Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1872 – Charlotte Lamb – Trimbelle, Wisconsin, USA
1872 – Emily Lloyd – Leesburg, Virginia, USA
1872 – Pètronillo Schimonska – Warsaw, Poland
1872 – Martha Whetstone – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1873 – Mary Ann Cotton – West Auckland, England
1872 – Pètronillo Schimonska – Warsaw, Poland
1872 – Martha Whetstone – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1872 – Wilhelmine Woltmann – Stade, Germany
1873 – Kate & Katie Bender – Cherry Vale, Kansas, USA1873 – Mary Ann Cotton – West Auckland, England
1873 – Sarah Earhardt – Germantown, Ohio, USA
1873 – Rose Porro & Margarite Coraldi – Naples, Italy
1873 – Ellen Roberts – New York, New York, USA
1873 – Rose Porro & Margarite Coraldi – Naples, Italy
1873 – Ellen Roberts – New York, New York, USA
1873 – “St. Magdalena Black Widow” – Sankt Magdalena Am Lemberg, Styria, Austria
1873 – Mrs. York – USA (discredited)
1874 – Katharina Hoerl (Hörl) – Enzersdorf, Austria
1874 – Henrietta Weibel – Fresh Farms, Brooklyn, New York, USA (exception, 15-years-old)1874 – “Winchester Female Serial Killer” – Winchester, Kentucky, USA
1875 – Bessey Binmore – Exeter, England
1875 – Marie Bouriant – Ainay-le-Vieil, France
1875 – Sophie Gautié (Bouyou) (Boyon) – Cahors, Lot Dept., France
1875 – Brigitte Burckel – Strasbourg, France1875 – Bessey Binmore – Exeter, England
1875 – Marie Bouriant – Ainay-le-Vieil, France
1875 – Sophie Gautié (Bouyou) (Boyon) – Cahors, Lot Dept., France
1875 – Julia Fortmeyer – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1875 – Marguerite Léris Grieumard – Saint-Vincent, France
1875 – Sofie Johannesdotter – Fredrikshald (Halden), Norway
1875 – Augustine-Marie Ouvrard – Luché-Pringé, Sarthe, France
1875 – Minnie Taylor – Humboldt, Tennessee, USA
1875 – Wilhelmina Weick – Buffalo, New York, USA & Germany
1875 – Widow Wrapac – Wikow, Bohemia
1876 – “Grey Nuns of Montreal” – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1876 – Margaret McCloskey – New York, New York, USA
1876 – Margaret McCloskey – New York, New York, USA
1876 – Widow Ravailhe – Tran & Aveyron, France
1877 – Rakitta Fira Bogyok & Softa Esutorina – Gross-Szent-Miklos, Romania
1877 – Elizabeth Kirkbride – Liverpool, England
1877 – Agnes Parr – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1877 – Sophia Martha Todd – Liverpool, England
1878 – Mrs. David Drake – Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
1878 – Sallie Hardman (Gibbs) – Enon, Ohio, USA
1877 – Agnes Parr – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1877 – Sophia Martha Todd – Liverpool, England
1877 – Anna Weikert – Neichenberg, Bohemia
1877 – Rozilla Worcester – New York, New York, USA1878 – Mrs. David Drake – Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
1878 – Marianne Firletowna – Wolo Zabierzowska, Poland
1878 – Anne-Marie Guemuchot – Chapelle-Saint-Saveur, France1878 – Sallie Hardman (Gibbs) – Enon, Ohio, USA
1878 – Jennie Post – Spring Valley, New Jersey, USA
1879 – Catherine Barnes – Birkenhead, England
1879 – Marie Bleirs – Vienna, Austria
1879 – Marie Bleirs – Vienna, Austria
1879 – Ursula Flepone – (small village), Tuscany, Italy
1879 – Baptistine Philip Favet – Lambesc, France
1879 – Frances Shrouder – Chittenango, New York, USA
1880s – Sultana Pangyan Inchi Jamela – Philippines
1879 – Frances Shrouder – Chittenango, New York, USA
1880s – Sultana Pangyan Inchi Jamela – Philippines
1880 – Catharine Csassna – Verbo, Slovakia ("Hungary")
1880 – Anna Nagy, AKA Kathi Lyukas – Szerdahely, Hungary
1880 – Anna Nagy, AKA Kathi Lyukas – Szerdahely, Hungary
1880 – Katarzyna Onyszkiewiczowa – Lviv, Ukraine
1881 – Jeanne Raies – Geneva, Switzerland1881 – Nellie Webb (Nancy French) – Lancaster, New Hampshire, USA
1882 – Sophia Jovanovics & Ane Ninity – Melencze, Torantal, Serbia ("Hungary")1882 – Barbara Ondricek – Huidon, Slany, Bohemia
1882 – Thekla Popov – Melencze, Serbia ("Hungary")1882 – Sally Story – Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1882 – Phyllis Wright – Augusta, Georgia, USA
1883 – Mrs. Christian – San Antonio, Texas, USA
1882 – Phyllis Wright – Augusta, Georgia, USA
1883 – Mrs. Christian – San Antonio, Texas, USA
1883 – Trailokya ("Troyluko Raur") – Calcutta, India
1883 – Annie Piard – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1883 – Adelaide Reece – Gloucester, England
1883 – Madame Roger – France; New Caledonia
1883 – Adelaide Reece – Gloucester, England
1883 – Madame Roger – France; New Caledonia
1883 – Emma Stillwell – Waterford, Ohio, USA
1883 – Maria Swanenburg (Van der Linden) – Leiden, Netherlands
1883 – Mary Ganole – Flemingsburg, Kentucky, USA
1883 – Mary Ganole – Flemingsburg, Kentucky, USA
1884 – Persia Vaics “Aunt Thyrin” – Opova, Timisoara, Hungary
1884 – Catherine Flannigan & Margaret Higgins – Liverpool, England
1884 – Angenette Haight – Dereuter, New York, USA
1884 – Nellie Horan – Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
1884 – Emily Charlotte M'Kenzie – London suburbs, England
1885 – Rachel Ostrovoskafa – Odessa, Ukraine
1885 – Rebecca Samuels – Barnesville, South Carolina, USA (age 12; 2 murders)
1884 – Nellie Horan – Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
1884 – Mrs. Machayie – London, England
1884 – Leonarda Martinez – Quetaro, Mexico1884 – Emily Charlotte M'Kenzie – London suburbs, England
1884 – Symenthe S. Nivison – Hammonton, New Hampshire, USA
1884 – Mary Josephine Ward – New York, New York, USA
1885 – Maria "Mary" Clement (Kleman) – Dubuque, Iowa, USA
1885 – Marie Orban Juhass – Ocsa, Pest County, Hungary
1885 – Rebecca Samuels – Barnesville, South Carolina, USA (age 12; 2 murders)
1886 – “Attendorf Black Widow” – Graz-Umgebung, Styria, Austria
1886 – Mary Ann Britland – Ashton-under-Lyne, England
1889 – Annie Zachoegner – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1886 – Persa Czirin – Pancevo, Serbia ("Hungary")
1886 – Sarah J. Dockery – Fulton, Kentucky, USA
1887 – Mary Oberly – New York, New York, USA
1887 – Jarenkiewicz – Ukraine
1887 – Amastaa Rubio de Pascadera – San Antonio, Zacatecas, Mexico
1886 – Sarah J. Dockery – Fulton, Kentucky, USA
1886 – Mary Hart – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1886 – Jlyushka – St. Petersburg, Russia
1886 – Pauline Mittlestedt – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1886 – Harriet Nason – Rutland, Vermont, USA
1886 – Sarah Jane Robinson – Summerville, Massachusetts, USA
1886 – "Silesian Black Widow" – Silesia (Germany)
1886 – Harriet Ann Stevens – Wangaratta, Australia
1886 – Harriet Nason – Rutland, Vermont, USA
1886 – Sarah Jane Robinson – Summerville, Massachusetts, USA
1886 – "Silesian Black Widow" – Silesia (Germany)
1886 – Harriet Ann Stevens – Wangaratta, Australia
1887 – Baba Rendusch – Bingula, Serbia
1887 – Elizabeth Berry – Oldham, England
1887 – Kate & Kit Kelly (Kelly Family) – No Man’s Land, Kansas, USA
1887 – Cynthia McDonald – Rochester, New York, USA1887 – Elizabeth Berry – Oldham, England
1887 – Kate & Kit Kelly (Kelly Family) – No Man’s Land, Kansas, USA
1887 – Mary Oberly – New York, New York, USA
1887 – Jarenkiewicz – Ukraine
1887 – Amastaa Rubio de Pascadera – San Antonio, Zacatecas, Mexico
1887 – Eva Micsik Romhanyi – Csoka, Serbia
1887 – Miss Ross – Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada
1887 – Martha Ryckman – Bampton, N. B., Nova Scotia, Canada
1887 – Annie Snoots – Cambridge, Ohio, USA
1887 – Miss Ross – Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada
1887 – Martha Ryckman – Bampton, N. B., Nova Scotia, Canada
1887 – Annie Snoots – Cambridge, Ohio, USA
1887 – Eliza Wood – Jackson, Tennessee, USA
1888 – Elisbetta Altrui & Maddalena Loffredo – San Pietro, Italy
1888 – Louisa Collins – Botany, Australia
1888 – Mrs. Johnston – Villea, Iowa, USA
1888 – Elisbetta Altrui & Maddalena Loffredo – San Pietro, Italy
1888 – Louisa Collins – Botany, Australia
1888 – Mrs. Johnston – Villea, Iowa, USA
1888 – Sarah Whiteling – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1889 – “Abittibee Lake Cannibal Mother” – Abittibee Lake, Ontario, Canada
1889 – Barbara of Chisinau – Chishau, Telenescha, Moldova
1889 – Ellen Batts – Waverly, Australia
1889 – Lizzie Brennan – Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
1889 – Miss Delaware – Waihora, New Zealand
1889 – Marie Doiselet – Bar-Sur Aube, France (age 13; 2 murders)
1889 – Mary Glynn – Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA
1889 – Jessie King – Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland
1889 – Amelia Winters – Deptford, England1889 – “Abittibee Lake Cannibal Mother” – Abittibee Lake, Ontario, Canada
1889 – Barbara of Chisinau – Chishau, Telenescha, Moldova
1889 – Ellen Batts – Waverly, Australia
1889 – Lizzie Brennan – Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
1889 – Miss Delaware – Waihora, New Zealand
1889 – Marie Doiselet – Bar-Sur Aube, France (age 13; 2 murders)
1889 – Mary Glynn – Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA
1889 – Jessie King – Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland
1889 – Marie Mravlak (Mrawlag) – Cilli, Slovenia
1889 – Eva Sarac – Mitrovitz, Serbia ("Hungary")
1889 – Jennie Suffert – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1889 – Sophie von Mesko – Lipov, Slovakia
1889 – Jennie Suffert – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1889 – Sophie von Mesko – Lipov, Slovakia
1889 – "Spanish Belle" Rogers - Rocky Bar, Idaho, USA
1889 – Annie Zachoegner – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1890 – Catherine Claus – Long Island, New York, USA
1890 – Julia Higbee – Meade County, Kentucky, USA
1890 – Julia Higbee – Meade County, Kentucky, USA
1890 – Parance Maksymischin – Janowiec Wielkopolski, Galicia (Poland)
1890 – Riva Schulkin – Minsk, Russia
1890 – Riva Schulkin – Minsk, Russia
1890 – Marianne Skoublinska – Warsaw, Poland
1891 – Evelyn Abbott – Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
1891 – Mrs. Thomas Austin – Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1891 – Jane Dorsey – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1891 – Mila – Pozarevatz, Serbia
1891 – Domnika Dutschak – Czernowitz, Ukraine
1891 – Frau Kernaez – Szent Tamas, Hungary
1891 – Stojsits Kurjakow – Szent Tamas, Hungary
1891 – Milicza Pivnicski – Szent Tamas, Hungary1891 – Mila – Pozarevatz, Serbia
1891 – Rosalie Schneider – Vienna, Austria
1891 – Marie Sorgenfrie – Rome, New York, USA
1892 – Mary Ann Armagost – David City, Nebraska, USA
1891 – Marie Sorgenfrie – Rome, New York, USA
1892 – Mary Ann Armagost – David City, Nebraska, USA
1892 – Ghelente Bednerek (Josefa) – Balut, Poland
1892 – Dorothee Buntrock – Osnabrück, Germany
1892 – “Chihuaha Cannibal Female Serial Killer” – Chihuaha, Mexico
1892 – Mary Ann Hall – Manchester, England
1892 – Annie Hanson – Chicago, Illinois, USA
1892 – Nellie Haven & Hattie Graham – San Francisco, California, USA
1892 – Ella Holdridge – Tonawanda, New York, USA
1892 – “The Limburg Baby Farmer” – Limburg, Germany
1892 – Annie Hanson – Chicago, Illinois, USA
1892 – Nellie Haven & Hattie Graham – San Francisco, California, USA
1892 – Ella Holdridge – Tonawanda, New York, USA
1892 – “The Limburg Baby Farmer” – Limburg, Germany
1892 – Sarah Jane Makin – Sydney, Australia
1892 – Guadalupe Martinez de Bejarano – Mexico City, Mexico
1892 – Guadalupe Martinez de Bejarano – Mexico City, Mexico
1893 – Madame Barthian – Rittencourt, Lorraine, France
1893 – Lady Blanche Diarne – near Bucharest, Romania
1893 – Belinda Laphame – San Francisco, California, USA
1893 – Lady Blanche Diarne – near Bucharest, Romania
1893 – Josefa Duda & Johanna Dudek – Kuttenberg, Bohemia (Czech)
1893 – Lizzie Halliday – Burlingham, New York, USA1893 – Mrs. Joszef Kajdy – Szent-Gal, Vezprimer County, Hungary
1893 – Baba Ljuskowska – Berditschew, Ukraine
1893 – Frances Knorr (Minnie Thwaites) – Brunswick, Australia1893 – Baba Ljuskowska – Berditschew, Ukraine
1893 – Belinda Laphame – San Francisco, California, USA
1893 - Julji Laskowskiej, “Baba Ljuskowska” – Berdychiv, Ukraine
1893 – Mary Meyer – South Bend, Indiana, USA
1893 – “Przemysi Baby Farmers” – Przmyski, Poland
1893 – Mattie C. Shann – Princeton, New Jersey, USA
1893 – Annie Wagner – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1894 – Mary Cowan – Dixmont, Maine, USA
1893 – “Przemysi Baby Farmers” – Przmyski, Poland
1893 – Mattie C. Shann – Princeton, New Jersey, USA
1893 – Annie Wagner – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
1893 – Josefine Wilczynska – Lodz, Poland
1894 – Mrs. Julian Butler – Hamburg, Michigan, USA1894 – Mary Cowan – Dixmont, Maine, USA
1894 – Martha Needle – Richmond, Australia
1894 – “Nijni Novgorod Serial Killer” – Nijni Novgorod, Russia
1894 – Katharine & Elizabeth Nolan – Waterford, New York, USA
1895 – Minnie Dean – Invercargill, New Zealand
1895 – Lizzie Harris - Moundsville, West Virginia & Knox County, Kentucky
1894 – Katharine & Elizabeth Nolan – Waterford, New York, USA
1895 – Minnie Dean – Invercargill, New Zealand
1895 – Lizzie Harris - Moundsville, West Virginia & Knox County, Kentucky
1895 – Marie Hevesy (Hevesi) – Pecica ("Pecska"), Romania ("Hungary")
1895 – Charlotte Howell – Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
1895 – Charlotte Howell – Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
1895 – Azalai Maria Jager – Hodmezovassarhely, Hungary
1895 – Marie Therese Joniaux-Ablay – Antwerp, Belgium
1895 – Niryauhi V Kanjogera – Tutsi Tribe, Rwanda
1895 – Gaetana Stimoli ("Stomoli") – Aderno, Catania, Sicily
1896 – Auguste Bock (Springstein) – Prenzlau, Germany
1895 – Niryauhi V Kanjogera – Tutsi Tribe, Rwanda
1895 – Gaetana Stimoli ("Stomoli") – Aderno, Catania, Sicily
1895 – Maria Szalay-Japes – Hodmezo-Vasarhely, Hungary (PROBABLY A DUPLICATE OF JAGER)
1896 – Queen Ashantehemaa Yaa Akyaa – Kumanni, Ashanti Kingdom (Ghana)1896 – Auguste Bock (Springstein) – Prenzlau, Germany
1896 – Amelia Dyer – Caversham, England
1896 – Fatima Ben Abdel Kader – Oran, Algeria
1896 – "Mischar Triple Black Widow" – Mischar, Serbia
1896 – Alice Platt – Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1896 – Celia Rose – Newville, Pleasant Valley, Ohio, USA
1896 – Fatima Ben Abdel Kader – Oran, Algeria
1896 – "Mischar Triple Black Widow" – Mischar, Serbia
1896 – Alice Platt – Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1896 – Celia Rose – Newville, Pleasant Valley, Ohio, USA
1896 – Rulo – Peraleda, Spain
1896 – Fanny Scovell ("Scofield") – Mexico Village, New York, USA
1896 – "Viennese Dissection Serial Killer Couple" – Vienna, Austria
1897 – Lidi Czordus (Csordas) – Hodmezovassarhely, Hungary
1897 – Orellana – Seville, Spain
1897 – Frau Przybylska – Lodz, Poland
1897 – Marie Ret – Paris, France
1896 – Fanny Scovell ("Scofield") – Mexico Village, New York, USA
1896 – "Viennese Dissection Serial Killer Couple" – Vienna, Austria
1897 – Lidi Czordus (Csordas) – Hodmezovassarhely, Hungary
1897 – Therese Komjalhy Dellavoda – Neupest, Hungary
1897 – Augusta Nack – New York, New York, USA1897 – Orellana – Seville, Spain
1897 – Frau Przybylska – Lodz, Poland
1897 – Marie Ret – Paris, France
1897 – Jennie Layton & Mary Sammon – Camden, New Jersey, USA
1897 – Midwife Schmidt – Verden, Lower Saxony, Germany
1897 – Frau Schwartz – Warsaw, Poland
1897 – Nancy Staffleback – Galena, Kansas, USA
1898 – Frau Feddern – Hamburg, Germany
1898 – Jane Morris – New York, New York, USA
1898 – Caroline Ostrouszko – Near Warsaw, Poland
1898 – Margaret Ann Smith – West Perth, Australia1897 – Maria Ulica – Zsebely, Temesvar, Romania
1898 – Maria Dunne – Inchicore, Ireland1898 – Jovanka Papa (AKA : Parthenia Igrisa; Marie Anassin-Pox) – Gross-Kikinda, Serbia
1898 – Marianna Breszczak – Near Warsaw, Poland
1898 – Frau Feddern – Hamburg, Germany
1898 – Jane Morris – New York, New York, USA
1898 – Caroline Ostrouszko – Near Warsaw, Poland
1898 – Ann Spinks – Tottenham, England
1898 – Emilie Thiele, Maria Pisturin & Ida Gro – Temesvar, Romania
1898 – Mary Tressa – Trieste, Austria (Italy)
1898 – Mary Tressa – Trieste, Austria (Italy)
1898 – “Vlasotince Serial Poisoner” – Vlasotince, Serbia
1898 – Juliana Wroclawska – Near Warsaw, Poland
1899 – Henrietta Bamberger – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1899 – Lulu Johnson – Enid, Oklahoma Territory, USA
1899 – Elizabeth Osborn – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1899 – Lisa Petru-Triku – Jebel (Zesbeley), Temesvar, Romania ("Hungary")
1900 – Nikola Bettuz – Kissoda, Romania ("Hungary")
1900 – Marie Bonelli – Rome, Italy
1900 – Ada Chard-Williams – London, England
1900 – Molly Foxwater – Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
1900 – “Golden Wig Female Serial Killer” – England
1900 – Therese Gyulai – Nagy-Koros, Hungary
1900 – Mrs. (Limeburner) Herrick – Kenwood, Illinois, USA
1900 – “Kherson Angel-Maker” – Kherson, Ukraine
1899 – Laura Heinz – Esztergom, Hungary
1899 – Lulu Johnson – Enid, Oklahoma Territory, USA
1899 – Amy M'Neil Douglas – Chingford, England1899 – Lulu Johnson – Enid, Oklahoma Territory, USA
1899 – Elizabeth Osborn – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1899 – Lisa Petru-Triku – Jebel (Zesbeley), Temesvar, Romania ("Hungary")
1900 – Nikola Bettuz – Kissoda, Romania ("Hungary")
1900 – Marie Bonelli – Rome, Italy
1900 – Ada Chard-Williams – London, England
1900 – Molly Foxwater – Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
1900 – “Golden Wig Female Serial Killer” – England
1900 – Therese Gyulai – Nagy-Koros, Hungary
1900 – Mrs. (Limeburner) Herrick – Kenwood, Illinois, USA
1900 – “Kherson Angel-Maker” – Kherson, Ukraine
1900 – Liget Rouge-Poison Husband-Killing Syndicate – Liget, Baranya cty., Hungary
1901 – Fru Johannsen – Christiana (Oslo), Norway
1901 – Emma Knowles – Birmingham, England
1901 – Fru Olsen – Christiana (Oslo), Norway
1901 – Frau Prussenkowa – Kiev, Ukraine
1901 – Frau Prussenkowa – Kiev, Ukraine
1901 – Katharina Schweinhammer – Weikendorf, Austria
1901 – Zsófia Tonaszic – Starčevo, Pančevo municipality, South Banat District, Serbia
1901 – Jane Toppan – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1901 – Belle Witwer – Dayton, Ohio, USA
1902 – Mattie Bennett – Beaumont, USA
1902 – Nellie Campbell – Chicago, Illinois, USA
1901 – Belle Witwer – Dayton, Ohio, USA
1902 – Mattie Bennett – Beaumont, USA
1902 – Nellie Campbell – Chicago, Illinois, USA
1902 – “Christiana Baby Farmers” – Christiana (Oslo), Norway
1902 – “Cologne Baby Farmer” – Cologne, Germany
1902 – “Cologne Baby Farmer” – Cologne, Germany
1902 – “Erenfeld Angel-maker”– Erenfeld, Germany
1902 – Jennie O. Guild – Sheldonville, Massachusetts, USA1902 – “Hameln Angel-Maker” – Hameln, Germany
1902 – Marie Josefowitsch – Cherniviski, Ukraine
1902 – “Osaka Baby Farmers” – Osaka, Japan
1903 – Mrs. A. H. Miller – Wichita, Kansas, USA
1902 – “Romanian Bandit Queen of Jassy” – Jassy, Romania
1902 – Amelia Sach & Annie Walters – Finchley, England
1902 – Hattie Whitten – Dexter, Maine, USA
1903 – “Cairo Cannibal Female Serial Killer” – Cairo, Egypt
1903 – Caroline Collins – New Lathrop, Michigan, USA
1903 – Caroline Finity – Wanakoneta, Ohio, USA
1902 – Amelia Sach & Annie Walters – Finchley, England
1902 – Hattie Whitten – Dexter, Maine, USA
1903 – “Cairo Cannibal Female Serial Killer” – Cairo, Egypt
1903 – Caroline Collins – New Lathrop, Michigan, USA
1903 – Caroline Finity – Wanakoneta, Ohio, USA
1903 – Emily Gobay & Emma Kitchen – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1903 – Mary McKnight – Kalkaska, Michigan, USA1903 – Madame Guzovska – Warsaw, Poland
1903 – Marie Knauer – San Francisco, California, USA (Chicago; Germany)
1903 – Marie Knauer – San Francisco, California, USA (Chicago; Germany)
1903 – Mrs. A. H. Miller – Wichita, Kansas, USA
1903 – Alexandra Murakina – Tarutino, Kaluga, Russia
1903 – Anna (Karoline) Przygodda – Roblau, Allenstein, East Prussia (Germany/Poland)
1903 – Julia Saldakowa – Lviv, Galicia (Ukraine)
1903 – Elisabeth Wiese – St. Pauli (Hamburg), Germany
1904 – Annie Batten – Perth, Australia
1903 – Chaja Wogen – Lodz, Poland
1904 – Elizabeth Ashmead – Philadelphia, Pa., Melville, NJ, Wilmington, De., USA1904 – Annie Batten – Perth, Australia
1904 – Mary Bellears – Euora, Australia
1904 – Jeanne Bonnaud – Chatain, Haute, Vienne Dept., France
1904 – Rachel Galtie – Auch, France
1904 – “Harbin, Manchuria Serial Black Widow” – Harbin, Manchuria (Russia)
1904 – Rachel Galtie – Auch, France
1904 – “Harbin, Manchuria Serial Black Widow” – Harbin, Manchuria (Russia)
1904 – Rae Anderman Krauss – Blackford City, Indiana, USA
1904 – Mary Lowry – Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1904 – Mrs. Maisson – Racine, Wisconsin & Kankakee, Illinois, USA
1904 – Catherine Miller – Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1904 – Marie Novak – Karlin (Charlottenfeld), Moravia
1905 – Imrene Balapa – Peterev, Hungary
1905 – Rose Barron – Detroit, Michigan, USA
1905 – Anna Bergmann – Euora, Australia
1905 – “Dubovo Vivisection Ogresses” – Dubovo, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
1905 – Lizzie Geisler – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1905 – Maria Kramer – Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
1904 – Mary Lowry – Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1904 – Mrs. Maisson – Racine, Wisconsin & Kankakee, Illinois, USA
1904 – Catherine Miller – Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania, USA
1904 – Marie Novak – Karlin (Charlottenfeld), Moravia
1905 – Imrene Balapa – Peterev, Hungary
1905 – Rose Barron – Detroit, Michigan, USA
1905 – Anna Bergmann – Euora, Australia
1905 – “Dubovo Vivisection Ogresses” – Dubovo, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
1905 – Lizzie Geisler – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1905 – Maria Kramer – Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
1905 – Frau Miriczky – Mohol, Obecse, Peterrev; Bacser cty., Serbia (“Hungary”)
1905 – Frau (Ziesig) Manko – Lyck, West Prussia (Germany)1905 – Damo Maximovics – Gaja, Torontal County, Serbia
1905 – Mamie McDowell-Bryant – Richmond, Virginia, USA