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Amelia Dyer was born the youngest of five (with three brothers – Thomas, James and William – and a sister, Ann) in the small village of Pyle Marsh, [2] just east of Bristol, the daughter of master shoemaker Samuel Hobley and Sarah Hobley (née Weymouth). Amelia learned to read and write and developed a love of literature and poetry.
The ghostly figure of a Victorian murderess is among the spectres believed to wander the halls of the Old Bailey. Nurse Amelia Dyer was aged 58 when she was hanged at the Newgate Prison on June 10 ...
Margaret Waters (executed 1870) and Amelia Dyer (executed 1896) were two infamous British baby farmers, as were Amelia Sach and Annie Walters (executed 1903). [2] The last baby farmer to be executed in Britain was Rhoda Willis, who was hanged in Wales in 1907. [citation needed]
Notorious Bristol "baby farmer" Amelia Dyer spent six months at Shepton Mallet Prison. Her trial was held at Long Ashton on 29 August 1879, and two newspapers report the summing-up of the judge, stating that she would reflect on her actions behind the walls of Shepton Mallet Gaol, for the period of six months under hard labour.
Amelia Dyer: United Kingdom: 1879–1896: 6–400+ Baby farmer who strangled the babies in her care. Hanged. [159] Alexe Popova: Russia: 1879–1909: 300: Samara poisoner for hire who was employed by women in unhappy marriages. After her arrest, she confessed to having poisoned some 300 men in a 30-year period but was adamant that she had never ...
Dyer (/ ˈ d aɪ. ər /) is an ... Amelia Dyer (1837–1896), Victorian nurse and baby farmer hanged for murder; Anne Dyer (born 1957), British Anglican priest and ...
Amelia is a feminine given name. Its English form was likely influenced by the names Amalia , derived from the Germanic root amal , with meanings "vigorous, active, work", and Emilia , derived from the name of the Roman Aemilia gens .
Amelia Dyer; H. Myra Hindley; L. Lucy Letby ... Maxine Robinson; S. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters; W. Rose West; Amelia Winters ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...