#28 June 1886

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The first transcontinental passenger train departed from Montreal’s Dalhousie Station, located at Berri Street and Notre Dame Street at 8 pm on 28 June 1886, and arrived at Port Moody at noon on 4 July 1886.  

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The old Constitutional Club building on Northumberland Avenue photographed on 28th June 1961.

The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club, now dissolved, which was established in 1883 and disbanded in 1979. Between 1886 and 1959 it was housed in a distinctive red and yellow Victorian Neo-Gothic terracotta building seen here at 28 Northumberland Avenue, off Trafalgar Square.

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In 1885, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States, was being assembled in New York Harbor after its arrival in pieces. One notable part of the assembly process was unpacking and assembling the statue's head, an iconic moment in its history.

1. Arrival and Unpacking. The statue arrived in New York from France in June 1885, shipped in 214 crates. The head of the Statue of Liberty, one of the most recognizable parts of the monument, was carefully unpacked and examined as part of the assembly process.

2. Construction Details: Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and with an internal framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel, the Statue of Liberty was built in parts in France and then disassembled for shipping. The head, like the rest of the statue, was meticulously crafted and required precise assembly upon arrival.

3. Historical Significance: The assembly of the Statue of Liberty was a significant event in American history, symbolizing the strong ties between the U.S. and France and marking the beginning of a new era for the nation. The statue was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886, becoming a powerful symbol of freedom and democracy.

4. Cultural Impact: The Statue of Liberty has since become one of the most recognized symbols of the United States, representing liberty, freedom, and the welcoming spirit of the nation. The process of its assembly, including the unpacking of key components like the head, was a pivotal moment in its journey to becoming an iconic monument.

The unpacking of the statue’s head in 1885 is a key moment in the history of one of the world’s most famous landmarks, reflecting both the technical and symbolic importance of the Statue of Liberty.

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Today the Church remembers the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs.

Orate pro nobis.

The 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs were Roman Catholic Christians in Poland killed during World War II by the Nazis, either in the concentration camps or by mass slaughter on the streets. The group comprises 3 bishops, 79 priests, 7 male religious, 8 female religious, and 11 lay people. There are two parishes named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II in Powiercie in Koło County, and in Malbork, Poland.

The 108 Blessed Martyrs were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland.

List of Martyrs

Bishops

1. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (1858–1941 KL Soldau), bishop

2. Leon Wetmański (1886–1941 KL Soldau), bishop

3. Władysław Goral (1898–1945 KL Sachsenhausen), bishop

Priests

1. Adam Bargielski, priest from Myszyniec (1903–1942 KZ Dachau)

2. Aleksy Sobaszek, priest (1895–1942 KL Dachau)

3. Alfons Maria Mazurek, Carmelite friar, prior, priest (1891–1944, shot by the Gestapo)

4. Alojzy Liguda, Society of the Divine Word, priest (1898–1942 KL Dachau)

5. Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz, Franciscan friar, priest (1882–1942 KL Dachau)

6. Anicet Kopliński, Capuchin friar, priest in Warsaw (1875–1941)

7. Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest, dean of Bielsk Podlaski (1880–1943, shot near Bielsk Podlaski)

8. Antoni Leszczewicz, Marian Father, priest (1890–1943, burnt to death in Rosica, Belarus)

9. Antoni Rewera, priest, dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Sandomierz (1869–1942 KL Dachau)

10. Antoni Świadek, priest from Bydgoszcz (1909–1945 KL Dachau)

11. Antoni Zawistowski, priest (1882–1942 KL Dachau)

12. Bolesław Strzelecki, priest (1896–1941 KL Auschwitz)

13. Bronisław Komorowski, priest (1889–22 March 1940 KL Stutthof)

14. Dominik Jędrzejewski, priest (1886–1942 KL Dachau)

15. Edward Detkens, priest (1885–1942 KL Dachau)

16. Edward Grzymała, priest (1906–1942 KL Dachau)

17. Emil Szramek, priest (1887–1942 KL Dachau)

18. Fidelis Chojnacki, Capuchin friar, priest (1906–1942, KL Dachau)

19. Florian Stępniak, Capuchin friar, priest (1912–1942 KL Dachau)

20. Franciszek Dachtera, priest (1910–23 August 1942 KL Dachau)

21. Franciszek Drzewiecki, Orionine Father, priest (1908–1942 KL Dachau); from Zduny, he was condemned to heavy work in the plantation of Dachau. While he was bending over tilling the soil, he adored the consecrated hosts kept in a small box in front of him. While he was going to the gas chamber, he encouraged his companions, saying "We offer our life for God, for the Church and for our Country".

22. Franciszek Rogaczewski, priest from Gdańsk (1892–1940, shot in Stutthof or in Piaśnica, Pomerania)

23. Franciszek Rosłaniec, priest (1889–1942 KL Dachau)

24. Henryk Hlebowicz, priest (1904–1941, shot at Borisov in Belarus)

25. Henryk Kaczorowski, priest from Włocławek (1888–1942)

26. Henryk Krzysztofik, religious priest (1908–1942 KL Dachau)

27. Hilary Paweł Januszewski, religious priest (1907–1945 KL Dachau)

28. Jan Antonin Bajewski, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest (1915–1941 KL Auschwitz); of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz

29. Jan Franciszek Czartoryski, Dominican friar, priest (1897–1944)

30. Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest (1885–1942 KL Dachau)

31. Jerzy Kaszyra, Marian Father, priest (1910–1943, burnt to death in Rosica, Belarus)

32. Józef Achilles Puchała, Franciscan friar, priest (1911–1943, killed near Iwieniec, Belarus)

33. Józef Cebula, Missionary Oblate, priest (23 March 1902 – 9 May 1941 KL Mauthausen)[

34. Józef Czempiel, priest (1883–1942 KL Mauthausen)

35. Józef Innocenty Guz, Franciscan friar, priest (1890–1940 KL Sachsenhausen)

36. Józef Jankowski, Pallotine, priest (1910 born in Czyczkowy near Brusy, Kashubia (died 16 October 1941 in KL Auschwitz beaten by a kapo)

37. Józef Kowalski, Salesian, priest (1911–1942) , priest beaten to death on 3 July 1942 in the KL Auschwitz concentration camp

38. Józef Kurzawa, priest (1910–1940)

39. Józef Kut, priest (1905–1942 KL Dachau)

40. Józef Pawłowski, priest (1890–9 January 1942 KL Dachau)

41. Józef Stanek, Pallottine, priest (1916–23 September 1944, murdered in Warsaw)

42. Józef Straszewski, priest (1885–1942 KL Dachau)

43. Karol Herman Stępień, Franciscan friar, priest (1910–1943, killed near Iwieniec, Belarus)

44. Kazimierz Gostyński, priest (1884–1942 KL Dachau)

45. Kazimierz Grelewski, priest (1907–1942 KL Dachau)

46. Kazimierz Sykulski, priest (1882–1942 KL Auschwitz)

47. Krystyn Gondek, Franciscan friar, priest (1909–1942 KL Dachau)

48. Leon Nowakowski, priest (1913–1939)

49. Ludwik Mzyk, Society of the Divine Word, priest (1905–1940)

50. Ludwik Pius Bartosik, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest (1909–1941 KL Auschwitz); of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz

51. Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, priest from Częstochowa (1904–1941 KL Dachau)

52. Maksymilian Binkiewicz, priest (1913–24 July 1942, beaten, died in KL Dachau)

53. Marian Gorecki, priest (1903–22 March 1940 KL Stutthof)

54. Marian Konopiński, Capuchin friar, priest (1907–1 January 1943 KL Dachau)

55. Marian Skrzypczak, priest (1909–1939 shot in Plonkowo)

56. Michał Oziębłowski, priest (1900–1942 KL Dachau)

57. Michał Piaszczyński, priest (1885–1940 KL Sachsenhausen)

58. Michał Woźniak, priest (1875–1942 KL Dachau)

59. Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz, priest (1904–4 March 1942, shot in Berezwecz)

60. Narcyz Putz, priest (1877–1942 KL Dachau)

61. Narcyz Turchan, priest (1879–1942 KL Dachau)

62. Piotr Edward Dankowski, priest (1908–3 April 1942 KL Auschwitz)

63. Roman Archutowski, priest (1882–1943 KL Majdanek)

64. Roman Sitko, priest (1880–1942 KL Auschwitz)

65. Stanisław Kubista, Society of the Divine Word, priest (1898–1940 KL Sachsenhausen)

66. Stanisław Kubski, priest (1876–1942, prisoner in KL Dachau, killed in Hartheim near Linz)

67. Stanisław Mysakowski, priest (1896–1942 KL Dachau)

68. Stanisław Pyrtek, priest (1913–4 March 1942, shot in Berezwecz)

69. Stefan Grelewski, priest (1899–1941 KL Dachau)

70. Wincenty Matuszewski, priest (1869–1940)

71. Władysław Błądziński, Michaelite, priest (1908–1944, KL Gross-Rosen)

72. Władysław Demski, priest (1884–28 May 1940, KL Sachsenhausen)

73. Władysław Maćkowiak, priest (1910–4 March 1942 shot in Berezwecz)

74. Władysław Mączkowski, priest (1911–20 August 1942 KL Dachau)

75. Władysław Miegoń, priest, commander lieutenant (1892–1942 KL Dachau)

76. Włodzimierz Laskowski, priest (1886–1940 KL Gusen)

77. Wojciech Nierychlewski, religious, priest (1903–1942, KL Auschwitz)

78. Zygmunt Pisarski, priest (1902–1943)

79. Zygmunt Sajna, priest (1897–1940, shot at Palmiry, near Warsaw)

Religious brothers

1. Brunon Zembol, friar (1905–1942 KL Dachau)

2. Grzegorz Bolesław Frąckowiak, Society of the Divine Word friar (1911–1943, guillotined in Dresden)

3. Józef Zapłata, friar (1904–1945 KL Dachau)

4. Marcin Oprządek, friar (1884–1942 KL Dachau)

5. Piotr Bonifacy Żukowski, friar (1913–1942 KL Auschwitz)

6. Stanisław Tymoteusz Trojanowski, friar (1908–1942 KL Auschwitz)

7. Symforian Ducki, friar (1888–1942 KL Auschwitz)

Nuns and religious sisters

1. Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska, sister, based on eye-witness reports comforted and huddled with Jewish children before she and the children were executed (1899–1939, executed at Piaśnica, Pomerania)

2. Ewa Noiszewska, sister (1885–1942, executed at Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)

3. Julia Rodzińska, Dominican sister (1899–20 February 1945, KL Stutthof); she died having contracted typhoid serving the Jewish women prisoners in a hut for which she had volunteered.

4. Katarzyna Celestyna Faron (1913–1944, KL Auschwitz); (1913–1944), had offered her life for the conversion of an Old Catholic bishop Władysław Faron (no relation). She was arrested by the Gestapo and condemned to Auschwitz camp. She put up heroically with all the abuses of the camp and died on Easter Sunday 1944. The bishop later returned to the Catholic Church).

5. Maria Antonina Kratochwil, SSND nun (1881–1942) died as a result of the torture she endured while imprisoned in Stanisławów.

6. Maria Klemensa Staszewska (1890–1943 KL Auschwitz)

7. Marta Wołowska (1879–1942, executed at Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)

8. Mieczysława Kowalska, sister (1902–1941, Soldau concentration camp in Działdowo)

Roman Catholic laity

1. Bronisław Kostkowski, alumnus (1915–1942 KL Dachau)

2. Czesław Jóźwiak (1919–1942, guillotined in a prison in Dresden)

3. Edward Kaźmierski (1919–1942, guillotined in a prison in Dresden)

4. Edward Klinik (1919–1942, guillotined in a prison in Dresden)

5. Franciszek Kęsy (1920–1942, guillotined in a prison in Dresden)

6. Franciszek Stryjas (1882–31 July 1944, Kalisz prison)

7. Jarogniew Wojciechowski (1922–1942, guillotined in a prison in Dresden)

8. Marianna Biernacka (1888–13 July 1943), executed instead of her pregnant daughter-in-law Anna, offered her life for her and her unborn grandchild)

9. Natalia Tułasiewicz (1906–31 March 1945, died in KL Ravensbrück)

10. Stanisław Starowieyski (1895–1941 in KL Dachau)

11. Tadeusz Dulny, alumnus (1914–1942 KL Dachau)

Almighty God, by whose grace and power your Holy Martyrs of Poland triumphed over suffering and were faithful even to death: Grant us, who now remember them in thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may receive with them the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

(Fr. Józef Kowalski, priest beaten to death on 3 July 1942 in the KL Auschwitz concentration camp)

(Sr. Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska, a nun killed protecting a group of Jewish children in 1939 in the mass murders in Piaśnica)

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"[Capello] said the King is already tired to satiety of this new Queen (che il Re era stufo et satio hormai de questa nova regina.)" 'Venice: June 1535', in Calendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 5, 1534-1554, (London, 1873) pp. 23-28. British History Online

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The Lady has lately feasted him at one of her residences, where she prepared beforehand an entertainment [...] to which many people were invited, though she entirely forgot to ask the French ambassador, who has not been at all pleased at her neglect. She has, however, so well managed to banquet and amuse her guests that [...] the King loves his concubine now more than ever he did. 'Spain: June 1535, 16-30', in Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 5 Part 1, 1534-1535, (London, 1886) pp. 492-506. British History Online 

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On June 17, 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Grover Cleveland, became known around the world as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy.

Intended to commemorate the American Revolution and a century of friendship between the U.S. and France, the statue was designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi (who modeled it after his own mother), with assistance from engineer Gustave Eiffel, who later developed the iconic tower in Paris bearing his name. The statue was initially scheduled to be finished by 1876, the 100th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence; however, fundraising efforts, which included auctions, a lottery and boxing matches, took longer than anticipated, both in Europe and the U.S., where the statue’s pedestal was to be financed and constructed. The statue alone cost the French an estimated $250,000 (more than $5.5 million in today’s money).

Finally completed in Paris in the summer of 1884, the statue, a robed female figure with an uplifted arm holding a torch, reached its new home on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. After being reassembled, the 450,000-pound statue was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886, by President Cleveland, who said, “We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.” Standing more than 305 feet from the foundation of its pedestal to the top of its torch, the statue, dubbed “Liberty Enlightening the World” by Bartholdi, was taller than any structure in New York City at the time. The statue was originally copper-colored, but over the years it underwent a natural color-change process called patination that produced its current greenish-blue hue.

In 1892, Ellis Island, located near Bedloe’s Island (which in 1956 was renamed Liberty Island), opened as America’s chief immigration station, and for the next 62 years Lady Liberty, as the statue is nicknamed, stood watch over the more than 12 million immigrants who sailed into New York Harbor. In 1903, a plaque inscribed with a sonnet titled “The New Colossus” by American poet Emma Lazarus, written 20 years earlier for a pedestal fundraiser, was placed on an interior wall of the pedestal. Lazarus’ now-famous words, which include “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” became symbolic of America’s vision of itself as a land of opportunity for immigrants.

Some 60 years after President Calvin Coolidge designated the statue a national monument in 1924, it underwent a multi-million-dollar restoration (which included a new torch and gold leaf-covered flame) and was rededicated by President Ronald Reagan on July 4, 1986, in a lavish celebration. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the statue was closed; its base, pedestal and observation deck re-opened in 2004, while its crown re-opened to the public on July 4, 2009.

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Dans à la ville/Danse à la campagne (1883) | Pierre Auguste Renoir

I rather have the impression the the country couple enjoys their dance more!

Danseuses Bleues (1893) | Edgar Degas

I, however, find the most pleasure in pirouettes!

Chasse aux papillons (1874) | Berthe Morisot

I haven't thought about chasing butterflies in decades! What a lovely invitation for nostalgia!

Le Repos au bord du ruisseau. Lisière de bois (1878) | Alfred Sisley

I wish I could be reading peacefully, shaded by the trees along a river!

Paysage au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise (1880); Femme dans un clos (1887); Paysage au Éragny (1870) | Camille Pissarro

This trio of paintings offered such relief from the crowds pushing me through the exhibits! They were like open windows, letting a fresh breeze pass through an uncomfortable room!

Les Barques. Régates à Argenteuil (ca. 1874) | Claude Monet

Some very handsome sailboats, here!

Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte (1899) | Claude Monet

Another peaceful scene!

Essai de figure en plein-air, vers la droite/Essai de figure en plein-air, vers la gauche (1886) | Claude Monet

Monet described how his intent was to paint the human form as part of the landscape! The movement captured in these pieces certainly helps integrate her into the land and sky; however, I think humans are too self-centered, to deemphasize themselves to the point of becoming scenery. (June 28)

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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR MAY 04

Bl. Carthusian Martyrs, 1540 A.D. English monks of the Carthusian Order put to death by King Henry VIII because of their continued allegiance to the pope and the authority of the Holy See. These martyrs, eighteen in all, were beatified in 1886.

St. Augustine Webster, 1535 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonized in 1970. Augustine was a Carthusian prior of the Charterhouse at Axholme, England. He was arrested in London and martyred at Tyburn.

St. John Houghton, 1535 A.D. Protomartyr of the English Reformation. A native of Essex, he served as a parish priest after graduating from Cambridge. He then became a Carthusian and the prior of the Carthusian Charterhouse of London. As an opponent of King Henry VIII’s Acts of Succession and Supremacy, he was arrested with other Carthusian but was released temporarily. He then refused to swear to the Oath of Supremacy, the first man to make this refusal. Dragged through the streets, he was executed at Tyburn with four companions by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Parts of his remains were put on display in assorted spots throughout London. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

St. John Payne, 1582 A.D. Also John Paine. An English martyr. Payne was born at Peterborough, England, and was possibly a convert. In 1574, he departed England and went to Douai, where he was ordained in 1576. Immediately thereafter, he was sent back to England with St. Cuthbert Mayne. His labors met with considerable success, but he was arrested within a year. Released by English authorities, he departed the island but came back in 1579. While staying in Warwickshire on the estate of one Lady Petre, he was arrested once more after being denounced by John Eliot, a known murderer who made a career out of denouncing Catholics and priests for bounty. Imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London for nine months, he was finally condemned to death and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Chelmsford. He is one of the Martyrs of England and Wales canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970.

St. Richard Reynolds, 1169 A.D. Brigettine martyr of England and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Devon, England, in 1492 and was educated at Cambridge. In 1513, he entered the Brigettines at Syon Abbey, Isleworth. When King Henry VIII demanded royal oaths, Richard and others opposed the monarch. They were executed at Tyburn. Richard was canonized in 1970.

St. Robert Lawrence, 1535 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After joining the Carthusians, he served as prior of the Charterhouse at Beauvale, Nottinghamshire, at the time when King Henry VIII of England broke with Rome and launched the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Robert went with St. John Houghton to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them arrested and placed in the Tower of London. When they refused to sign the Oath of Supremacy, they were cruelly tortured and executed at Tyburn, making them among the first martyrs from the order in England. Beatified in 1886, Robert was canonized by Pope Paul VI with the other martyrs in 1970.

The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. A famed group of Catholic martyrs who were put to death for the faith and who received canonization on October 25, 1970, by Pope Paul VI. The saints belonging to this group are covered in individual entries, but the members are: Alban Roe (January 21), Alexander Bryant (December 1), Ambrose Barlow (September 11), Anne Line (February 27), Augustine Webster (May 4), Cuthbert Mayne (November 29), David Lewis (August 27), Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28), Edmund Campion (December 1), Edmund Gennings (December 10), Henry Morse (February 1), Henry Walpole (April 7), John Almond (December 5), John Boste (July24), John Houghton (May 4), John Jones (July 12), John Kemble (August 22), John Lloyd (July 22), John Payne (April 2), John Plessington (July 19), John Rigby (June 19), John Roberts (December 9), John Stone (May 12), John Southworth (June 27), John Wall (August 22), Luke Kirby (May 30), Margaret Clitherow (October 21), Margaret Ward (August 30), Nicholas Owen (March 2), Philip Evans (July 22), Philip Howard (October 19), Polydore Plasden (December 10), Ralph Sherwin (December 1), Richard Gwyn (October 17), Richard Reynolds (May 4), Robert Lawrence (May 4), Robert Southwell (February 21), Swithun Wells (December 10), and Thomas Garnet (June 26).

The Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of men who were executed on charges of treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1584 and 1679. They are considered martyrs in the Roman Catholic Church and were beatified on 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Feastday May 4

ST. ANTONINA OF NICEA, MARTYR, saint Antonina, martyr, who was cruelly tortured and tormented with various tortures, three days hanging, then imprisoned for two years and, finally, under Governor Prisciliano, and by the confession of his faith in God, was burned alive. May 4

St. Florian, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. Feastday May 4

St. Conleth, 519 A.D. Irish metalworker and hermit, also called Conlaed. He lived as a recluse at Old Connell on the Liffey, and was a close friend of St. Brigid. In time he served as spiritual director of St. Brigid’s convent at Kildare. A copyist and skilled illuminator of manuscripts, he is noted for the crozier that he fashioned for St. Finbar of Termon Barry.

St. Ethelred. King of Mercia who resigned his throne to become a Benedictine monk at Bardney, England. He became the abbot at Bardney.

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mp – female serial killers.

alphabetical order [last name].

number of female serial killers: 70

beverley gail allitt "angel of death" dob: october 4, 1968 characteristics: nurse suffering from the mental illness – munchausen's syndrome by proxy victims: 4 murders: february – april 1991 method: poisoning (insulin - lignocaine) arrested: november 1991location: lincolnshire, england, uk status: sentenced to 13 concurrent terms of life imprisonment on May 28, 1993 [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/allitt-beverley.htm]

lyda catherine ambrose dob: 1891 characteristics: "black widow" – to collect insurance money victims: 5 murders: 1917 – 1920 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: december 1920 location: missouri/idaho, usa status: sentenced to life imprisonment. escaped from the idaho state prison on may 4, 1931. recaptured in kansas city in 1932. died in prison. [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/ambrose-lyda.htm] amy archer-gilligan dob: october 1868 characteristics: to collect insurance money to inherit victims: 5+ murders: 1908 – 1916 method: poison [arsenic or strychnine] arrested: may 8, 1916 location: windsor, connecticut, usa status: sentenced to death on june 18, 1917. granted a new trial. pleaded guilty of murder in  second degree. sentenced to life in prison on july 1, 1919. declared insane in 1924 and transferred to connecticut hospital for the insane in middletown, where she remained until her death on 23 april 23, 1962. [https://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/archer-gilligan.htm]

francisca ballesteros "the poisoner of melilla" dob: 1969 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: 1990 – 2004 method: poison arrested: june 7, 2004 location: melilla, spain status: sentenced to a term of 84 years in prison on september 26, 2005 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/ballesteros-francisca.htm]

margie velma barfield "death row granny" dob: october 23, 1932 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5 – 7 murders: 1969 – 1978 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: may 13, 1978 location: robeson county, north carolina, usa status: executed by lethal injection in north carolina on november 2, 1984 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barfield-velma.htm]

juana barraza "la mataviejitas" ["the old lady killer"] dob: december 27, 1958 characteristics: robberies – motivated by a lingering resentment against her mother victims: 11+ murders: 2002 – 2006 method: strangulation arrested: may 13, 1978 location: mexico city, mexico status: sentenced to 759 years in prison on march 31, 2008 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/barraza-juana.htm]

martha beck "the lonely hearts killer" dob: may 6, 1919 characteristics: robberies victims: 4+ murders: 1948 – 1949 method: overdose of drugs, strangulation, shooting, and drowning arrested: may 13, 1978 location: illinois/new york/ michigan, usa status: executed by electrocution at sing sing prison in new york on march 8, 1951 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/beck-martha.htm]

marie alexandrine becker "...I can supply you with a powder that will leave no trace" dob: 1877 characteristics: poisoner – robberies victims: 10+ murders: 1932 – 1936 method: poison [digitalis] arrested: october 1936 location: liege, belgium status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1936. died in prison in 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/becker-marie.htm]

elfriede blauensteiner "the black widow" dob: january 22, 1931 characteristics: poisoner, obsessive gambler – to fuel her expensive addiction victims: 3 – 5+ murders: 1981 – 1995 method: poison [euglucon] arrested: january 1996 location: vienna, austria status: sentenced to life in prison in 1997 and 2001. died on november 18, 2003 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/blauensteiner.htm]

mary ann britland "I am quite innocent, I am not guilty at all." dob: 1847 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: march – may 1886 method: poison [strychnine and arsenic] arrested: june 1886 location: ashton-under-lyne, great manchester, england, uk status: executed by hanging at strangeways prison on august 9, 1886 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/britland-mary-ann.htm]

judias anna buenooano "the black widow" dob: april 4, 1943 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 3 murders: 1971 – 1980 method: poison [arsenic] and drowning arrested: january 11, 1984 location: florida/colorado, usa status: executed by electrocution in florida on march 30, 1998 [https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/buenoano-judy.htm]

leonarda cianciulli "the soap–maker of correggio" dob: november 14, 1893 characteristics: turned their bodies into soap victims: 3 murders: 1939 – 1940 method: beating with an axe arrested: -- location: correggio, emilia romagna, italy status: sentenced to thirty years in prison and three years in a criminal asylum. died of cerebral apoplexy in the women's criminal asylum in pozzuoli on october 15, 1970 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm]

tammy corbett dob: october 2, 1965 characteristics: child killer – possibly postpartum depression victims: 3 murders: september 1987 – july 1989 arrested: august 10, 1989 method: blunt force, shaking [shook to death], and smothered location: macoupin county, illinois, usa status: sentenced to 20 years in prison on september 24, 1990. sentenced to life in prison without parole on february 10, 1993 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/corbett-tammy.htm]

mary ann cotton "mary ann cotton, dead and forgotten she lies in her bed, with her eyes wide open sing, sing, oh, what can I sing, mary ann cotton is tied up with string where, where? up in the air sellin’ black puddens a penny a pair" dob: october 1, 1832 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money. victims: 1 – 21+ murders: 1857 – 1872 method: poison arrested: 1873 location: north east england, uk status: executed by hanging in Durham prison on march 24, 1873 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cotton-mary-ann.htm]

anna cunningham dob: 1873 characteristics: parricide, poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 5 murders: 1918 – 1922 arrested: april 11, 1925 method: poison [arsenic] location: lake county, indiana, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on one count in 1925 [https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cunningham-anna.htm]

daisy louisa de melker dob: june 1, 1886 characteristics: poisoner, parricide – to collect insurance money victims: 3 murders: 1923 – 1932 arrested: april 11, 1932 method: poison [arsenic and strychnine] location: germiston, gauteng, south africa status: executed by hanging at pretoria central prison on december 30, 1932 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/de-melker-daisy.htm]

joanna dennehy dob: 1982 characteristics: "I want my fun" victims: 3 murders: march 19 – 29, 2013 arrested: april 2, 2013 method: stabbing with knife location: peterborough, cambridgeshire, england, uk status: pleaded guilty to all three murders and two further attempted murders on november 18, 2013 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dennehy-joanna.htm]

nannie doss "the giggling grandma" dob: november 4, 1905 characteristics: poisoner – to collect insurance money victims: 8 – 11 murders: 1920s – 1954 arrested: april 1954 method: poison [arsenic] location: alabama/north carolina/kansas/oklahoma, usa status:pPleaded guilty on may 17, 1955, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. died of leukemia in the hospital ward of the oklahoma state penitentiary on june 2, 1965 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/doss-nannie.htm]

amelia dyer ‘you’ll know all mine by the tapes around their necks.’ dob: 1839 characteristics: the most prolific baby farm murderer of Victorian England victims: 6 – 100+ murders: 1880 – 1896 method: strangulation arrested: april 4, 1896 location: reading, england, uk status: executed by hanging at newgate prison on june 10, 1896 [https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dyer-amelia.htm]

timea faludi "black angel" dob: 1977 characteristics: nurse – murders "for mercy" victims: 30+ murders: may 2000 – february 2001 method: poison [lethal injection] arrested: february 19, 2001 location: budapest, hungary status: sentenced to 9 years in prison on december 2, 2002 [https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/faludi-timea.htm]

irina viktorovna gaidamachuk "satan in a skirt" dob: 1972 characteristics: posed as a social worker to gain entry to the flats of her victims to steal money for alcohol victims: 17 murders: 2002 – 2010 method: beating with an axe or hammer arrested: february 19, 2001 location: krasnoufimsk, sverdlovsk oblast, russia status: sentenced to 20 years in prison on june 12, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gaidamachuk-irina.htm]

tillie gburek dob: 1876 characteristics: poisoner victims: 1 – 6+ murders: 1914 – 1921 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: -- location: cook county, illinois, usa status: sentenced to life in prison in 1923. died in prison on november 20, 1936 [https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/klimek-tillie.htm]

janie lou gibbs dob: december 25, 1932 characteristics: parricide, poisoner victims: 5 murders: 1966 – 1967 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: december 24, 1967 location: cordele, crisp county, georgia, usa status: found to be insane in february 1968 and served time in a state mental hospital until 1976. she was then convicted of poisoning the five male members of her family and received five life sentences. released in April 1999. died on february 7, 2010 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gibbs-janie-lou.htm]

bertha gifford dob: october 1872 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 – 17+ murders: 1909 – 1928 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: august 25, 1928 location: catawissa, missouri, usa status: found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to the missouri state hospital where she remained until her death on august 20, 1951 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gifford-bertha.htm]

kristen gilbert dob: november 13, 1967 characteristics: nurse victims: 4+ murders: 1995 – 1996 method: poison [overdoses of epinephrine] arrested: july 11, 1967 location: northampton, hampshire county, massachusetts, usa status: sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, plus 20 years on march 27, 2001 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gilbert-kristen.htm]

delfina and maría de jesús gonzalez "las poquianchis" dob: delfina – 1912/maria – ? characteristics: owners of a mexican brothel victims: 91+ murders: 1950s – 1963 method: -- arrested: january 14, 1964 location: san francisco del Rincón, guanajuato, mexico status: sentenced to 40 years in prison in 1964. delfina died in prison due to an accident on october 17, 1968. maria de jesus finished her sentence and dropped out of sight after her release. it is unknown why and when she was freed [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gonzalez-sisters.htm]

gesche margarethe gottfried "the angel of bremen" dob: march 6, 1785 [bday twins!!] characteristics: poisoner victims: 15 murders: 1813 – 1827 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: march 6, 1928location: bremen/hanover, germany status: executed by guillotine on april 21, 1831. she was the last person to be publicly executed in the city of bremen [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gottfried-gesche.htm]

gwendolyn graham dob: august 6, 1963 characteristics: nurse's aide – killed patients in a lover's pact victims: 5 murders: january – april 1987 method: smothering arrested: december 1988 location: kent county, michigan, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on november 3, 1989 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/graham-gwendolyn.htm]

dana sue gray dob: december 6, 1957 characteristics: robberies to support her shopping addiction victims: 3 murders: february 16 – march 16, 1994 method: stabbing, strangulation arrested: march 16, 1994 location: canyon lake, riverside county, california, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on october 16, 1998 [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gray-dana-sue.htm]

belle sorenson gunness dob: november 11, 1859 characteristics: collecting life insurance, cash, and valuables victims: 13 – 42 murders: 1880s – 1908 method: poison [strychnine], bludgeoning arrested: -- location: illinois/indiana, usa status: she was never tracked down and her death has never been confirmed. [https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm]

anne marie hahn "arsenic anna"/"the blonde gorgia" dob: july 7, 1906 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5+ murders: 1932 – 1937 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: september 1937 location: colorado/ohio, usa status: executed by electrocution at the ohio penitentiary on december 7, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hahn-anna-marie.htm]

miyuki ishikawa "oni sanba" ["demon midwife"] dob: 1897 characteristics: hospital director, abuse victims: 103 – 169 murders: april 1944 – january 1948 method: infant neglect arrested: january 15, 1948 location: tokyo, japan status: sentenced to 8 years in prison. resentenced to 4 years in prison in 1952 [https://murderpedia.org/female.I/i/ishikawa-miyuki.htm]

vickie dawn jackson "angel of death" dob: 1966 characteristics: angel of death – carer? victims: 10+ murders: 2000 – 2001 method: poisoning [mivacurium chloride] arrested: february 2001 location: nocona, montague county, texas, usa status: pleaded no contest. sentenced to life in prison on october 5, 2006 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jackson-vickie-dawn.htm]

hélène jégado dob: 1803 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 – 23+ murders: 1833 – 1841/1851 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: july 1, 1851 location: brittany, france status: executed by guillotine in rennes on february 26, 1852 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jegado-helene.htm]

genene anne jones dob: july 13, 1950 characteristics: nurse victims: 11+ murders: 1977 – 1982 method: poison [digoxin, heparin, and succinylcholine] arrested: november 21, 1982 location: san antonio, texas, usa status: sentenced to 99 years in prison on february 15, 1984. sentenced to a concurrent term of 60 years in prison on october 24, 1984 [https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/jones-genene.htm]

kanae kijima "the konkatsu killer" dob: 1974 characteristics: poisoner victims: 3 murders: january – august 2009 method: poison [carbon monoxide] arrested: november 3, 2009 location: saitama, tokyo and chiba, japan status: sentenced to death on april 13, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/kijima-kanae.htm]

diana lumbrera dob: november 21, 1958 characteristics: parricide [her children and a cousin] victims: 4 – 7 murders: 1976 – 1990 method: suffocation, strangulation arrested: may 5, 1990 location: texas/kansas, usa status: sentenced to life in prison in texas on may 30 and june 6, 1991. sentenced to life in prison in kansas in 1990 [https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/lumbrera-diana.htm]

anjette donovan lyles dob: august 23, 1925 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 4 murders: 1952 – 1958 method: poisoning [arsenic] arrested: may 6, 1958 location: macon, bibb county, georgia, usa status: sentenced to death in 1958. the board of pardons and paroles commuted her death sentence, and lyles was sent to the state hospital for the insane in milledgeville. died on december 4, 1977 [https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/lyles-anjette.htm]

christine malèvre "madonna of euthanasia" dob: 1970 characteristics: "angel of death" – helped 30 terminally ill patients to die victims: 6 – 30+ murders: 1997 – 1998 method: poisoning [morphine and potassium] arrested: july 25, 1998 location: paris, france status: sentenced to 10 years in prison on january 30, 2003. sentenced to 12 years in prison in appeal on october 15, 2003. released in 2007 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/malevre-christine.htm]

mallika [k. d. kempanna] dob: 1965 characteristics: poisoner and robber victims: 6 murders: 1999 – 2007 method: poisoning [cyanide] arrested: december 31, 2007 location: bangalore, karnataka, india status: sentenced to death on april 1, 2012. reduced to life imprisonment on august 2, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mallika.htm]

martha marek dob: 1904 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money and inherit] victims: 4 murders: 1932 – 1937 method: poisoning [thallium] arrested: 1938 location: vienna, austria status: executed by guillotine in vienna on december 6, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/marek-martha.htm]

enriqueta martí ripollés "the vampire of barcelona" dob: 1868 characteristics: child murderer, kidnapper, and procuress of children victims: 10+ murders: 1902 – 1912 method: -- arrested: february 27, 1912 location: barcelona, spain status: never tried. died in prison on may 12, 1913 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/marti-enriqueta.htm]

rhonda bell martin dob: 1907 characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 6 murders: 1937 – 1951 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: march 1956 location: montgomery, montgomery county, alabama, usa status: executed by electrocution in alabama on october 11, 1957 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/martin-rhonda-bell.htm]

silvia meraz moreno dob: 1968 characteristics: human sacrifices victims: 3 murders: 2009 – 2012 method: beheading arrested: march 2012 location: nacozari, sonora, mexico status: sentenced to life inprisonment [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/meraz-silvia.htm]

blanche taylor moore dob: february 17, 1933 characteristics: poisoner victims: 1 – 4 murders: 1968 – 1986 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: july 18, 1989 location: alamance county, north carolina, usa status: sentenced to death on january 18, 1991 [https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/moore-blanche-taylor.htm]

martha needle dob: april 9, 1863 characteristics: poisoner, parricide victims: 5 murders: 1885 – 1894 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: may 1894 location: melbourne, victoria, australia status: executed by hanging at the old melbourne gaol on october 22, 1894 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/needle-martha.htm]

hilda nilsson "the angel maker on bruks street" dob: may 24, 1876 characteristics: baby farmer victims: 8+ murders: 1915 – 1917 method: drowning arrested: -- location: helsingborg, sweden status: sentenced to death on June 15, 1917. committed suicide while in jail in landskrona on august 10, 1917. she hanged herself with a linen cloth, which she had tied to a cell door [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nilsson-hilda.htm]

marianne nölle dob: 1938 characteristics: nurse, poisoner victims: 7+ murders: 1984 – 1992 method: poison [truxal] arrested: -- location: cologne, north rhine-westphalia, germany status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nolle-marianne.htm]

aino nykopp–koski dob: 1950 characteristics: nurse, poisoner victims: 5 murders: 2004 – 2005 method: poison [overdoses of sedatives and opiates] arrested: march 2009 location: finland status: sentenced to life in prison [minimum of 12 years before likely pardon] on December 21, 2010 [https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nykopp-koski-aino.htm]

junko ogata dob: february 25, 1962 characteristics: abuse and torture victims: 7 murders: 1996 – 1998 method: electrocution, strangulation, and starvation arrested: march 6, 2002 location: kitakyushu/fukuoka, japan status: sentenced to death on september 28, 2005. commuted to life in prison on september 26, 2007 [https://murderpedia.org/female.O/o/ogata-junko.htm]

dagmar overbye dob: april 23, 1887 characteristics: child caretaker victims: 9 – 25 murders: 1913 – 1920 method: strangulation, drowning, and burning arrested: september 12, 1920 location: nørrebro, copenhagen, denmark status: sentenced to death on march 3, 1921. commuted to life in prison on may 25, 1921. died in prison on may 6, 1929 [https://murderpedia.org/female.O/o/overbye-dagmar.htm]

dorothea helen puente dob: january 9, 1929 characteristics: poisoner [ran a boarding house] victims: 3 – 9+ murders: 1982 – 1988 method: poison [drug overdoses] arrested: november 17, 1988 location: sacramento, california, usa status: sentenced to life in prison without parole on december 11, 1993. died in prison on march 27, 2011 [https://murderpedia.org/female.P/p/puente-dorothea.htm]

mahin qadiri dob: 1977 characteristics: robberies victims: 5 murders: february 2008 – may 2009 method: suffocation and beating arrested: may 19, 2009 location: qazvin, qazvin province, iran status: executed by hanging on december 20, 2010 [https://murderpedia.org/female.Q/q/qadiri-mahin.htm]

amelia sach "the finchley baby farmers" dob: 1873 characteristics: baby killer victims: possibly dozens murders: 1900 – 1902 method: poison [chlorodyne, morphine] arrested: november 18, 1902 location: london, england, uk status: executed by hanging at holloway on february 3, 1903 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sach-amelia.htm]

kimberly clark saenz dob: 1974 characteristics: nurse and poisoner ["bleach killings"] victims: 5 murders: january – april 2008 method: poisoning [injected bloodstreams with bleach] arrested: april 1, 2009 location: lufkin, texas, usa status: sentenced to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole on april 2, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/saenz-kimberly.htm]

tamara samsonova "the granny ripper" dob: 1947 characteristics: dismemberment, beheading, and possibly cannibalism victims: 14 murders: 1995 – 2015 method: stabbing [knife] arrested: july 28, 2015 location: saint petersburg, russia status: unfit for trial and was sent to kazan psychiatric hospital in december 2015 as she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/samsonova-tamara.htm]

felícitas sánchez aguillón "the ogress of colonia roma" dob: 1890 characteristics: nurse, midwife, and baby farmer victims: 40 – 50 murders: 1930 – 1941 method: poison or strangulation arrested: april 11, 1941 location: mexico city, mexico status: committed suicide by medication overdose before she was tried on july 16, 1941 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sanchez-felicitas.htm]

antoinette scieri "nurse scieri" dob: 1890 characteristics: poisoner victims: 6 – 12+ murders: 1924 – 1925 method: poison [herbicide pyralion] arrested: -- location: st. gilles, gard department, france status: sentenced to death on april 27, 1926. commuted to life in prison [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/scieri-antoinette.htm]

della sorenson dob: february 16, 1897 characteristics: poisoner "to get even" victims: 8 murders: 1918 – 1924 method: poison arrested: april 19, 1925 location: dannebrog, howard county, nebraska, usa status: found mentally insane. committed to the state mental asylum. died on June 24, 1941 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sorenson-della.htm]

miyoko sumida "the piranha family" dob: 1948 characteristics: to claim insurance or pension money victims: 6 murders: 2003 – 2011 method: beating, starvation, dehydration arrested: december 5, 2011 location: japan status: comitted suicide in her cell on december 12, 2012 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/sumida-miyoko.htm]

maria catherina swanenburg "goeie mie" ["good maria"] dob: september 9, 1839 characteristics: poisoner victims: 27+ murders: 1880 – 1883 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: december 1883 location: leiden, south holland, netherlands status: sentenced to life in prison in 1885. died in prison on april 11, 1915 [https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/swanenburg-maria.htm]

jane toppan dob: 1857 characteristics: poisoner victims: 31+ murders: 1887 – 1901 method: poison [morphine and atropine] arrested: october 29, 1901 location: middlesex county/suffolk county, massachusetts, usa status: found not guilty by reason of insanity on june 23, 1902 and committed for life in the taunton insane hospital. died on august 17, 1938 [https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm]

le thanh van dob: 1956 characteristics: poisoner [to steal money and goods] victims: 13 murders: 1998 – 2001 method: poison [cyanide] arrested: august 2001 location: binh duong province, vietnam status: sentenced to death on september 1, 2004 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/van-le-thanh.htm]

maria velten dob: 1916 characteristics: poisoner victims: 5 murders: 1963 – 1980 method: poison arrested: august 1983 location: kempen, north rhine-westphalia, germany status: sentenced to life imprisonment in 1983 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/velten-maria.htm]

louise vermilyea dob: -- characteristics: poisoner [to collect insurance money] victims: 9 murders: 1893 – 1911 method: poison [arsenic] arrested: november 1, 1911 location: chicago, illinois, usa status: committed suicide by poison following arrest. died in december 1911 [https://murderpedia.org/female.V/v/vermilyea-louise.htm]

waltraud wagner "lainz angels of death" dob: 1960 characteristics: poisoner, nurse, "death angel" victims: 15+ murders: 1983 – 1989 method: poison [morphine overdoses] arrested: april 7, 1989 location: vienna, austria status: convicted of 15 murders, 17 attempts, and 2 counts of assault. sentenced to life in prison in march 1991. released in august 2008 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wagner-waltraud.htm]

jeanne weber "the ogress" dob: october 7, 1874 characteristics: baby killer victims: 1 – 10 murders: 1905 – 1908 method: strangulation arrested: may 1908 location: france status: declared insane on october 25, 1908, packed off to the asylum at mareville. died on july 5, 1918 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/weber-jeanne.htm]

elisabeth wiese "the angel-maker of st.pauli" dob: july 1, 1853 characteristics: child killer victims: 5 murders: 1902 – 1903 method: poison [morphine] and drowning arrested: september 1903 location: hamburg, germany status: executed by guillotine on february 2, 1905 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wiese-elisabeth.htm]

mary elizabeth wilson "the merry widow of windy nook" dob: 1893 characteristics: poisoner [black widow] victims: 2 – 4 murders: 1955 – 1957 method: poison [phosphorus] arrested: december 1957 location: windy nook, tyne and wear, england, uk status: sentenced to death in march 29, 1958. commuted to life imprisonment on june 1, 1958. died in holloway prison on december 5, 1962 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wilson-mary-elizabeth.htm]

aileen wuornos “america’s first female serial killer.” dob: february 29, 1956 characteristics: “i’ve hated humans for a long time” victims: 7 murders: 1989 – 1990 method: shooting arrested: january 1, 1991 location: florida, usa status: executed by lethal injection in florida on october 9, 2002 [https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wuornos-aileen.htm]

[geneajournals]

Spirits | 52 Ancestors

Spirits are an alcoholic product made from fermented sugar. The fermented sugar is distilled to yield a higher alcohol by volume.  During World War II, sugar was a black market commodity needed for illegal distilling operations. 

On 28 April 1945, Robert Guice was charged with illegally distilling spirits. Following is his record of incarceration in the state of Alabama.

The record shows that an application for parole made on 24 April 1946 was denied. Robert Guice was found guilty on 21 June 1946, and sentenced to serve one year and one day. As of 24 June 1946 probation was given further consideration, but denied on 28 June 1946. It appears that Robert had a prior conviction in 1921. The record notes he pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and circuit court costs.

Robert was fifty years old when he entered confinement on 2 July 1946. He was paroled pending good behavior on 23 August 1946. A notation was made that the distilling fee was paid on 28 October 1946.[1]

Robert Guice, the son of Chapel and Laura Ann (Harris) Guice, was born on 3 June 1895 in Mount Andrew, Barbour County, Alabama.[2] He moved to Birmingham, Alabama around 1917. Robert married Minnie Lee Driver on 5 June 1918 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.[3] Shortly after his marriage, Robert joined the U.S. Army. He served during World War I from August to November 1918.[4] During his lifetime, Robert worked as a cook in a restaurant,[5] a laborer in a box factory,[6] and a machinist for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (the “Frisco”).[7] At the time of the 1950 U.S. Census, Robert was listed as “unable to work”.[8] However he was the owner/operator of Guice Grocery in the 1950s.[9] Robert died on 13 July 1970 in Birmingham.[10]

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“Alabama, U.S., Convict Records, 1886-1952,” database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 July 2020) > State Convict Records > Volume 24: 19444-1946> image 817 of 1004, Robert Guice, serial no. 52064; citing Alabama Department of Corrections and Institutions (1939–1953). State Convict Records, 1889–1952.  Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYR5-SPGB : accessed 3 April 2013) 5146808 > image 1158 of 4575, Robert Guice, serial no. 347, order no. 120, Draft Board 7, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509. 

Jefferson County, Alabama, Marriage Record Colored, vol. 75: 573, Robert Guice and Minnie Lee Driver, 5 June 1918, minister's return by Rev. F. W. Riley; imaged as "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89HV-89TX-M : accessed 10 June 2017) 7316776 > image 143 of 821; citing Jefferson County, Alabama Judge of Probate.

Compiled service record, Robert Guice, serial no. 4754849; World War I; digital images, "Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1918-1919," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTC-MS2V-P : accessed 7 April 2023). 

1920 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, Enumeration District (ED) 56, sheet 8-B, dwelling 154, family 172, Robert B. Guice; imaged at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6W-2 : accessed 2 November 2023) 4964206 > image 359 of 1091; citing National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 24.

1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, Enumeration District (ED) 37-1, sheet 1-A, page 1 (stamped), dwelling 4, family 4, Robert Guice; imaged at Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2023) >Alabama > Jefferson > Birmingham > District 0001 > image 1 of 41; citing National Archives microfilm publication T626.

1940 U.S. census, Jefferson, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, enumeration district (ED) 68-1, sheet 1A, household 6, Robert Guice household; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MT-99B8 : accessed 14 February 2023) 5454783 > image 5 of 918; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 91.

1950 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Alabama, population schedule, Birmingham, Enumeration District 68-1, sheet 12, dwelling 121, Robert Guice household; imaged at National Archives (https://1950census.archives.gov : accessed 3 April 2022).

Polk’s Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory 1957 (Richmond: R. L. Polk & Co., 1957), 406, entry for “Guice Robt B (Minnie L; Guice Grocery)”; imaged in “U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 October 2018) > Alabama > Birmingham > 1957 > Birmingham, Alabama, City Directory, 1957 >image 361 of 985.

Compiled military service record, Robert Guice, serial no. 4754849, World War I.  

[rabbitcruiser]

The first transcontinental passenger train departed from Montreal’s Dalhousie Station, located at Berri Street and Notre Dame Street at 8 pm on 28 June 1886, and arrived at Port Moody at noon on 4 July 1886.  

[amberwrightfmp]

Statue of Liberty

On July 4, 1884 France presented the United States with an incredible birthday gift: the Statue of Liberty. Without its pedestal it’s as tall as a 15-story building. She represents the United States. But the world-famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbour was built in France. The statue was presented to the U.S., taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in crates, and rebuilt in the U.S. It was France’s gift to the American people. A group of Frenchmen were discussing their dictator-like emperor and the democratic government of the U.S. They decided to build a monument to American freedom—and perhaps even strengthen French demands for democracy in their own country. At that dinner was the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (bar-TOLE-dee). He imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom. Turning Bartholdi’s idea into reality took 21 years. French supporters raised money to build the statue, and Americans paid for the pedestal it would stand on. Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated. Bartholdi’s design encompassed much symbolism: her crown representing light with its spikes evoking sun rays extending out to the world; the tablet, inscribed with July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals, noting American independence; to symbolize the end of slavery, Bartholdi placed a broken shackle and chains at the Statue’s foot. The Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The ship arrived in New York Harbour on June 17, 1885. While awaiting construction of its pedestal, the Statue remained in pieces on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The pedestal was completed in April 1886 and finally, on October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland oversaw the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in front of thousands of spectators.

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[hangingfire]

I posted 379 times in 2022

22 posts created (6%)

357 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@gentlyepigrams

@sharkselfies

@paramaline

@deeisace

@hickeywiththegoodhair

I tagged 312 of my posts in 2022

Only 18% of my posts had no tags

#the terror amc - 37 posts

#nautical and fascinating - 17 posts

#where's the lie - 15 posts

#fan art - 9 posts

#art - 8 posts

#polar exploration - 7 posts

#history - 7 posts

#severance - 7 posts

#harry goodsir - 6 posts

#fandom - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 112 characters

#despite the possibility of recency bias much of the new series has gone in one side of my head and out the other

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Well this warms my frozen little heart. That's an award that means more than a dozen Emmys.

14 notes - Posted November 17, 2022

#4

Me: GenX goth girl who picked up her first issue of Sandman back in 1989 and has read the series through more times than she can count.

My spouse: has never read the comics and has only the vaguest idea of what it's about.

We're three episodes into the Netflix series and I am telling you, I have not had this much fun with reader vs. never-read since the first season of Game of Thrones.

"There are jokes? I wasn't expecting ... whimsical humor."

"When he gets his stuff back and his powers back, does he actually, like ... do shit, and not just mope around?"

"... It's blowing my mind to hear Jenna Coleman swearing."

21 notes - Posted August 10, 2022

#3

Despite months of upheaval and being dubbed a "vile deviant" for writing kissy fanfic, I did it: my fic for this year's @theterrorbigbang, Something Rich and Strange.

Harry Goodsir's life, imagined as a garden of forking paths. It's 1848 and he is dying in a tent on King William Island. It's 1849 and he is having yet another tiresome argument with the administration of Surgeons' Hall over funding for the museum while he waits for his friend Edward Forbes to return from the Arctic. It's 1854 and he's serving in the Crimea with James Fitzjames. It's 1861 and he is collecting butterflies under the watchful eyes of asylum orderlies. It's 1870 and he is walking on the beach near Fife with his children. It's 1886 and Silna holds his hand as he breathes his last. All of these things are true.

Featuring:

The stunning art of @elfgrandfather !

Ruminations on mortality, fate, paths not taken, and what could have been!

A sequel/prequel/spinoff to last year's story and another installment in my growing AU!

An excessive commentary post!

All the things you have come to know and love about my Terror writing!

Enjoy!

24 notes - Posted August 28, 2022

#2

Penguin Fitzpenguin has a new pal, Armfish Fitzarmfish.

DeadGhostCrafting is doing God's work here. All his armfish are delightful, but obviously I had to go with this one.

55 notes - Posted April 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Good morning, fellow aficionados of terrible medical history. Would you like an interactive text game about pre-germ theory, pre-anaesthesia surgery? Well, you're in luck.

268 notes - Posted June 30, 2022

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[alexnaszados]

St Charles Lwanga oil on carved wood, 2022 9″ x 28″ Charles Lwanga (1 January 1860– 3 June 1886) was a Ugandan convert who was martyred with 21 of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

Lwanga was born in the Kingdom of Uganda, in the central and southern part of modern Uganda, and served as chief of the royal pages and in the court of King Mwanga II. He was baptised by Pere Giraud on 15 November 1885.

In an effort to resist a Christian worldview that undermined the authority of his office, King Mwanga II executed many Anglicans and Catholics between 1885 and 1887, including Lwanga and other officials in the royal court.

[vintage-london-images]

The old Constitutional Club building on Northumberland Avenue photographed on 28th June 1961.

The Constitutional Club was a London gentlemen's club, now dissolved, which was established in 1883 and disbanded in 1979. Between 1886 and 1959 it was housed in a distinctive red and yellow Victorian Neo-Gothic terracotta building seen here at 28 Northumberland Avenue, off Trafalgar Square.