About
English woman known for being one of the five generally recognized victims of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper after she was murdered in London's Mitre Square in September 1888 during the series of killings known as the Whitechapel murders.
Before fame
She spent part of her childhood in London and attended St. John's Charity School before being orphaned as a teenager. She eventually worked in Wolverhampton and Birmingham including as a tinplate worker and tray polisher, before traveling with her partner Thomas Conway and helping sell inexpensive books and printed material.
Trivia
She and Elizabeth Stride were killed less than an hour apart on the date of September 30, 1888, in an occurrence that became known as the "double event." She had the initials "T.C." tattooed in blue ink on her left forearm.
Family life
She was the daughter of tinplate worker George Eddowes and Catherine Evans and was one of twelve children. She had three children with her longtime partner Thomas Conway and eventually lived with John Kelly in London's East End.
Associated with
She and Mary Jane Kelly were both among the five women generally recognized as victims of Jack the Ripper in 1888.
