c.1863
Mary Jane Kelly was born in Limerick, Ireland.1
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Kelly moved to Wales. Her father, John Kelly, took a job at an
ironworks in Caranvonshire or Carmanthenshire.2
Kelly had 6 or 7 brothers and 1 sister. One brother, Henry (aka Johnto), joined the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.3
c.1879
Kelly married a man named Davies, (or Davis), a collier.4
c.1882
Davies died in a mine explosion.5
1882/1883
Kelly moved in with a cousin in Cardiff.6
Kelly became a prostitute.7
Kelly became ill and spent nealy a year in an infirmary.8
c.1884
Kelly moved to London.9
Kelly worked in a West End gay house.10
Kelly went to Paris for 2 weeks with a gentleman, but returned not
liking France.11
1884-1886
Kelly moved in with a Mr Morganstone (possibly Morgan Stone) near Stepney Gas Works.12
Kelly lived with and possibly worked for Mrs Buki, St George's
St. She helped Kelly retrieve belongings from a French
lady's residence in Knightsbridge.13
Kelly Resided at Mrs Carthy's, Breezer Hill, Ratcliff Hghwy.14
END OF 1886
Kelly left Mrs Carthy's and moved in with Joseph Fleming, possibly
a mason or plasterer, near Bethanl Green. (Kelly was said to be fond of him.)15
APR 1887
Kelly had left Fleming and moved into either Cooney's or a
lodging-house in Thrawl St.16
APR 8, 1887
Good Friday
Kelly met Joseph Barnett, a laborer/fish porter at
Billingsgate Market, in Commercial St.17
APR 9, 1887
They met again and decided to live together.18
APR 1887-MAR 1888
Kelly and Barnett lived in George St, then moved to
Little Paternoster Row, Dorset St, and then they lived in
Brick Lane.19
MAR 1888
Kelly and Barnett finally moved into 13 Miller's Court, 26 Dorset St. This single room, (10 ft. x 12 ft.) was actually the ground floor back room of the main house, partitioned off from it. The only door was just inside the arched entry to the court. The couple’s rent was 4s/6d (22 ½p) per week. (the rent was 29/- (£1 45p) behind when Kelly died.)20
References
The following abbreviations apply:
MEPO=Scotland Yard files, KIR=Kelly Inquest Records
DT=The Daily Telegraph, T=The Times
A-Z=The Jack the Rippper A to Z, 2nd ed, (Begg, Fido, Skinner)
1 KIR, p4; MEPO 3/140, f224-226 |
64 MEPO 3/140, f227-229; Ripperologist, n22, p37 |