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A highly accurate contemporary illustration of the crime scene, published in the Penny Illustrated Press on 8 Sep 1888

A far less accurate rendering of the crime scene, published in the Illustrated Police News in 1888.

A phot of the scene taken several years later, at least prior to 1948 when the buildings were no longer existent on a survey map.

Photo long attributed to be Mary Ann but almost certainly is not. No provenance can be found, the fashion of the sleeves are the early 1890s, and the face does not match the known mortuary image.

L to R: George Percy Nichols, William Nichols, Ada Amelia Crombleholme Nichols, and Rosetta Vidler Nichols

Documentation

Burial Records: 

• Camberwell Old Cemetery – Southwark, Greater London, England, UK
• City of London Cemetery & Crematorium – Newham, Greater London, England, UK
• Islington & St. Pancras Cemetery – East Finchley, Barnet, Greater London, England, UK
• St. Andrew’s Churchyard – Camden, Greater London, England, UK
• Tower Hamlet Cemetery Park – Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, UK 

Census Records: 

• 1861 England Census: St. Bride, London – Mary Ann Walker with parents
• 1871 England Census: Lambeth, London – William & Mary Ann Nichols with children and father Edward Walker
• 1881 England Census: Lambeth, London – Nichols and Vidler families living next door to each other.
• 1891 England Census: Camberwell, Southwark, London – William & Rosetta Nichols with children
• 1901 England Census: Camberwell, Southwark, London – William & Rosetta Nichols with children

Locations:

• Buck’s Row (crime scene)

Newspaper Articles:

• Illustrated Police News:
  • 1888 (Sep 8): “The Murder in Whitechapel”
• Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser:
  • 1888 (Sep 7): funeral of Mary Ann Nichols
• Morning Post: 
  • 1888 (Sep 1): “Another Murder in Whitechapel”
  • 1888 (Sep 3): “The Shocking Murder in Whitechapel”
  • 1888 (Sep 4): “The Whitechapel Murder – Resumed Inquest”
  • 1888 (Sep 7): “The Whitechapel Murder” (funeral of Mary Ann Nichols)
  • 1888 (Sep 18): “The Whitechapel Murder – Resumed Inquest on Mrs. Nichols”
  • 1888 (Sep 24): “The Whitechapel Murder – Resumed Inquest on Mrs. Nichols”
• New York World, Evening Edition:
  • 1891, Apr 24: “The Ripper’s Crimes”

Vital Records: 

• Births:
  • 1822: Caroline Webb
  • 1845: Mary Ann Walker; W. London; Vol. II, Page 257 (index only)
  • 1865: William Edward Walker Nichols
  • 1866: Edward John Nichols (baptied 1868 with Percy George Nichols)
  • 1868: Percy George Nichols
  • 1879: Henry Alfred Nichols (baptized 1883 with Arthur Walls Nichols)
  • 1883: Arthur Walls Nichols
• Marriages:
  • 1840: Edward Walker and Caroline Webb 
  • 1864: William Nichols and Mary Ann Walker
  • 1874: Thomas Walls and Rosetta Vidler
  • 1888: William Nichols and Rosetta Vidler Walls
• Deaths: 
  
  • 1852: Caroline Webb Walker 
  • 1888: Mary Ann Nichols, 42, Sep 1888, London, Vol 1c, Page 219 (index only)