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In 1867, Mary Ann's stepfather George Stott married his widowed neighbour, Hannah Paley. Mary Ann's daughter Isabella Mowbray was brought back to the Robinson household and soon developed severe stomach pains and died, as did two of Robinson's children, Elizabeth and James.
In August, Mary Ann married Robinson, and the couple had two children, though only one survived. In 1869 Robinson discovered that Mary Ann was stealing from him, and he grew suspicious of her repeated requests that he take out a life insurance policy.
Jun 23, 2021 · Between 1865 and 1872, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned 21 people with arsenic, including three husbands, a lover, and 11 of her own children.
Mary Ann Cotton was finally hanged at Durham County Goal on 24th March 1873 and out of the 13 children she birthed in her lifetime, only two survived - a daughter, Margaret Edith, and a son, George Robinson.
Apr 2, 2018 · THE baby was the daughter born to Mary Ann Cotton, of West Auckland, in Durham jail on January 7, 1873. We told the story in Memories 96, with, as ever, a few inaccuracies. An army of readers...
Feb 16, 2022 · Two more of Mary’s children died shortly after William’s death, leaving just one surviving daughter, Isabella Jane, who ended up living with Mary’s mother, Margaret. Mary’s second husband was George Ward, who was a patient under her care while she was working as a nurse.
Nov 2, 2016 · Her first victims were probably her children with Mowbray, several of whom died of "gastric fevers". Mowbray himself was next to go, also dying of an intestinal disorder. His life had been...
