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Martha Tabram (née White; 10 May 1849 – 7 August 1888) was an English woman killed in a spate of violent murders in and around the Whitechapel district of East London between 1888 and 1891. She may have been the first victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
The body of Martha Tabram was found on a first floor landing of George Yard Buildings just before 5am on 7th August, 1888. She had been subjected to a ferocious attack, and 39 stab wounds had been inflicted on the body between her throat and lower abdomen.
On Christmas Day, 1869, Martha married Henry Samuel Tabram at Trinity Church in St. Mary's Parish, Newington. He was a foreman furniture packer. A short, well dressed man with iron gray hair, mustache and imperial.
On Tuesday 7 August, following a Monday bank holiday, prostitute Martha Tabram was murdered at about 2:30 am. Her body was found at George Yard Buildings, George Yard, Whitechapel, shortly before 5:00 a.m. She had been stabbed 39 times about her neck, torso and genitals with a short blade.
The mutilated body of 39-year-old Martha Tabram was discovered laying on the landing of George Yard Buildings on 7th August 1888. However, this was not just another attack on a vulnerable prostitute, although prostitution was Martha Tabram’s profession.
The murder of Martha Tabram has been largely dismissed as a Jack the Ripper killing, yet there are details surrounding her murder which might say otherwise.
Martha Tabram was an English woman killed in a spate of violent murders in and around the Whitechapel district of East London between 1888 and 1891. She may have been the first victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
