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Elizabeth Berry

Birth
Death
1887
Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried within the precincts of the Walton prison Add to Map
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31; Widow convicted and hung for the murder of her 11 year old daughter Edith Annie (d. January 1987). Edith was poisoned by creosote.

Elizabeth had lost her husband, son and Mother over the preceding five years; she possibly poisoned them as well. Elizabeth Berry has the odd distinctions of being the first woman to be hanged at Walton Prison in Liverpool.

Her body was buried within the precincts of Walton prison.
31; Widow convicted and hung for the murder of her 11 year old daughter Edith Annie (d. January 1987). Edith was poisoned by creosote.

Elizabeth had lost her husband, son and Mother over the preceding five years; she possibly poisoned them as well. Elizabeth Berry has the odd distinctions of being the first woman to be hanged at Walton Prison in Liverpool.

Her body was buried within the precincts of Walton prison.

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