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Herman Webster Mudgett

Herman Webster Mudgett

Male 1861 - 1896  (34 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document


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  • Name Herman Webster Mudgett 
    Born 16 May 1861  Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Herman Webster Mudgett Birth.
    Herman Webster Mudgett Birth.
    Herman Webster Mudgett Birth.
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or more commonly known as H. H. Holmes. 
    Biographical Information He was a serial killer. He confessed to 27 murders. Only 9 of them could be confirmed. Some people think he may have murdered as many as 200 people. 
    Holmes Confesses.
    Holmes Confesses.
    A newspaper account of Holmes confession. It comes from his Moyamensing prison diary kept at the Library of Congress. The clipping was divided into pieces so it would be small enough to be pasted onto the pages of the Diary.
    Census 1870 
    1870 Mudgett.
    1870 Mudgett.
    1870 US census, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, Family Number 96, Mudgett.
    Census 1880 
    1880 Mudgett-Lovering.
    1880 Mudgett-Lovering.
    1880 US census, Loudon, Merrimack, New Hampshire, enumeration district 81, Family Number 304, Mudgett-Lovering.
    Died 7 May 1896  Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Herman Webster Mudgett (AKA H. H. Holmes) Death Record.
    Herman Webster Mudgett (AKA H. H. Holmes) Death Record.
    Herman Webster Mudgett (AKA H. H. Holmes) Death Record.
    Herman Webster Mudgett Death Certificate.
    Herman Webster Mudgett Death Certificate.
    Herman Webster Mudgett Death Certificate.
    Holmes On The Scaffold.
    Holmes On The Scaffold.
    The World, New York, New York, Friday, May 8, 1896 page 3.
    Siblings 3 siblings 
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID I51481  Nagel
    Last Modified 23 May 2020 

    Father Levi Horton Mudgett,   b. 11 Nov 1827, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1911, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Theodate Page Price,   b. 1 Oct 1827, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1903, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F15181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Clara Lovering,   b. Abt 1860, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Jul 1878 
    Mudgett-Lovering Marriage.
    Mudgett-Lovering Marriage.
    Mudgett-Lovering Marriage.
    Children 
     1. Robert Lovering Mudgett,   b. 3 Feb 1880, Loudon, Merrimack, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1956, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 23 May 2020 
    Family ID F15209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Myrta Belknap,   b. Oct 1862, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1886 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Theodate Holmes,   b. 1890, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Last Modified 23 May 2020 
    Family ID F15210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Georgiana Yoke 
    Married 17 Jan 1894 
    Last Modified 23 May 2020 
    Family ID F15211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart