The Resume

(September 2, 1844-August 12, 1895)
Moved to New Zealand
Birth name was Williamina Dean
Murdered unwanted children (known as 'baby farming')
Police caught on after six years

Why she might be annoying:

She murdered illegitimate babies that mothers paid her to take (no questions asked).
She is the only woman in New Zealand history to be legally hanged.
Her daughters mysteriously disappeared.
She stuffed a baby in a hat box and left it in a waiting room.
She buried three babies in her flower garden.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her house burnt down when she first moved to New Zealand.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Diseased Initials
• I am Scottish
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• M.D.'s and R.N.'s
• My House Burned Down
• Profiles 5501-5750 (Ranked: 5617)
• WatchMojo’s Top 10 Most Evil Women in History [2015] (Ranked: 1)
• Weights and Measure Names

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 79.31% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 96.55% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 64 Votes: 71.88% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 81 Votes: 75.31% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 74.38% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 165 Votes: 70.30% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 323 Votes: 69.04% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 514 Votes: 70.43% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 960 Votes: 69.90% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 739 Votes: 79.84% Annoying