Merope Gaunt arrives at the orphanage in the evening, destitute and near death. She had no will to live and has forsworn magic after being abandoned by her Muggle husband, Tom Riddle, whom she had tricked into wedlock with a love potion. Shortly after arriving, she gives birth to a boy and lives only long enough to name him Tom Marvolo Riddle (HBP13).
Timeline Notes
Rowling verified the date as December 31 on her original website (JKR) and then again with the year on Pottermore (Pm).
Merope Gaunt dies after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle
Date December 31st, 1926
Certainty Stated in canon
Location in Canon
HBP13: The Secret Riddle
Pm: Pottermore
JKR (website)
Type of Event Wizarding world
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