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Colin Campbell Eadie Ross 1892 - 1922

Colin Campbell Eadie Ross of Melbourne East, VIC Australia was born on October 11, 1892 in Fitzroy, Yarra City County, and died at age 29 years old on April 24, 1922 in Melbourne East. Colin Ross was buried on October 2, 2010 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County.
Colin Campbell Eadie Ross
Melbourne East, VIC Australia
October 11, 1892
Fitzroy, Yarra City County, VIC, 3065, Australia
April 24, 1922
Melbourne East, VIC, Australia
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    He was hanged in 1922 for murder of a 12 year old girl. He received a posthumous pardon in 2008 because of false allegations and a flawed investigation. Prisoners hanged in the State of Victoria were buried in unmarked graves in the prison grave yard. Colin Ross was rightly exhumed, being an innocent man and then cremated.
  • 10/11
    1892

    Birthday

    October 11, 1892
    Birthdate
    Fitzroy, Yarra City County, VIC 3065, Australia
    Birthplace
  • 04/24
    1922

    Death

    April 24, 1922
    Death date
    Hanged by State of Victoria
    Cause of death
    Melbourne East, VIC Australia
    Death location
  • 10/2
    2010

    Gravesite & Burial

    October 2, 2010
    Funeral date
    Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Springvale, Greater Dandenong City County, VIC 3171, Australia
    Burial location
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In 1892, in the year that Colin Campbell Eadie Ross was born, on August 4th, the father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered. Lizzie was accused of the crime and on June 20th of the next year, she was acquitted of murder by a jury. But she was never acquitted in the public mind.
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In 1900, Colin was only 8 years old when Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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