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Eugenia Falleni is born.
Eugenia was born in Florence, Italy c. 1875. Photo provided by Flickr user Karen Apricot New Orleans. -
The Fallenis move to New Zealand.
She moved with her family to New Zealand c. 1877. Photo provided by Australia Dictionary of Biography. -
Eugenia dresses as a boy.
Eugenia often ran away from home as a child. She would look for work in brickyards and other places where she would dress as a boy. -
Eugenia becomes Harry.
Eugenia put her daughter, Josephine, into the care of a woman in Sydney, Australia. She began to present herself to the world as a man called Harry Leo Crawford. -
Eugenia sets sail.
She worked aboard a ship, dressed as a boy, during her teenage years. During the voyage, her true gender was discovered and she became pregnant. Around 1898 she was let off at Newcastle, New South Wales, with her infant daughter. Photo provided by Flickr user Karen Apricot New Orleans. -
Harry becomes a working man.
Eugenia, as Harry, held manual jobs in Australia, such as at a meat factory, in hotels and laundries, at a rubber company, and in private service. By 1912 he was a yardman and driver, where he met Annie Birkett, a widow with a 9-year-old son. Photo provided by Australia Dictionary of Biography. -
Harry gets married.
Harry and Annie set up a confectinary shop in Balmain. He told her he was a 38-year-old widower. They were married February 19, 1913. It is unclear whether Annie knew her husband was not a man. According to neighbors, they fought often, especially when Eugenia's daughter returned. -
Annie's body is discovered.
Harry and Annie went on a vacation in 1917 from which Annie did not return. On October 2, a woman's body, that had been burned and beaten, was discovered. According to Harry, his wife had left him. He did not report her missing. He moved to inner Sydney with his stepson and his daughter, Josephine, moved out. Photo provided by Flickr user Karen Apricot New Orleans. -
Harry takes his second wife.
On September 29, 1919, Harry is married to Elizabeth King Allison. -
Harry is arrested on suspicion of murder.
By 1920, the burned and battered woman's body had been identified as Harry's first wife, Annie. He was arrested on suspicion of murder on July 5. He asked to be held in the women's cells. Photo provided by Australia Dictionary of Biography. -
Harry becomes Eugenia at trial.
The revelation that Harry was a woman created a media sensation. At his preliminary hearing he appeared as a man. However, at the trial in October, he dressed as a woman. He was convicted and condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted. -
Eugenia is released from prison.
After being released from Long Bay prison in February 1931, Eugenia worked as a landlady, going by the name "Jean Ford." Photo provided by Australia Dictionary of Biography. -
Eugenia dies.
She was hit by a car in Oxoford Street on June 9, 1938. She died of injuries the following day in Sydney Hospital. Photo provided by Flickr user Karen Apricot New Orleans.
