Barbara Lyall

Barbara Lyall

Barbara Lyall Adams Harwood, 1831-1918

• Father: William Lyall b. s 1800, d. bt 1831 - 1841
• Mother: Barbara Mill b. 9 Apr 1805, d. 14 Oct 1861

• Barbara Lyall was born on 2 March 1831 in Edinburgh, Parish of St. Cuthbert's, Midlothian, Scotland, at No. 5 Kerr Street, Stockbridge.
• She was the daughter of William Lyall and Barbara Mill.
• Marriage banns for Barbara Lyall and Hugh Adams were proclaimed in August 1851 at Edinburgh, Parish of St. Cuthbert's, Midlothian, Scotland. In the Parish Church.
• Marriage banns for Barbara Lyall and Hugh Adams were proclaimed on 3 August 1851 at Edinburgh, Parish of St. Stephen's, Midlothian, Scotland. In the Parish Church.
• She married Hugh Adams, son of Hugh Adam and Isobel Philip, on 8 August 1851 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, by the Rev. R. Ferguson, Minister of Free St. Davids Church.
• Barbara Lyall was living in Edinburgh, Parish of St. Stephen's, Midlothian, Scotland, at No. 17 Fettes Row.
• She and Hugh Adams, accompanied by Margaret Adams and Isabella Adams, emigrated on 13 May 1857 from Scotland departing Glasgow on the Glasgow & New York Steam Navigation Company Steamship Glasgow.
• She and Hugh Adams arrived in the US at the Port of New York on 29 May 1857, accompanied by Barbara Mill Adams, Isabella Adams and Margaret Adams The family subsequently went on to Canada.
• She appeared in the '1859 & 1860 Toronto, Ontario, City Directory at 60 Denison Avenue.
• She and Hugh Adams appeared in the 1862 Toronto, Ontario, City Directory at 17 Denison Avenue.
• She and Hugh Adams arrived in the US at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, circa 1863, accompanied by Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams, William Phillip Adams and Barbara T. Adams.
• Barbara Lyall and Hugh Adams appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1865 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams, William Phillip Adams and Barbara T. Adams.
• Barbara Lyall became a widow at the 27 September 1865 death of her husband Hugh Adams.
• She married David Harwood betw 1865-1868, Hugh died 1865, J L born ca 1869.
• Barbara Lyall and David Harwood, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included William Harwood, Anna Harwood, John L. Harwood, Isabella Adams, William Phillip Adams, Barbara T. Adams and Anna Adams.
• Barbara Lyall became a widow at the between 1872 and 1880 death of her husband David Harwood.
• She and Margaret L. Wilson and William Harwood were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in the household of Robert Thomas Wilson and Margaret Adams in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 585 Main Street.
• She appeared in the 1885 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 341 Virginia employed as a dressmaker.
• She appeared in the 1890 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 52 Cottage employed as a nurse.
• Barbara Lyall appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Barbara T. Adams, John L. Harwood, Lyall Harwood and David Grant.
• She and Helen A. Grant were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in the household of David Grant and Barbara T. Adams in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 460 Rhode Island Street.
• She and Helen A. Grant and Oliver Clark Eyeington were enumerated in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in the household of David Grant and Barbara T. Adams in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 360 14th Street.
• Barbara Lyall appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, New York, at 360 14th Street. Other members of the household included Barbara T. Adams, Helen A. Grant and Oliver Clark Eyeington.
• Barbara Lyall died on 7 August 1918 at age 87 in Buffalo, New York, at 360 14th Street.
• She was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.

• Last Edited: 10 Jun 2010