Life History
| approx. 1862 | Born in Scotland, Kelso | 
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Recorded in census in Pateley Bridge, Thornthwaite (Birstwith Hall).1 Head of household - Rawdon Briggs | 
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Recorded in census in Birkenhead (2 Pilgrim Street).2 | 
| 27th Apr 1890 | Died in Wales, Conway, Creuddyn (Myrtle Grove, Llandudno).3,4,5 Disease of Heart many years : General dropsy : Exhaustion | 
| 29th May 1890 | Probate.5 Executor - Cecil Bainbridge Taylor, Marine Parade, Hoylake, Solicitor | 
Sources
- 1. Census 1871 Pateley Bridge RG10/4273, F45, P12 (Rawdon Briggs)
- 2. Census 1881 Birkenhead RG11/3574, F49, P33 (Charlotte H L Barff née Fernandes)
- 3. 1890, Q2, Ada Caroline Barff, Conway, 11b, 363
              - BMD Death Index
 
- 4. Death Certificate - Ada Caroline Barff
              - Ada Caroline Barff, 27 April 1890, Death Certificate, Conway
 
- 5. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration - 1890 - Ada Caroline Barff
