 Lily Isabel Maude Addison was born on 12 March 1885 at St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.Lily's last name Maud was documented through the "Australian Electoral Rolls" (with an "e" added to "Maud).There was possibly a transcription error in the birth record as one of her mother's name being; Emily Alice Maude Addison, was Maude with an "e." According to the "Victorian pioneers index 1837-1888" on microfiche, her name verifies that it was recorded as "Maud" although this is also up to speculation as this could have been an inscription error.