When Lucinda Willis Winchester was born on 18 November 1860, in Ontario, Canada, her father, Lucius Dennis Winchester, was 43 and her mother, Almira St John, was 29. She married John Chamberlain Adriance on 11 October 1888, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Napa, Napa, California, United States in 1910 and Browns Valley, Yuba, California, United States in 1920. She died on 29 June 1946, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.