When Charles Edward Lyall was born on 31 March 1898, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, his father, William Lyall, was 31 and his mother, Minnie Helen Rodden, was 28. He had at least 1 daughter with Pearl C. Topping. He lived in Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada in 1901 and Quebec, Canada in 1911. He died on 19 October 1955, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 57, and was buried in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.