Lavina was born in 1826 in Mendham and christened in Harleston Meeting House - Independent, Mendham on 12 July 1826. She married Alfred Campbell Fuggle on September 27 1863 in Holborn. He was born about 1826. In 1841 Lavina was a dressmaker residing at Broad Street, Harleston. In 1863 she lived on Dulwich Common and in 1863 in Farrington Street.