Margaret Baines was born in Pemberton in 1849 and was probably the daughter of Alice and a man called Baines. In 1871 she was working as a cotton weaver and was living with her mother and stepfather John Ainscough (1839) at Goose Green, Pemberton.

Sources
• 1. 1871 Census. Goose Green, Pemberton. Margaret Baines. Stepdaughter. Age 22. Cotton Weaver. Born Pemberton.