Mary Elizabeth Ainscough was the illegitimate daughter of Jane Ainscough (1848), daughter of John (1810). In 1871 she was living with her single mother in the household of her uncle by marriage, William Gerrard, at 30 Harbord Street in the West Derby area of Liverpool. In 1881 she was living at 3 Lower Gullet, Aspull, in the household of her stepfather Robert Halliwell. In 1891 she was living with her widowed mother at 93 Lower Gullet and working as a cotton weaver.

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• 1. 1871 Census. 30 Harbord St, W. Derby. Mary Elizabeth Ainscow. Nurse Child. Age 3 mo. Born Aspull. • 2. 1881 Census. 3 Lower Gullet, Aspull. Mary Ainscough. [Step]Daughter. Age 10. Scholar. Born Aspull. • 3. 1891 Census. 93 Lower Gullet, Aspull. Mary Ainscow. Daughter. Age 20. Cotton Weaver. Born Aspull.