Elizabeth Holding was born in 1855 in Hindley and was the daughter of James Holding (1810) and Jane Goulding. In 1861 she was living in Ladies Lane, Hindley. In 1871 she was still living in Ladies Lane and was working as a cotton factory hand. In 1879, she married John Foster from Shevington. In 1881 she was living at 272 Withington Lane in Aspull. By 1891 she had moved to Standish and was living in "Gidlow Houses". In 1901 she was living at 21 Gidlow Cottages in Standish.

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• 1. 1871 Census. Ladies Lane, Hindley. Elizabeth Holding. Daughter. Age 16. Cotton Factory Hand. Born Aspull. • 2. 1861 Census. Ladies Lane, Hindley. Elizabeth Holding. Daughter. Age 6. Scholar. Born Hindley. • 3. Marriage Registers. Holding, Elizabeth & Foster, John. Sep. 1879. 8c. 412. Bolton. • 4. 1881 Census. 272 Withington Lane, Aspull. Elizabeth Forster [sic]. Wife. Age 26. Born Hindley. • 5. 1891 Census. Gidlow Houses, Standish. Elizabeth Foster. Wife. Age 35. Born Hindley. • 6. 1901 Census. 21 Gidlow Cottages, Standish. Elizabeth Foster. Wife. Age 46. Born Hindley.