John
Ainscough was born on 18th March 1810 and christened on 8th April
1810 at St. Katherine's Church in Blackrod. He was the son of Ralph
Ainscough (1782) and Nanny. He may have been the same John Ainscough
who married Mary Benson from Hawkshead and who, from 1841 to 1861,
was working as a mechanic in Haigh and Aspull. He had retired by 1871
and was living in Gullet, Aspull, where he was described as a former
iron turner.