Ralph
Ainscough was born on 5th April 1841 in Haigh, and was the son of
William Ainscough (1816) and Fanny Holding. In 1841 he was aged 2
months and living at Red Rock Bridge, Arley. In 1851 he was working as a drawer in a coal mine and was living at Canal Row,
Haigh. In 1861 he was still single, living with his parents
at Farm Lease in Blackrod and working as a coal miner by. He married
Ellen Booth, daughter of a grocer called John Booth, at the Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel in Park Road, Chorley on 30th October 1865. The marriage
was also registered at the Chorley Register Office. He was then aged
25 years and was working as a coal miner. In 1870, when his son George
was born, he was living in Lindsay Terrace, Aspull, and was a house
watchman. In 1871 he was still a house watchman and was
living in Little Scotland in Blackrod. In 1874 he was living in Hill
Lane, Blackrod. In 1881 he had returned to coal mining
and was living at 434 Top Toll Bar in Westhoughton. In 1891 he was
still a coal miner and was living at 256 Chorley Road
in Westhoughton. In 1901, he was still a miner and was
living at 306 Manchester Road, Westhoughton. He died from heart disease
at 48 Manchester Road, Westhoughton, on 26th October 1917.
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