Betty, known as Elizabeth, was born in November 1819 in Sharples and her baptism took place on November 14th, 1819 at St. Peter's (Bolton).12
Birth Notes
Aged 20 in 1841
Name: Betty Low Baptism Date: 14 Nov 1819 Parish: Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England Father: Thomas Low Mother: Sarah Low Register Type: Bishop's Transcripts Reference Number: Drm/2/21a
Name Nelly Low Baptism Date 14 Nov 1819 Baptism Place Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England Father Thomas Low Mother Sarah Low Reference Number GB127.L243/1/3/3
The Betty alive in 1881, must be another (as born Lostock)
Name Betty Gerrard Age 49 Estimated Birth Year abt 1820 Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Death Registration Place Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom Death Date Jun 1869 Inferred Death Place Lancashire, United Kingdom Volume 8c Page 171
General Notes
In 1851, Betty was unmarried, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
21 Nov 1857, Elizabeth Lowe, daughter of Thomas Lowe a hand loom weaver married Major Gerrard, a widower at St Paul, Astley Bridge, Bolton. Witnesses were her brothers Jesse Lowe and William Lowe.
In 1861, Major and Elizabeth (45 & 44) were at Sharples with James (20) and Garrett (13)
Betty Gerrard died in 1869, aged 49 (i.e. correct age). However there is also Major and Betty Gerrard alive in 1881 at 32 Bank Top, Sharples (both 64) which is where the family were in 1871. This could bne the same Betty (or another spouse).
Elizabeth and Major were married in a religious ceremony on November 21st, 1857 at St. Paul's (Astley Bridge) by a curate and witnessed by Jesse & William Lowe.4
Marriage/Union Notes
Marriage: 21 Nov 1857 St Paul, Astley Bridge, Bolton, Lancashire Major Gerrard - (X), Full, Cotton Deeper, Widower, Sharples Elizabeth Lowe - (X), Full, Spinster, Sharples Groom's Father: James Gerrard, Labourer Bride's Father: Thomas Lowe, Hand Loom Weaver Witnesses: Jesse Lowe; William Lowe Married by Superintendant Registrars Certificate by Jos or Jon Geo Richardson, Curate Register: Marriages 1848 - 1879, Page 28, Entry 55 Source: LDS Film 2148103