Details of Lydia's birth are not known.

Lydia married William Richard Whistance in 1906 in Bolton, Lancashire.

She had the following children from her marriage to William Richard Whistance:

- Alice Whistance	born in 1915 in Bolton, Lancashire.
- Hannah Whistance	born in 1917 in Bolton, Lancashire.
- May Whistance	born in 1923 in Bolton, Lancashire.