Lydia Boaler was the daughter of Valentine Boaler and Ann Reynolds.

Lydia was born on Thursday 16 November 1865 in Claverley, Shropshire.

Lydia married Frederick William Watkins on Monday 4 October 1886 in the Kings Norton Registration District.

She had the following children from her marriage to Frederick William Watkins:

- Valentine Frederick (Val) Watkins	born on 26 September 1887 in 76, High Street, Smethwick, Birmingham.
- Howard Harold Baron Watkins	born on 9 September 1888 in Smethwick, Staffordshire.
- Lydia Catherine Winifred (Winnie) Watkins	born on 7 November 1889 in Smethwick, Staffordshire.
- Gladys Annie Watkins	born in 1891 in Smethwick, Staffordshire.
- Daisy Watkins	born in 1892 in Smethwick, Staffordshire.
- Charles Henry Watkins	born on 11 October 1893 in All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Cyril James Watkins	born on 25 September 1896 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- William Francis (Frank) Watkins	born on 6 November 1898 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Cecil Victor Watkins	born in 1900 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Roland Boaler Watkins	born on 26 May 1902 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Dorothy Edith Watkins	born around 1907 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Lydia died when she was 83 years old, on Sunday 7 August 1949 in a Nursing Home, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.  

Notes - Sources of information:

1.	Birth, marriage and death dates provided by Michael Watkins.

Census Data:

Year	Address
1881	Sandwell Park (Colliery House), West Bromwich, Staffordshire.
1891	74 Windmill Lane, Smethwick, Staffordshire.
1901	42, Drayton Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
1911	8 Algernon Road, Rotton Park, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.