Details of Elizabeth's birth are not known.

Elizabeth married Thomas Nicholson on Sunday 30 May 1830 in Wigan, Lancashire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Thomas Nicholson:

- Peter Nicholson	born on 27 November 1830 at Orrell, Lancashire.
- Mary Nicholson	born on 12 January 1833 at Orrell, Lancashire.
- Emma Nicholson	born around 1837 at Orrell, Lancashire.