Ellen Barton was born on Wednesday 27 September 1899.

Ellen married Edward William Gorton in 1924 in Wigan, Lancashire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Edward William Gorton:

- Edward Hugh Gorton	born in 1925 at Runcorn, Cheshire.
- Peter Gorton	born on 15 August 1928 in Bury, Lancashire.
- Helen Gorton

Ellen died when she was 61 years old, on Wednesday 13 September 1961 in Warrington, Lancashire.  

She was buried in St Wilfreds, Grappenhall, Cheshire.