Details of Ivy's birth are not known.

Ivy married Fred Holt in 1941 in the Littleborough Registration District (Dec. quarter).

She had the following children from her marriage to Fred Holt:

- Douglas A. Holt	born in 1946 in the Rochdale Registration District (Sep. quarter).
- Ian R. Holt	born in 1948 in the Rochdale Registration District (Dec. quarter).