Details of Elsie's birth are not known.

Elsie married William Lavender on Tuesday 24 February 1920 in Mexborough, Yorkshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to William Lavender:

- Hilda Lavender	born on 23 August 1920.
- Eric Willliam Lavender	born on 4 July 1923.
- William Lavender	born on 29 October 1929.

Elsie died on Friday 28 June 1985.