Lizzie Chew was the daughter of George Chew and Elizabeth Ann Frankland.

Lizzie was born on Sunday 1 May 1887 in Carters Lane Head, Paythorne, Gisburn, Yorkshire.

She was christened on Sunday 17 July 1887 at Gisburn, Yorkshire.

Lizzie married James MacDonald on Saturday 3 June 1905 in Earby, near Gisburn, Lancashire.

She had the following children from her marriage to James MacDonald:

- Violet Evelyn MacDonald	born in 1905 in Earby, near Skipton, Yorkshire.
- Henrietta MacDonald	born on 5 April 1908 in Earby, Yorkshire.
- James Edward Howard MacDonald
- John MacDonald
- Alan MacDonald
- Victor MacDonald
- Jean MacDonald	born on 15 June 1923.
- Keith MacDonald	born in 1926 in the Burnley Registration District (Dec Quarter).

Lizzie's second marriage was to Tom Whittaker in 1959 in the Nelson Registration District (Mar Quarter).

The places where she lived have been identified as:

From	To	Place	Source of Information
1891		Carter Lane Head, Paythorne, Gisburn, Yorkshire.	Census Data.
1901		Stony Bank Farm, Thornton, Yorkshire.	Census Data.
1911		138 Brunswick Street, Nelson, Lancashire.	Census Data.

Lizzie was a Cotton Weaver.

Lizzie died when she was 94 years old, on Friday 11 December 1981.  

She was buried in Nelson, Lancashire.

Census Data:

Year	Address
1891	Carter Lane Head, Paythorne, Gisburn, Yorkshire.
1901	Stony Bank Farm, Thornton, Yorkshire.
1911	138 Brunswick Street, Nelson, Lancashire.
1939	40 Tavistock Street, Nelson, Lancashire.