Parish records St. Matthews Church, Scotland Road, Liverpool
Baptism Jaunaury 9 1870 Elizabeth Cave, parents Henry and Mary Cave, residence Rose Vale, father is a railway porter

In the 1871 census No 5 Ann Terace, Everton, Liverpool
Head Henry Cave, age 43, cotton porter, born Halsallo, Lancashire
Wife Mary Cave, age 44, born Norham, Northumberland
Son James Cave, age 11, born Liverpool, Lancashire
Son Walter Cave, age 8, born Liverpool
Daughter Elizabeth Cave, age 1, born Liverpool
Daughter Maggy Cave, age 13, domestic servant, born Liverpool
Lodger William Cave, unmarried, age 17, carter, born Liverpool.

In the 1881 census 87 Rose Vale, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashure
Head Henry Cave, age 53, porter, born Hallsall, Lancashire
Wife Mary Cave, age 44, born Wrexham, Denbyshire [an error]
Son Walter Cave, unmarried, age 18, porter, born Liverpool
Daughter Elizabeth Cave, age 11 scholar, born Liverpool
[Also daughter Margaret’s family]
Head William Gray, married, age 27, carter, born Orwell, Lancashire
Wife Margaret Gray, married, age 23, born Liverpool
Son Henry Gray, age 3, born Liverpool
Daughter Mary Gray, age 1, born Liverpool

In the 1891 census 89 Netherfield Road North, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire
Head William Gray, age 37, carter, worker, born Orrell, Lancashire
Wife Margaret Gray, age 32, born Liverpool
Son Henry Gray, age 13, shop boy, employed, born Liverpool
Daughter Mary Gray, age 11, scholar, born Liverpool
Daughter Ellen Gray, age 7, scholar, born Liverpool
Son William Gray, age 5, scholar, born Liverpool
Brother [in law] Walter Cave, married, age 27, carter, worker, born Liverpool
Sister in law, Elizabeth Cave, single, age 21, dress maker, neither employed nor unemployed, born Liverpool

Parish Records St. Peter, Liverpool
Marriage October 31, 1894
Matthew Balmer, age 30, bachelor, carter, of Great Homer Street, father James Balmer, shipwright and
Elizabeth Cave, age 25, spinster, of Netherfield Road, father Henry Cave, Railway Porter
by Licence, by W H? Duncan, Curate
Signed Mathew Balmer and Elizabeth Cave
In the presence of Walter Cave [brother] and Margaret Gray [Elizabeth’s sister]

In the 1901 census 19 Adelaide Street, North Everton, Everton, Lancashire
Head Mathew Balmer, age 39, carter, worker born Liverpool
Wife Elizabeth Balmer, age 33, born Liverpool
Son Walter Balmer, age 6, born Liverpool
Daughter Margaret Balmer, age 5, born Liverpool
Son William Balmer, age 3, born Liverpool
Son Mathew Balmer, age 1, born Liverpool
Brother Walter Cave, age 38, carter, worker, born Liverpool

In the 1911 census 9 Hobart street, Everton, Liverpool
Head Matthew Balmer, age 52 [doesn’t seem to match earlier censuses], carter, worker, born Everton, Liverpool
Wife Elizabeth Balmer, age 42, married 16 years, 8 children born alive, 7 still living, born Everton ,Liverpool
Son Walter Balmer, age 16, single, shop boy for grocer, worker, born Everton, Liverpool
Son William Balmer, age 13, school, born Everton, Liverpool
Son Matthew Balmer, age 11, school, born Everton, Liverpool
Daughter Ellen Balmer, age 9, school, born Everton, Liverpool
Son Henry Balmer, age 7, school, born Everton, Liverpool
Daughter Mary E. Balmer, age 3, born Everton, Liverpool

1939 England and Wales Register
9 Hobart Street, Liverpool, Lancashire
1. Elizabeth Balmer, born July 1 1869, widow, unpaid domestic [duties]
2. Ellen Balmer, born March 4 1902, single, housekeeper domestic
3. Henry Balmer, born December 5 1904, single, lorry driver heavy worker
4. Mary E. Balmer, born October 11 1907, single, daily domestic
5. Elizabeth Gallager [later changed to Wheatley], born may 24 1922, single, factory worker telephone (insulating)