This is Ada Bate's, mother Helen Boardman. According to the 1881 census, Helen was born about 1842 in St. Helens and married James Holden Bates on November 11, 1864. He was born about 1845. His occupation was listed as a hairdresser. Helen and James had eight known children, they are:

Lucy b. 11 March 1865
Pauline b. 18 July 1866
Eliza b. 3o Nevember 1869
Ada b. 6 December 1871

James b. 1874

Loise b. 1876
Joseph b. 28 April 1879
Jesse b. 16 July 1882

Helen died on November 30, 1918 in St. Helens. Her husband James Holden Bates died in June 1910.