Marriage of Jane Ratcliffe and John Higginbottom Greenwood
Jane married John at the Old St George Church, Stalybridge, on 3 April 1870. She was a spinster and gave her as 28, although this is contradicted on the census returns, for example a year later in 1871 when she she gives age as 34. Jane's occupation was laundress and she was living in Mottram Her father was James Ratcliffe and his occupation was simply 'operative.'

Jane was a 24 year old bachelor and worked as an iron driller. His father was also John Greenwood and worked as an operative. The ceremony was performed by the vicar, John B Jelly-Dudley and was witnessed by T Swallow and William Platt.