Details of Lydia's birth are not known.

Lydia married Samuel Whistance on Tuesday 17 January 1832 in All Saints Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Samuel Whistance:

- Mary Ann Whistance	born in 1837 at Walsall, Staffordshire.
- Eliza Whistance	born in 1839 at Walsall, Staffordshire.
- Samuel Whistance	born in 1842 at Walsall, Staffordshire.
- William Whistance	born in 1844 at Walsall, Staffordshire.