I've been having a think about this and like I always do I trawl the census for the towns/villages that the woman lived in i.e. Elizabeth Allinson

Elizabeth is here in 1881 with her family :-

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...=&pid=25226290

and then here in 1891 with her two sons:-

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...c=&pid=6003539

Just two pages back from the 1881 census with Elizabeth on is this Stephenson family with a Head listed as John Stephenson

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/....12&sid=&gskw=

When you look at the 1871 census for the same family they have a son named John William Stephenson who isn't on the 1881.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?...=&pid=29281414

Bit of a coincindence but who knows, I wonder where John William is in 1881 and also 1891 I can't find him. I don't think Whitley was a big place. I don't think without documentation you are going to prove anything one way or the other but I always find a bit of detective work might give you a clue.