In 1901, we see Wilfred living with his parents at High Green, Wortley, Yorkshire:
Thomas Portman Head Mar 31 Coal Ripper Wortley
Theresa Portman Wife Mar 32 Ecclesfield
Herbert Portman Son 8 Ecclesfield
Beatrice Portman Daur 6 Ecclesfield
Nellie Portman Daur 4 Ecclesfield
Wilfred Portman Son 1 Ecclesfield
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In 1911, the family were living at 13 Robin Lane, Mortomley, W. Sheffield, Yorkshire:
Thomas Portman Head 42 Mar Coal Miner Hewer Yorkshire Wortley
Theresa Portman Wife 42 Mar (19 years) Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Herbert Portman Son 18 UnM Coal Miner Hewer Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Nelly Portman Daur 14 Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Wilfred Portman Son 11 School Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Alice Portman Daur 9 School Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Doris Portman Daur 6 School Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Emma Portman Daur 3 Yorkshire Ecclesfield
Thomas Portman Son 3 months Yorkshire Ecclesfield
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We see Wilfred in 1939 living at 13 Jeffcock Road, Wortley, Yorkshire (West Riding):
Thomas Portman 29 Jun 1869 Coal Miner Ripper Retired Married
Theresa Portman 30 Dec 1868 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Wilfred Portman 28 Sep 1899 Coal Miner Ripper Single

See Elizabeth's Birth Registration
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She was for a long time, housekeeper to the former Schoolmistress at Wortley, a Miss Abbition(?). I suspect it may have been Miss Habershon as given in the newspaper extract below.
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From the Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express - 31 October 1936:
Will - Agnes Alina Habershon, of Green Head Cottage, Chapeltown, left estate of the gross value of £22,432, with net personalty £21,916 . She made several bequests, including £50 to her maid, Elizabeth Annie Knibbs, £100 to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, £100 to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, £100 to Ecclesfield Deanery of Sheffield Diocesan Preventive and Rescue Association, £100 to the Yorkshire Branch of the Church of England Waifs and Strays society, and £100 to the Sheffield Cripples' Aid association.

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Betty's great-neices, the granddaughters of her sister Harriet, remember visiting Betty and her husband Wilf when they were growing up. Betty was Harriet's favorite sister so they visited her with their Nan quite a lot.
They often stayed to tea aof tinned ham or potted beef sandwiches made with fresh bread that she used to bake herself, and tinned fruit, quite often pineapple chunks. They'd be topped up with Blue Ribbon biscuits from the sideboard.
Betty had been unable to have children herself, so she loved it when they all arrived.

The cottage in High Green had no bathroom and just one sink in the scullery. They did have piped water into the house, but there was still an old well in the garden which had been covered over with a huge boulder. There was a hole in the top of the boulder, just large enough to drop stones down to hear the splash.
There was one main room where they lived and ate, and at the centre was a large round table covered with a long fringed, green chenille cloth. The kitchen contained a huge Victorian range with it's fire always lit. With Wilf being a retired miner, there was always plenty of coal to burn.
There was just one bedroom upstairs, and an outside loo which they had to share with the house next door.
Wilf was a retired coal miner and only had one lung so he couldn't do much. Bending down to put coal on the fire was a big job for him and he had to rest and get his breath back before standing up again.