Emily Easter Timbers was born around 1870 in Surrey and was the daughter of Joseph Timbers (1834) and Eliza Pym. In 1871 she was living at St. George's Place, Surbiton. In 1881 she was aged 11 and living at 2 Park Road, Kingston-upon-Thames. In 1901 she was aged 31 and working as a domestic servant in Kingston. She married in 1907.