Sophia Timbers was born on 27th May 1843 in Sco Ruston and was the daughter of Joseph Timbers (1806) and Ann Pooley. In 1851 she was living in Sco Ruston. In 1861 she was single and was working as a dressmaker in Sco Ruston. She married William Tye in 1864. In 1871 she was living at 10 James Street in St. Lukes, Finsbury. Sophia died in 1878 and her husband William married her sister Rachel - also a a widow - in 1879.