Lilian Kate Winifred Jacobs was born on 30th April 1898 in Blackheath, Lewisham, London. Her parents were Frederick and Julia Sarah Jacobs. The family lived at 48 Sandtoft Road, Charlton, London. Lilian married Arthur Sidney Beer, a pianoforte tuner, on 21 April 1919 when she was 20 years old. The couple had one daughter Winifred Joan was born on 26 March 1923. Her husband Arthur Sidney passed away in 1972 at the age of 86. They had been married 53 years. Lilian died in 1972 in East Dulwich, Surrey, when she was 74 years old.