When Sophia Maria Alphrida Borchardt was born on 2 June 1895, in Caloote, South Australia, Australia, her father, Julius Adolph Borchardt, was 24 and her mother, Pauline Amalie Baensch, was 24. She married Robert John Lemmey on 29 November 1917, in Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 14 August 1974, in Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 79, and was buried in Murray Bridge Town Cemetery, Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia.