When Sofie Letsch was born on 30 March 1899, in Bitz, Balingen, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Hermann Gottieb Letsch, was 24 and her mother, Judith Wenzler, was 24. She married Johann Roth on 28 September 1925, in Lautlingen, Balingen, Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 2 April 1978, in Lautlingen, Balingen, Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 79.