When Maria Sophia Van Hellemont was born on 19 April 1901, in Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, her father, Joannes Theophilus Van Hellemont, was 37 and her mother, Constantia Meeus, was 38. Her occupation is listed as religieuse à louvain in Leuven, Brabant, Belgium. She died on 18 February 1973, in Leuven, Brabant, Belgium, at the age of 71.