Betty was one of five daughters of Charles Cobley and Sarah Jane Richards All of the daughters - Gertrude, Sarah, Catherine (Cass), Betty and Gwyneth - were born in Bedwas, South Wales. Their father worked in the Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine at Leonora, Western Australia, and after a few years, brought his family to Australia.

The girls were orphaned within a few years of their arrival in Australia, with their mother dying in 1905 and their father in 1909. Betty was working as a chambermaid in Sandstone when she married Spencer on 2 January, 1914.

Spencer and Betty had four children - George, Joan, Ailsa and David.

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