Details of Hands's birth are not known.

Hands married James Shoesmith in 1942 in the Amounderness Registration District (Jun. quarter).

She had the following children from her marriage to James Shoesmith:

- Barbara A. Shoesmith	born in 1943 in the Amounderness Registration District.
- Hazel Shoesmith	born in 1945 in the Settle Registration District.
- Judith M. Shoesmith	born around 1947 in the Ewecross Registration District.
- Daphne Shoesmith	born around 1951 in the Ewecross Registration District.