Details of Rose's birth are not known.

Rose married Eric Tolladay Whistance in 1926 in Birmingham South Registration District, Warwickshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Eric Tolladay Whistance:

- Beryl Whistance	born in 1928 in Birmingham North Registration District, Warwickshire.
- Kenneth T. Whistance	born in 1929 in Birmingham South Registration District, Warwickshire.