Phyllis Lilian Hill was born on Thursday 1 August 1895 in Jackdale, Nottinghamshire.

Phyllis married Percy Lemon in 1920 in Basford, Nottinghamshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Percy Lemon:

- Percival Melville Lemon	born in 1921 at Derbyshire.
- James Arnold Lemon	born in 1923 at Derbyshire.
- Philip Gordon Lemon	born on 22 February 1925 in Burton, Staffordshire.
- Leslie T Lemon	born in 1927 at Derbyshire.

Phyllis died in 1991 in Blackburn, Lancashire.