She is said to have been the daughter of a Welsh steel worker of Irish descent, William O'Callaghan, who had been superintendent on the Indian State railways.
Itawanna ad t-əqqal elle-s n-emaššaɣǎl gallois ən taźoli tan taśśohet əd ihǎn əs Irland, William O'Callaghan, s-as kala iqqal emanaźrəf ən tabarat tan taźoli ən trintǎn n-addawlat n-Inde.