Debora was born in 1866. Debora's father was Dawid SZEPS and her mother was Maria RECLHMANN. Her paternal grandparents were Yekiel SZEPS and Debora. She had four brothers and a sister, named Yekiel, Chaim, Herszl, Isaac and Cirl. She was the second youngest of the six children. She died at the age of 38 in 1904.