The child's parents were married in Menzies in 1902 (Marriage Registration 549/1902). Other children born to this couple were James Leonard born 1 February 1904 in Adelaide (Birth Registration 725/263, Adelaide) and Eileen Eleanor, born 1905 in Fremantle (Birth Registration 3073/1905). Eileen Eleanor died in 1906 in Fremantle (Death Registration 31/1906, Fremantle).