When Emilie Marie Schreiber was born on 10 January 1880, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Andrew Schreiber, was 44 and her mother, Emilie Johanna Christiana Hertlein, was 27. She married Heinrich August Kuester on 3 December 1902, in Osceola, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hassan Valley Township, McLeod, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and McLaughlin, Corson, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 November 1972, in Lincoln, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.