When Julia Bernice Corrin was born on 27 July 1910, in Tilden, Madison, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Joseph Corrin, was 25 and her mother, Julia Loretta Costello, was 27. She married Hyrum Lambert Kearsley on 29 August 1959, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. She lived in Jefferson Election Precinct, Madison, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 April 1989, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon, United States.