When Frances Eleanor Mc Fadden was born on 22 June 1880, in Farley, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas William McFadden, was 26 and her mother, Louisa Jane Pitman, was 25. She married Ephraim Burdick in 1902, in Mona, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in White River City, Rio Blanco, Colorado, United States for about 10 years and Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States in 1930. She died on 30 November 1962, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Monmouth, Jackson, Iowa, United States.