When Rebecca Shotwell was born on 1 May 1880, in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States, her father, Theodore Frank Shotwell, was 28 and her mother, Amanda H McKinstry, was 24. She married Nathan Thomas Viger on 18 September 1906, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit Ward 2, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 24 June 1956, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76.