When Maria Jane Kalar was born on 4 April 1842, in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, her father, James Kalar, was 44 and her mother, Susannah Elizabeth Whiting, was 41. She married Daniel Ramey before 1865. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ancaster, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Brant, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 22 February 1913, in Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Ancaster, Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.