When Lottie M. Hanshaw was born in May 1881, her father, Phillip M. Hanshaw, was 39 and her mother, Amanda Lynd, was 36. She married Charles A. Bort on 17 December 1899, in Marion, Oregon, United States. She lived in Maple Lane Election Precinct, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1920 and South Gate, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 5 January 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70.