When Thomas Ambrose Winner was born on 13 November 1910, in Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Herbert Winner, was 38 and his mother, Gertrude Mary Jeffrey, was 32. He married Martha Louise Petersen on 2 November 1940, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 7 January 1988, in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States.