When Caroline Lombardi was born on 2 November 1886, in Campobasso, Italy, her father, Salvatore Lombardi, was 25 and her mother, Cosima Lombardi, was 20. She married John Henry Labate Sr on 22 August 1905, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 2 June 1959, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.