When Clarence Henry Rudolph was born on 18 August 1904, in Valdez, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Unorganized Borough, Alaska, United States, his father, Charles Cuthbert Rudolph, was 41 and his mother, Margaret Corrigan, was 38. He married Emma Janice Badger on 9 August 1935, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Coalinga, Fresno, California, United States in 1935 and Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 July 1976, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 71.