When Fred Joseph Carl was born on 28 September 1910, in Central City, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States, his father, Joseph Albani Carle, was 34 and his mother, Dakota Lillie Horn, was 25. He married Lois May Shoemaker on 30 July 1933, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 May 2005, in Berry Creek, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Zillah, Yakima, Washington, United States.