When Gertrude Veal Muffett was born on 17 June 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, James Henry Muffett, was 42 and her mother, Annie Maria Veal, was 38. She married Louis Arthur Hansen on 14 July 1920, in Custer, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1899 and Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States for about 20 years. She died on 2 June 1987, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87.