When Albert Washington Tigard was born on 4 July 1860, in Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States, his father, Leonard Ashley Gilson, was -49 and his mother, Alma Inez Tigard, was -45. He married Mary Catherine Owens on 29 March 1885. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Chelan, Chelan, Washington, United States in 1910 and Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 29 December 1947, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Bruneau Cemetery, Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States.