When Gertrude Julia Jaeger was born on 28 September 1900, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Heinrich Joseph Jeager, was 30 and her mother, Ida Cornelia Johnson, was 22. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 5 years and Portland City Election Precinct 2, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 23 September 1983, in Portland, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82.