When Eleanor Gertrude Gould was born on 18 September 1902, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, William O Gould, was 30 and her mother, Loletia Lillian McCall, was 27. She had at least 4 sons with Clarence Loyd James. She died on 24 May 1987, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.