When Harriet Amelia King was born on 12 August 1860, in Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, her father, John King, was 37 and her mother, Amelia Horner, was 29. She married John Todd on 7 October 1886, in Churchill, Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 12 July 1944, at the age of 83, and was buried in Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.