When Magdalene Madge Egbers was born on 23 August 1891, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, George A Egbers, was 38 and her mother, Catharina Granacher, was 30. She married Henry Joseph Kohl about 1915. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 20 March 1977, in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85.