When Ida Anna Bredernitz was born on 28 July 1861, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, her father, August Bredernitz, was 33 and her mother, Katherine C Hesse, was 32. She married Henry Karl Boettger in 1884, in Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Saline, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan Territory, United States in 1940. She died on 12 October 1949, in Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.