When Magdalena Ament was born on 1 November 1874, in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, George Ament, was 35 and her mother, Barbara Lump, was 32. She married Henry Hildebrandt on 4 April 1889, in Listowel, North Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Perth, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died in 1957, at the age of 83, and was buried in Listowel, North Perth, Perth, Ontario, Canada.