When Charles Joseph Theriault was born on 5 January 1902, in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Romain Theriault, was 41 and his mother, Georgiana Ouellette, was 30. He married Laura Marie Deragon on 15 November 1936, in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He died on 11 March 1981, in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States.