When William Ewart Shakespeare was born on 30 May 1873, in Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, David Shakespeare, was 32 and his mother, Caroline Bulter, was 32. He married Mary Elizabeth Clements on 3 August 1901. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1950. He died on 25 April 1950, in Hitchcock, Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76.