When Iris Elva Edginton was born on 19 June 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Lawrence Ross Edgington, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Jane Freeman, was 20. She married Dell Starley Kershaw on 23 August 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 16 November 1954, at the age of 62.