When William Parley Broomhead was born on 2 May 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, his father, William Broomhead, was 29 and his mother, Dinah Ann Clayton, was 28. He married Elisa Ellen Gleason on 20 December 1900, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1910 and Sunset, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1920. In 1921, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 10 July 1922, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.