When William Shakespeare Jr was born on 21 September 1869, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, his father, William Shakespeare, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Ann Markham Deuel, was 19. He married Cora Monroe on 10 November 1892, in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 25 June 1950, in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.