When Amanda Ella Whitaker was born on 22 October 1881, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, her father, Isaac Newton Whitaker, was 20 and her mother, Adeline Lavenia Thomas, was 18. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with William Samson Tyer. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Houston, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 20 July 1953, in Grapeland, Houston, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in San Pedro Cemetery, Grapeland, Houston, Texas, United States.