When Henry A Friesen was born on 25 February 1904, in Henderson, York, Nebraska, United States, his father, Klaus H Friesen, was 24 and his mother, Susanna Klippenstein, was 18. He married Elizabeth Helen Janzen on 17 January 1926, in Henderson, York, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Perkins, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years and Madrid Election Precinct, Perkins, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 20 June 1962, in California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States.