When Ella Jenny Aney was born on 14 December 1883, in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States, her father, Truman Aney, was 24 and her mother, Mary J Grill, was 19. She married William Frank Curtis on 21 July 1903, in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Roosevelt, Roseau, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years and Hot Springs, Fall River, South Dakota, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1974, in Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States.