When Margaret Adeline Yates was born on 1 July 1908, in Sites, Colusa, California, United States, her father, Franklin Roy Yates, was 30 and her mother, Flora May Weast, was 17. She married Walter William Bristow on 10 August 1928, in Marysville, Yuba, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Maxwell, Colusa, California, United States in 1920 and Judicial Township 1, Placer, California, United States in 1940. She died on 28 April 1980, in Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 71.