When Ida Walburga Amann was born on 1 September 1877, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Phillip Amann, was 36 and her mother, Catherine Fronhoefer, was 28. She married Friedrich Wilhelm Ahlemeyer on 24 November 1897, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 January 1962, in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.