When Ida Evelyn Dorning was born on 19 March 1893, in Forks, Clallam, Washington, United States, her father, Peter Harrison Dorning, was 45 and her mother, Ida Evelyn Smith, was 43. She married Alexander Duncan Menzies on 14 October 1913, in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Machias, Snohomish, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Hartford Election Precinct, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 29 August 1950, in Washington, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Machias, Snohomish, Washington, United States.