When George Hyler Thompkins was born on 6 December 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Isaac Avery Thompkins, was 37 and his mother, Frances Caroline Vance, was 38. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 20 November 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.