When Julia Augusta Cheales was born on 4 February 1883, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Harry William Elisha Cheales, was 36 and her mother, Mary Caroline Petersen, was 25. She married Roscoe Tolman Willey on 15 September 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 30 January 1969, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.