When Esther Elizabeth Steel was born on 28 December 1839, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Inman Steel, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Beatrice Wilson, was 20. She married George Marshall on 15 December 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Utah Territory, United States in 1870. She died on 8 March 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.