When Charles Ernst Starkey was born on 20 January 1905, in Roy, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, William John Starkey, was 40 and his mother, Eveline Mae Fowkes, was 35. He married Luella Ida Jorgensen on 7 June 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cumberland, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1910 and Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1920. He died on 15 May 1966, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.