When Olive Gertrude "Willa" Davidson was born on 10 November 1894, in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States, her father, William M Davidson, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Alberta White, was 28. She married Carl Henry Duroy on 20 August 1913, in Kay, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kildare, Kay, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Kildare Township, Kay, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 8 January 1948, in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.