When Marjorie Caroline Ament was born on 12 September 1905, in Garforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Ament, was 24 and her mother, Caroline Francis, was 24. She married Frederick George Smith on 11 April 1934. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 10 July 1987, in New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 81.