When George Orville Diggs was born on 26 October 1880, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, his father, Louis B Diggs, was 42 and his mother, Ann Rebecca Claridge, was 40. He married Mary Beth Thayer on 4 November 1903, in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Portsmouth, Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 4 March 1969, at the age of 88, and was buried in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.