When Charles Mair Hirschfelder was born on 6 May 1882, in Cannington, Brock, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alfred Ernest Hirschfelder, was 28 and his mother, Eva A. Allen, was 17. He married Nora Evelyn Martin on 20 October 1909, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He immigrated to United States in 1888 and lived in Ontario, Canada in 1882 and Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 18 March 1948, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.