When Gertrude Esther Scarborough was born on 20 October 1908, in St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska, United States, her father, William T Scarborough, was 24 and her mother, Iva May Hoffa, was 23. She married Leslie Nielsen on 30 October 1928. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Ravenna, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Dannebrog Election Precinct, Howard, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 17 April 1994, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska, United States.