When Elizabeth Alice Lattau was born on 11 August 1895, in Sullivan, Grey, Ontario, Canada, her father, Edward Lettau, was 43 and her mother, Eva Mischke, was 35. She married William Robert Nelson on 19 August 1921, in Harriston, Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grey Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1911. She died in 1994, in Chesley, Arran-Elderslie, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 99.