When Friedrich Tadday was born on 14 May 1876, in Roggen, Neidenburg, East Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Johann Tadday, was 27 and his mother, Anna Bartkowsky, was 24. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Caroline Auguste Konietzka. He died on 29 October 1949, in Meinerzhagen, Altena, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 73.