When Paul Peter Schillinger Jr was born on 13 August 1886, in Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, his father, Paul Peter Schillinger Sr, was 28 and his mother, Emma Maria Anna Thelen, was 24. He married Iantha Perilee McFarlane on 5 November 1914, in Poplar, Roosevelt, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in McCone, Montana, United States for about 20 years and Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1959. He died on 24 September 1969, in Wolf Point, Roosevelt, Montana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Vida Cemetery, Vida, McCone, Montana, United States.