When Irene Imogene Afflerbach was born on 7 March 1887, in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, United States, her father, Christian Afflerbach, was 46 and her mother, Emma Dornbach, was 36. She married Victor Charles Meitzen on 7 March 1905, in Fayette, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Carmine, Fayette, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 2, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 25 November 1975, in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States.