When May Elizabeth Hockman was born on 24 May 1899, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, Albert Henry Hockman, was 25 and her mother, Gertrude Keturah Hite, was 23. She married George Lamar McDonaugh on 18 December 1919, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years. In 1920, at the age of 20, her occupation is listed as clerk, street railway co. in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. She died on 30 January 1986, at the age of 86, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.