When William Julius Paige was born on 28 November 1896, in Iowa, United States, his father, Charles H. Paige, was 40 and his mother, Ada Ella Clayton, was 31. He married Katherine Asher on 15 November 1922, in Ford, Clark, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and San Gabriel Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 8 October 1990, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 93.