When William Chittick Lamma was born on 16 July 1890, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Latta Wesley Lamma, was 34 and his mother, Anna Hanson, was 24. He married Anna Permelia Tucksen on 5 May 1941, in Harrisburg, Banner, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Lasalle, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 7 February 1962, in Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States.