When Carrie Sophia Potthoff was born on 17 February 1883, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, her father, Frederick H Fritz Potthoff, was 25 and her mother, Louise Henrietta Hinrichsen, was 20. She married Reverend Edward Ammen Konken on 6 August 1914, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. She died on 6 November 1973, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.