When Ralph Maynard Rogers was born on 30 September 1891, in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Maynard Alton Rogers, was 31 and his mother, Anna Bertha Benson, was 27. He married Myra Mary Shaw on 28 December 1921, in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1937 and lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 July 1981, in Laguna Hills, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.