When Walter Deland Trott was born on 2 August 1899, in Texas, United States, his father, Walter Dent Trott, was 46 and his mother, Jessie Alice Gibson, was 40. He had at least 1 daughter with Ethyl Mae Lewis. He lived in Justice Precinct 8, McCulloch, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Taft, Kern, California, United States in 1930. He died on 18 May 1943, in Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Taft, Kern, California, United States.