When Aquila Talitha Wilson-Lyda was born on 23 December 1916, in Addy, Stevens, Washington, United States, her father, Walter, was 24 and her mother, Madaline Jeannert - Walter, was 21. She lived in Klickitat, Washington, United States in 1935 and Tonasket Election Precinct 2, Okanogan, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 24 November 1971, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 54.