When Bertie Harriett Elizabeth Lamb was born on 26 July 1884, in Florida, United States, her father, Hezekiah Lamb, was 32 and her mother, Rachel Melissia Register, was 21. She married John Quincy Adams Keen on 19 May 1902, in Polk, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Winter Haven, Polk, Florida, United States in 1920 and Greenacres City, Palm Beach, Florida, United States in 1930. She died on 27 January 1970, in Palm Beach, Florida, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States.