When Grace Elizabeth Aney was born on 13 September 1894, in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Herman A. Aney, was 30 and her mother, Jane E "Jennie" Henry, was 28. She married George Alexander Gnewikow on 26 November 1913, in Monroe, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Wilton, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States in 1920 and Wisconsin, United States in 1977. She died on 13 August 1977, in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States.