When Frederick Thoene was born on 19 July 1883, in Hartington, Cedar, Nebraska, United States, his father, Frank Anton Thoene, was 49 and his mother, Ottilia Arens, was 42. He married Maria Catharina Franziska Leise on 23 April 1906, in Bow Valley, Cedar, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Precinct 5 Election Precinct, Cedar, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Cedar, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died in 1946, in Hartington, Cedar, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Hartington, Cedar, Nebraska, United States.