When Matilda Mary Prudence Walter was born on 18 May 1892, in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, her father, John Russell Walter, was 28 and her mother, Emily Louisa Thompson, was 21. She married Samuel Evans Burges on 26 November 1913, in Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 17 June 1971, in Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 79.