When Fred Webster Batrum was born on 8 December 1903, in Chenoa, McLean, Illinois, United States, his father, Owen Webster Batrum, was 34 and his mother, Sinah Grace Allen, was 31. He married Ethel Viola Gilbert on 27 February 1931, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 23 August 1978, in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.