When Margaret Marie Ament was born on 1 May 1905, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States, her father, Henry Joseph Ament, was 26 and her mother, Clara Marie DePree, was 26. She married Charles Leo McCarty on 4 June 1927, in Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 27 September 1983, in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in El Cerrito, Contra Costa, California, United States.