When Owen Ernest Ayers was born on 8 May 1907, in New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Simon Ayers, was 42 and his mother, Lavina Twaddle Ayers, was 32. He married Mable Alberta Pelkey on 18 November 1931, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada in 1931 and Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1975. He died on 10 December 1975, in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.