When Michael Mindert Viele was born in 1786, in New York, United States, his father, Myndert Cornelise Viele, was 23 and his mother, Johanna Parmetier, was 27. He married Anna O'Dell in 1807, in Schoharie, Schoharie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Richmondville, Richmondville, Schoharie, New York, United States in 1870. He died in 1872, in Eminence, Blenheim, Schoharie, New York, United States, at the age of 86.