When Peter Joseph Vanourney was born on 26 March 1899, in Walford, Linn, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Vanourney, was 21 and his mother, Estella Ann Sedlacek, was 17. He married Victoria Polansky on 14 May 1918, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 16 July 1943, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 44.