When Donaldine Murchison was born on 28 December 1885, in California, United States, her father, John O Murchison, was 38 and her mother, Margaret O. Darrach, was 31. She married Starr McWilliams Hill on 12 June 1907, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Nicolaus Judicial Township, Sutter, California, United States in 1900 and Pershing, Nevada, United States in 1930. She died on 7 May 1969, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 83.