When Albert Edward Mc Kinley was born on 11 September 1870, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Albert B McKinley, was 23 and his mother, Margaret M Johnson, was 25. He married Jessie S Willits on 28 December 1903, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 26 February 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bala, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.