Maude Edith Little was born in Foley Township, Ontario in 1875. Two of her siblings and her father died in 1877 from diphtheria when she was just 2 years old. Her mother raised her and three sisters in Foley for her early life. She moved to Toronto with her mother and sister prior to 1921. She lived in Toronto until her death on December 22, 1956. She was buried in Parry Sound with her parents and her sister Jennie.