Albert James Waltz was born in Dayton Township, Iowa County, Iowa, on July 4, 1886,  the son of Jacob Michael Waltz and Angela Mary Wagner. 

Before he was born, his family lived in Chest Springs, Cambria County, Pa.  His parents were encouraged to move to Iowa by his maternal grandparents, Jacob and Jane Wagner.

On April 15, 1912, he married Margaret Delores Daley in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, California. Margaret was born on Dec. 23, 1881 in Le Mars, Plymouth Co., Iowa, the daughter of Michael Daley and Agnes Sarah McCallister.

Albert and Margaret did not have any children.  She died on Oct. 28, 1954 and Albert died on May 3, 1970.  They are both buried in Pasadena.