Alice Josephine Margretier was born to James B. Margritier (1895-1958) and Violette M. McKinney who was born in 1909. She had two brothers, John Margritier (1927-2000) and Donald Eugene Margritier (1934-1986).
On February 19th 1954 Alice married Richard Bowman (1925-1976) in Contra Costa, California, and they had two daughters and five sons.