Charles David Tivey was born on 15 September 1899 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. His parents were cycle wheel-maker and patented inventor Louis Albert Tivey, and his wife Elizabeth Mary Done. Charles married Lilian Gertrude Booth in 1918 in Nottingham. They were married for 43 years and had nine children.
Lilian died in 1961 aged sixty; Charles died in Nottingham in 1971 aged 72.
Children: Frederick Charles Tivey (1921-1989) Marjorie L. Tivey (1923-1944) Sidney Tivey (1925-1976) Eveline I. Tivey (1928-1948) David Tivey (1932-2010) (a living daughter) (a living son) June Tivey (1942-1996) Jeffrey Tivey (1944-1946)