Dorothy Shatter was born on Sunday 19 February 1899 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.

Dorothy married Ambrose Atthouse Bimson on Thursday 23 October 1930 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.

She had the following children from her marriage to Ambrose Atthouse Bimson:

- J. Rodney Bimson

born in 1936 (date suppressed) in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.

Dorothy died when she was 70 years old, in 1969 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.