Ume TSUDA was born as the second daughter of Sen TSUDA (a former shogunate retainer and present menber of the samurai class of Tokyo Prefecture) and Hatsuko TSUDA in Minami Okachimachi-cho, Ushigome, Edo.
津田うめは、津田仙（旧幕臣・東京府士族）・津田初子夫妻の次女として、江戸牛込の南御徒町に生まれた。