When Bertha Bell Bare was born in July 1884, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, George Valentine Bare, was 25 and her mother, Etta Almeda Staples, was 20. She married Raymond Francis Bird on 27 November 1902, in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States in 1905 and Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 7 October 1958, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.