When Gertrude Olive "Gertie" Russell was born on 17 December 1892, in Sweet Home, Linn, Oregon, United States, her father, Oliver Henry Russell, was 34 and her mother, Grace Langdon, was 22. She married Emmett Eber Arrell on 21 December 1910, in Linn, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Coquille, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 38 Coquille North, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 17 April 1988, in Brookings, Curry, Oregon, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, United States.