When Rose Elizabeth Tatro was born on 28 September 1873, in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada, her father, John Tatro, was 25 and her mother, Mina Cutler, was 14. She married Jasper Newton Elliott on 11 February 1894, in Silver Bow, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1880 and Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States in 1900. She died on 28 February 1955, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.