When Margaret L. Elliott was born on 28 May 1906, in Oakes, Dickey, North Dakota, United States, her father, Frank Elliott, was 32 and her mother, Harriet Estelle Andrus, was 34. She lived in James River Valley Township, Dickey, North Dakota, United States in 1910 and Hettinger, Adams, North Dakota, United States in 1930. She registered for military service in 1944. She died on 23 January 1998, in Hopkins, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Oakes View Cemetery, Oakes, Dickey, North Dakota, United States.