When Ralph Waldo Elliot was born on 22 May 1881, in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States, his father, Heman Crocker Elliot, was 46 and his mother, Frances Phidelia Fillio, was 35. He married Elizabeth Huebrich on 20 May 1903. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1900 and San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 August 1924, at the age of 43.