When Gertrude Elizabeth Pugmire was born on 27 November 1887, in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States, her father, William Liffon Pugmire, was 26 and her mother, Alice Christie Gordon, was 27. She married Arthur Melbourne Burke on 5 December 1905, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States for about 25 years and West Montpelier Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 25 February 1955, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.