When Viola Elnora Gulbranson was born on 26 September 1904, in Alberta, Stevens, Minnesota, United States, her father, Ole Gulbranson, was 41 and her mother, Hilda Marie Nelson, was 29. She lived in Scott Township, Stevens, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. She died in May 2009, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 104, and was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.