When Rosa Christine Gerstner was born on 26 May 1895, in Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne, Colorado, United States, her father, Martin Gerstner, was 36 and her mother, Gertrude Husch, was 33. She married John Baptiste Gabel on 13 October 1913, in Munjor, Ellis, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ness City, Ness, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Rocky Ford, Otero, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 8 June 1978, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.