ELISAVETA BALASHOFF BLOCH MARKLE was born about in 1884 or 1885 on the Kenai Peninsula. She married Adam Bloch on September 9, 1900 at Saint Nicholas Chapel (aka Russian Orthodox Church) in Seldovia, Alaska by Reverend Ivan E. Bartnovsky. They had 4 children, daughters Susan BLOCH English (1904-1986), Mary BLOCH, Fredrika “Rika” BLOCH Risoff (1906-1998) and son Adam Phillip BLOCH (1914-2000).
Adam Bloch died in 1915, and on November 13, 1916 Elizabeth married Harry Alfred Markle, in Seldovia.
By her second husband she had two known children: 1) Elizabeth “Bessie” MARKLE; and 2) “Baby” MARKLE. Her only grandchildren came from her eldest three known children. Her death certificate indicates that she died in Anchorage of a puerperal infection, i.e., puerperal sepsis, a condition that arises from childbirth, and that she had been treated for this, presumably after having been taken to Anchorage, from 5 May to 11 May 1920. The condition was indicated as having existed for 14 days. Her death certificate also indicates that she was buried in Anchorage on 13 May 1920, but this is believed to be erroneous, as she and both of her husbands lived in Seldovia, her first husband is buried in the Seldovia Hillside Cemetery, and her own marker is in that Hillside Cemetery as well. Her infant daughter is buried beside her.
After her death Harry moved back to California and Elizabeth’s children were taken in by their half-siblings from Adam Bloch’s first marriage, the Johansen and Simmons families.