DORA GRENIEFF ELXNIT URSIN was born to Alexandria Potorochin and Harry Rufus Grenieff on the Steamship DORA on November 2, 1905, while the ship traveled between Seldovia and Kodiak.
She married Axel Ursin on August 19, 1924, in Seldovia, Alaska. They had four children during their marriage.
Dora died on May 10, 1996, in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 90. The Seldovia Cemetery Plot #227 had been reserved for her but her son brother Nick Grenieff Elxnit is buried there.