When Else Marie Christensdatter Winter was born on 21 December 1811, in Øster Bording, Balle, Silkeborg, Denmark, her father, Christen Sørensen Winter, was 38 and her mother, Anne Sorensdatter, was 33. She married Peder Danielsen on 23 March 1839, in Gødvad, Silkeborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hindborg, Skivehus, Denmark in 1860. She died on 24 August 1891, in Balle, Hids, Viborg, Denmark, at the age of 79, and was buried in Balle, Silkeborg, Denmark.