When Gertrude Iversdatter was born about 1703, in Gauerslund, Vejle, Denmark, her father, Iver Thomsen, was 42 and her mother, Sørensdatter, was 33. She married Søren Madsen about 1741, in Gauerslund, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1760, in her hometown, at the age of 57, and was buried in Vejle, Denmark.