When Anna Gruenig was born on 25 December 1755, in Aeschi, Aeschi bei Spiez, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christen Gruenig, was 49 and her mother, Anna Schick, was 39. She married Johannes Graf on 30 April 1779. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 23 February 1801, in Aeschi Ursenbach, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 45.