When Elisabeth Pehrsdotter was born on 2 August 1781, in Lingsarve, Gotland, Sweden, her father, Pehr Olofsson, was 24 and her mother, Anna Brita Mathiasdotter, was 22. She married Laurentius or Lars Larsson on 3 November 1801, in Näs, Gotland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 13 July 1822, in Näs, Gotland, Sweden, at the age of 40.