When Christen Nørskov Nørgaard was born on 19 August 1860, in Asdal, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Niels Thingbak Nørgaard, was 24 and his mother, Else Marie Nielsdatter, was 20. He married Christine Ansine Mikkelsen on 4 January 1884, in Ugilt, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 March 1938, in Ugilt, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ugilt, Sindal, Nordjylland, Denmark.