When Mariane Madsdatter was born on 12 February 1832, in Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, her father, Mads Pedersen, was 32 and her mother, Ingeborg Laursdatter, was 31. She married Jens Christen Poulsen on 28 April 1865, in Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Slet, Ålborg, Denmark for about 16 years. She died on 29 April 1869, in Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark, at the age of 37, and was buried in Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Denmark.