When Lisa Catrina Carlsdotter was born on 11 October 1809, in Hultsjö, Jönköping, Sweden, her father, Carl Månsson, was 32 and her mother, Magdalena Johansdotter, was 19. She married Sven Johannisson on 21 September 1828, in Hultsjö, Jönköping, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 22 May 1876, in her hometown, at the age of 66, and was buried in Hultsjö, Jönköping, Sweden.