When Elsbetha Frener was born on 14 June 1767, in Urnäsch, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, her father, Ulrich Frehner, was 39 and her mother, Anna Ammann, was 33. She married Hans Konrad Alder on 4 November 1791, in Urnäsch, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 25 October 1852, in her hometown, at the age of 85, and was buried in Urnäsch, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.