When Kjerstina Hakansson was born on 31 October 1822, in Reslöf, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Hakan Nilsson, was 30 and her mother, Elna Sjunnesdotter, was 23. She married Pehr Rasmusson on 7 August 1840. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 April 1880, at the age of 57.