When Anna Olsdotter was born on 24 May 1743, in Slimminge, Malmöhus, Sweden, her father, Ohla Jonsson, was 32 and her mother, Kirstina Martensdotter, was 20. She married Ola Martensson on 11 June 1764, in Slimminge, Malmöhus, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 12 April 1809, in her hometown, at the age of 65, and was buried in Slimminge, Malmöhus, Sweden.